Sustainable Mine Closure
Explore what happens when mining ends and how former mine sites can be safely closed, restored and transformed for future use.
Overview
Description
This Digital Teaching Material explores how mines can be closed safely and sustainably. It introduces closure planning, decommissioning, rehabilitation and long-term monitoring, and shows how different open-pit and underground mines can be transformed into stable landscapes, new ecosystems and useful post-mining land uses.
What you will learn:
- What the main components of sustainable mine closure are and why closure should be planned from the beginning
- How closure strategies differ between open-pit and underground mines
- How former mine sites can be rehabilitated and given new environmental, social or economic uses
- Why long-term monitoring and management remain important after mining has ended
Curriculum
- 1 Section
- 2 Lessons
- Lifetime
- Mine Closure2
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DTM Features
- Lectures 2
- Quiz 0
- Duration 60 min
- Skill level Intermediate
- Language English
- Students 1
- Certificate No
- Assessments Yes