Clint McCullough (MiWER), Mark Lund (MiWER) Can Australian pit lakes be used for sustainable enduses for mining companies, communities or the environment? Being a finite abstraction, “sustainable mining” is something of an oxymoron for what is inherently unsustainable activity. Nevertheless, in an era of increasing recognition of environmental and social damage through an…
Clint McCullough (MiWER), Mark Lund (MiWER), Lu Zhao (MiWER) Conceptual modelling to better understand ecological risks posed by pit lakes Strategic management of pit lakes as a regional resource and/or liability requires a data collection programme to advise management processes such as environmental and human health and safety. Development of a monitoring and…
Clint McCullough (MiWER), Douglas Hunt (Curtin University), Louis Evans (Curtin University) What planning and regulatory involvement if required to develop pit lakes into beneficial end uses? Social licence to mine is encouraging a much greater emphasis on sustainability and contribution to the local community of a post-mining landscape than ever before. Development of a pit lake…
Clint McCullough (MiWER), Mark Lund (MiWER) Conceptual modelling to better understand ecological risks posed by pit lakes To ensure greatest scientific robustness of conceptual models we held a site visit and workshop in Collie with an expert panel of scientific researchers and managers from universities and State regulatory staff to best understand how these processes are…
[ap_tab_group type=”horizontal”] [ap_tab title=”Title 1″]Content 1[/ap_tab] [ap_tab title=”Title 2″]Content 2[/ap_tab] [ap_tab title=”Title 3″]Content 3[/ap_tab] [ap_tab title=”Title 4″]Content 4[/ap_tab] [/ap_tab_group]Clint McCullough (MiWER), Mark Lund (MiWER), Joel May (Xstrata Coal Pty Ltd) Is a mining operations sewage evaporation pond able to biologically remediate acid pit dewatering water? Workshop Evaporation Pond 2 (WEP2) is a water body used to…