A guide to leading practice sustainable development in mining

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Site water team Corporate management Audience focus Site management Operational staff Performance reports Key operational risks Key risks checklist PART I: Drivers for leading practice Key systems risks PART II: Management & reporting systems System design & priorities PART III: Technical & community requirements Leading practice guidance Conceptual flow system Figure 1.3 - The key features of leading practice around which a typical handbook is organised, including the focus audiences and their primary areas of interest (source: LP Water) Operational management (tools and processes) Monitoring, audit and review International audience Despite their focus on the Australian mining industry, the Leading Practice handbooks have been well received internationally. They have been translated into a number of languages including Spanish, Chinese and Indonesian. This reference guide is designed to have more of a global audience and a number of new case studies, highlighting international leading practice, have been included. Given the wide target audience for the reference book and the wide variation in mining experience of the reader, a comprehensive glossary is provided at the end of the Book. Sustainable Development and the Mining Industry The most widely accepted definition of sustainable development is provided in the World Commission of Environment and Development in its landmark report Our Common Future (the Brundtland Report) — ’development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs’. There have been attempts to restate and expand this definition, often with relevance to particular sectors or populations, and some of these will be explored later in the handbook. A core principle in sustainable development is the ‘precautionary principle’, which is simply stated in the 1992 Intergovernmental agreement on the environment as: where there are threats of serious or irreversible environmental damage, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing measures to prevent environmental degradation (DEWHA 1992). A GUIDE TO LEADING PRACTICE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN MINING 7 REVIEW INPUT Company policies SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT SITE / LEASE Social license OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT USE AUDIT STORE TREAT DIVERT MONITOR Legal compliance OUTPUT
In the minerals sector, sustainable development means that investments in minerals projects should be financially profitable, technically appropriate, environmentally sound and socially responsible. Businesses involved in extracting non-renewable resources have come under mounting pressure to embed the concept of sustainability into strategic decision-making processes and operations. In addition to these considerations, responsible corporations have been able to move towards sustainability by developing a range of appropriate stewardship initiatives. Economic development, environmental impact and social responsibilities must be well managed, and productive relationships must exist between governments, industry and stakeholders. Achieving such a situation is simply a ‘good way to do business’. It should not be presumed that a given operation needs to achieve leading practice in every aspect of its activities since to do this may demand allocation and mobilisation of resources (such as people and money) in excess of the benefit to be gained. Potentially this could detract effort from management of other areas of leading practice. Recently, a range of sustainable development policy frameworks have been developed by industry and other organisations that are now acting as drivers for improved practice. One such approach is that of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) which adopted a set of 10 Sustainable Development Principles in 2003 to harness the industry’s commitment to sustainable development within a strategic framework (ICMM, 2003). To give practical and operational effect to the ICMM commitments, the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) developed Enduring Value – the Australian Minerals Industry Framework for Sustainable Development (MCA, 2004). Enduring Value is designed to assist minerals sector managers to implement the sector’s commitment in a practical and operational manner that is targeted at the site level. In adopting Enduring Value, the Australian minerals sector is recognising that its future is linked to the pursuit of sustainable development, which means operating in a manner that is “attuned to community expectations and which acknowledges that business has a shared responsibility with government, and with broader society, to help to facilitate the development of strong and sustainable communities” (MCA, 2004). 8 LEADING PRACTICE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR THE MINING INDUSTRY
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Page 3 and 4: Disclaimer This publication has bee
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Page 12 and 13: 1.0 INTRODUCTION The Purpose and La
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Post-mining & closure Resource deve
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level of family diversity was maint
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Introduction The development and co
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MINE: Mt Todd LOCATION: Near Kather
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Airborne Contaminants, Noise and Vi
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Biodiversity Management During Deve
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Rather than taking a generic approa
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Step 2: Working in collaboration On
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course was designed to train and pr
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Adjustments for changes in the mine
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indicators of high importance durin
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Operating major mining projects pre
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the earliest stage of development,
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Watercourse diversions In order to
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Figure 3.7 - Morwell River after di
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tailings disposal techniques contin
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Figure 4.2 - Predicted blast overpr
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Responsible management of biodivers
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Leading practice management of wate
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MINE: Pierina Mine LOCATION: Distri
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Weipa - a sustainable approach to t
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Adopting the International Cyanide
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Box 1: Major recent incidents invol
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MINE: Chatree gold mine LOCATION: P
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The audit outcomes also highlight t
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Mercury for gold recovery in small/
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Figure 4.9 - Geological control to
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highest rating group for the whole
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Figure 4.13 - Beverley uranium mine
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from 2.5 - 3.0 tonnes/man-shift to
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Figure 4.17 - Sunrise Dam TSF Taili
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Dry stacking bauxite residue is now
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Once the water is used underground
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The Rio Tinto “Excellence in Wate
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Background Image: Sourced from GOOG
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Company policies and government reg
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5.0 MINE REHABILITATION AND CLOSURE
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Closure involves the implementation
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Biodiversity and Closure Introducti
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e better than the high standard bei
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Figure 5.7 - Pasture and shelter tr
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The Argyle Diamonds case study (see
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support and on site accommodation a
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Having the right information to mak
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Figure 5.13 - Misima after rehabili
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In January 2011, the PNG government
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MINE: Former lignite mines LOCATION
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Fig 5.16: Former Minister Stein Coa
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Figure 5.19 - Rehabilitated mine si
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Figure 5.21 - Pit water treatment p
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Final Rehabilitation Rehabilitation
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Figure 5.23: Aerial view of Area 4
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Landform construction In general, e
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The Hsin-Chen Shan quarry terrain i
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Figure 5.29 - Spreading topsoil at
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Risk Management Risk at closure and
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During the 1980s and 1990s, a numbe
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An example of direct vegetation is
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Water Management Central to a mine
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Department of Resources, Energy and
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GLOSSARY AND ACRONYMS Abandoned min
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Biodiversity offsets Conservation a
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Cultural heritage Cultural heritage
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Engagement At its simplest, engagem
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High rate thickener A thickener thr
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NAPP Net Acid Producing Potential,
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Product stewardship This is perhaps
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Risk management process The risk ma
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Sustainable development Sustainable
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