Mine Closure

• Closing pit lakes as aquatic ecosystems: Risk, reality, and future uses.

• Microcosm testing of municipal sewage and green waste for full-scale remediation of an acid coal pit lake, in semi-arid tropical Australia. 

• Pit lake sustainability; what is it, and how do I get it?

• Pit lakes: benefit or bane to companies, communities and the environment?

•  In-situ coal pit lake treatment of acidity when sulfate concentrations are low

• More than water quality: environmental limitations to a fishery in acid pit lakes of Collie, south-west Australia.

• Sand mining restoration on the Swan Coastal Plain using topsoil – learning from monitoring of previous rehabilitation attempts.

• Setting restoration goals for restoring pit lakes as aquatic ecosystems: a case study from south west Australia.

• How representative are pit lakes of regional natural water bodies? A case study from silica sand mining

• Pit lakes as evaporative ‘terminal’ sinks: an approach to best available practice mine closure.