Mine Closure

With the global mining sector pivoting to recognise and support the importance of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) principles, mine closure and remediation has become one of the most important phases of the mining lifecycle.

Overview

Our mine closure experts provide strategic planning services to develop a closure vision, engage with stakeholders, and then develop and implement a closure strategy that is cost-beneficial while reducing negative legacy risk.

The extent to which a mining company is able to manage regulators, community and employee expectations, as well as final closure outcomes, has a major impact on investor, community and regulator sentiment from the outset.

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Mine Closure and Assets Transformation Services

  • Stakeholder engagement and partnerships

    • Social
    • Indigenous
    • Agency
  • Planning and approvals

    • Strategy, risk assessment and liability minimisation
    • Preliminary and detailed cost estimation
    • Closure plans
  • Environmental

    • Baseline inventories and studies
    • Ecology, soil science, geochemistry and climate
  • Water management

    • Hydrology and hydrogeology
    • Wastewater
    • Active and passive treatment
  • Engineering

    • Terrain evaluation, landform and erosion modelling
    • Geotechnical stability
    • Mine waste
    • Detailed design and costing for execution
    • Post-closure operations, monitoring, and reporting
  • Transformation

    • Natural capital evaluation
    • Trade-off studies
    • Certification for relinquishment

Mine Closure Projects

  • Project

    Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Public Ministry of Minas Gerais (MPMG)

    Mining & Minerals

    Technical Audits of Dam Safety in Brazil


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  • Project

    Yellowknife, NT, Canada

    AANDC

    Mining & Minerals

    Giant mine closure


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  • Project

    Canada

    Confidential

    Mining & Minerals

    Solbec & Yvan Vezina site operations & maintenance


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  • Project

    Yellowknife, Canada

    Giant Mine - Yellowknife

    Infrastructure

    Giant Mine ambient air quality monitoring program


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  • Project

    Yukon Territory

    AANDC

    Mining & Minerals

    Faro mine closure


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  • Project

    Salmon, Idaho, USA

    Meridian Beartrack Company, Inc.

    Mining & Minerals

    Beartrack Mine heap leach closure


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  • Project

    California, USA

    Bureau of Land Management

    Mining & Minerals

    Abandoned mines preliminary assessments and removal investigations


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  • Project

    Northern Cape, South Africa

    Anglo America, Kumba Iron Ore

    Mining & Minerals

    Remediation of two decommissioned heavy plant workshops at a former mine site


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Our Team Includes

  • Dr. Chris Meikle

    Mining Sector Leader – Asia Pacific

  • Felicity Jones

    Technical Director, Environmental Impact Assessment – Asia Pacific

  • Danielle O’Toole

    Technical Director, Geotechnics and Mine Waste Engineering – Asia Pacific

  • Brad Radloff

    Technical Director, Asset Transformation and Closure – Asia Pacific

  • Fiona Bell

    Technical Director, Environmental Impact Assessment – Asia Pacific

  • Emma Williams

    Principal Consultant, Asset Transformation & Closure – Asia Pacific

  • Roland Short

    Principal Consultant, Social Performance – Asia Pacific

  • Greg Maddocks

    Technical Director, Soils, Geochemistry, Toxicology & Risk – Asia Pacific

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Further Reading

Recent articles

  • News

    12 November 2024

    1 minute read

    Expanding Our Mine Closure Expertise in Canada


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  • Insight

    07 June 2024

    6 minutes read

    Understanding the new global sustainability reporting standard for the mining sector

    by Laura Burroughs, Sarah Bortz , Tom Patterson


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  • Insight

    06 September 2023

    2 minutes read

    Towards sustainable mining: are you prepared?

    by Dr. Chris Meikle


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