Join the Australian Centre for Geomechanics and the Centre for Land Rehabilitation in attempting to answer crucial questions of how to close mines in socially, economically and environmentally responsible ways. You will have a unique opportunity to meet your counterparts from many different countries and share your ideas and experiences.

Share and explore information about innovative mine closure strategies, processes and products to help minimise future environmental and social impacts.

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Seminar Themes

• Planning for closure in an uncertain future
• Managing unplanned closure
• Regulatory developments nationally and internationally
• Implications of contaminated site legislation
• Costing closure correctly
• Recognising and accounting for closure liabilities
• Dealing with stakeholder concerns
• Long-term geotechnical stability
• Reducing long-term water management costs
• Agreeing acceptable closure criteria
• Appropriate cover systems - designing for perpetuity
• Post-closure monitoring and final relinquishment
• Climate change and mine site rehabiliation
• Restoring natural ecosystems
• Mining heritage, conservation and tourism
• Dealing with legacy mines

Key Dates

Submission of abstracts: 16 February 2009

Submission of papers: 1 June 2009

Mine Closure 2009 Seminar: 7 - 11 September 2009

Mine Closure 2009 Co-chairs:

Andy Fourie
Australian Centre for Geomechanics

In early 2005, Andy joined the Australian Centre for Geomechanics to develop the field of environmental geomechanics. Andy brings to the ACG more than 25 years industry and research experience in the management, transportation and disposal of mining waste.

Mark Tibbett
Centre for Land Rehabilitation (UWA)

Mark joined the Centre for Land Rehabilitation, the University of Western Australia in 2003. His research interests include: microbial ecology, early ecosystem succession and incipient soil development, biogeochemical cycling (of nutrients and pollutants) in terrestrial ecosystems, restoration ecology and the function of mycorrhizas in ecosystems. He has wide experience with different ecosystems, having worked in tropical, mediterranean, temperate and polar regions.

Mine Closure 2007 Seminar Proceedings

Keep abreast of the latest mine closure technologies, applications and developments by purchasing the proceedings of the Second International Seminar on Mine Closure, held in Santiago, Chile.

Mine Closure 2006 Seminar Proceedings

Purchase the proceedings of the First International Seminar on Mine Closure, held in Perth, Western Australia.

Australian Centre for Geomechanics
PO Box 3296
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NEDLANDS WA 6009
AUSTRALIA

Phone: (+61 8) 6488 3300
Facsimile: (+61 8) 6488 1130

E-mail: acg@acg.uwa.edu.au
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