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Focus On Facility Closure

Mine And Facility Closure Trends
Daryl Hockley

The field has changed a lot since SRK’s last newsletter with a closure theme, which we issued in July 2000.

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Closure Of Mining Pond B At Richards Bay Minerals, South Africa
Peter Labrum

In 2007 when Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) decided to close their Mining Pond B, SRK was appointed to manage the project.

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What Goes Up
Luke Esprey, Danielle Kyan

The Australian mining industry is booming again! Despite the global financial downturn of 2009, mining investment continues to rise, with strong export growth in the iron ore, gold and coal sectors in 2010 and 2011.

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From Abandoned Site To Community Asset
Peter Mikes

The Yankee Girl site is an abandoned tailings area located on the shore of a river in the small community of Ymir, British Columbia, Canada.

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Closure North Of 66°
Arlene Laudrum

It’s another bitterly cold morning.

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Land Rehabilitation Requirements And Practices In Russia
Ekaterina Vershinina

Russian legislative requirements on closure and rehabilitation are contained in federal laws and related regulations, under titles law “About subsoil”, Land Code, law “About environmental protection”, “Instruction about the work order on liquidation and temporary closing-down of dangerous industrial projects related to the subsoil use”.

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Using Ecological Risk Assessment To Establish Closure Criteria
Mark Willow

Does an open pit lake represent a toxic threat to wildlife after closure?

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Rehabilitation And Construction Issues For Silvermines, Ireland
Richard Connelly

The Silvermines area in County Tipperary, Ireland comprises an area of around 5km2 plus a 74ha tailings facility.

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A Risk-Based Approach To Tailings Facility Closure
Dave Luppnow

SRK recently undertook the closure design and implementation for the tailings facility at a defunct operation in central Nevada, USA.

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San Manuel, Arizona: From Mining To Reclamation
Terry Braun, Rob Bowell

The San Manuel property is a former integrated mining, milling and smelting operation located in central Arizona, USA.

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Mine Closure Planning In The Chinese Mining Industry
Peter Smith

SRK stands at the forefront of mine closure planning in the Chinese Mining Industry.

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Mine Closure Regulation In Turkey
Filiz Toprak

The “Regulation on Reclamation of Lands Disturbed by Mining Activities,” published in December 2007 and amended in January 2010, is a milestone toward establishing requirements for mine closure planning in Turkey.

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Demolition Costing
Jan Slabbert

An integral part of any facility closure is estimating the cost of removing the mine infrastructure that cannot be used for other purposes.

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Capital Expenditure To Reduce Long Term Closure Liability
Dave Bentel, Breese Burnley

SRK Reno recently designed and permitted a flotation tailings disposal impoundment in Nevada.

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Reducing Economic Impacts From Interim Closure
Valerie Sawyer

Interim or temporary closure can be defined as the cessation of the operation of a mine, or a mining or processing activity, as a result of a planned or unplanned activity.

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Soil Covers For Cold Region Mine Closures
Maritz Rykaart

Soil covers are widely used in the closure of tailings and waste rock.

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How Did The International Cyanide Code Get Started?
Dawn Garcia

In response to public concern about environmental impacts from gold mining operations, the mining industry set up a stakeholder group under the United Nations Environmental Program to address prevention planning.

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Closure Planning To Comply With The International Cyanide Code
Dawn Garcia

About 10 years ago, a multi-stakeholder group created a system that demonstrates a company’s voluntary commitment to environmental standards under the International Cyanide Code.

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Engineering Solution To Save Pacific Salmon In The Tsolum River
Peter Healey

In partnership with local communities, the BC provincial government and local industry, SRK developed a long-term solution to control copper-bearing drainage that has been contaminating the headwaters of the Tsolum River for decades.

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Using Abandoned Mines As Field Laboratories
Andrew Barnes, Rob Bowell, Matt Dey

SRK Cardiff and Cardiff School of Engineering are collaborating to characterise the impacts associated with mine waste at historical sites in central Wales, stretching back over 800 years.

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The Environmental Management Plan And Closure Planning
James Lake

During 2009, SRK Johannesburg completed a number of environmental compliance audits as part of due-diligence exercises.

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Closure Cost Confusion
Jeff Parshley

The last two decades have seen a significant evolution in both the methods and purposes for estimating closure costs.

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