Tailings storage facility (TSF) owners are facing the challenge of how to practically integrate social impacts with the systems that manage tailings – as required by the Global Industry Standard for Tailings Management (GISTM). Global engineers and scientists at SRK Consulting have proposed a four-step process to achieve this integration.
The steps cover four key aspects: knowledge sharing, training, and awareness; a critical review of systems for gaps and opportunities; upgrading of data systems to highlight targets and trigger action; and strategies for ongoing collaboration and development.
“The importance of social aspects in the GISTM is clear,” said SRK Consulting principal environmental consultant, Jacky Burke. “It appears as the very first topic in the 2020 publication of the standard, where mines are required to ‘meaningfully engage project-affected people at all phases of the (TSF) lifecycle’.”
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