The long post-closure period of a kaolin mine
Autor(a) principal: | |
---|---|
Data de Publicação: | 2013 |
Outros Autores: | |
Tipo de documento: | Artigo |
Idioma: | eng |
Título da fonte: | REM. Revista Escola de Minas (Online) |
Texto Completo: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0370-44672013000300014 |
Resumo: | Aiming at deriving good practice recommendations for mine closure, this paper reviews the case of a kaolin mine whose production ceased more than ten years ago, but as yet didn't meet its completion criteria. Document review, interviews and site visits showed that: (i) rework was needed to satisfactorily implement land rehabilitation measures such as contouring, slope stabilization, erosion and sediment control and revegetation; (ii) underground water quality was affected during mine operation, causing the mine to be included in the State contaminated sites register. Despite being a small operation, the closure of this mine illustrates a number of problems faced by mining companies in planning and implementing mine closure measures: (1) lack of clear land rehabilitation objectives; (2) the need to manage liabilities related to contaminated sites; (3) loss of organizational memory. The research found that good practices, generally recommended in guidebooks, were not adopted by the company. The main lesson from this relatively simple case - a small mine situated near a dynamic and expanding urban area - are that decommissioning and closure cannot be a makeshift add-on to mine management; these are not trivial activities and require careful planning and integration with mine planning itself. |
id |
ESCOLADEMINAS-1_847be4603d320f58d4808c7562c0a110 |
---|---|
oai_identifier_str |
oai:scielo:S0370-44672013000300014 |
network_acronym_str |
ESCOLADEMINAS-1 |
network_name_str |
REM. Revista Escola de Minas (Online) |
repository_id_str |
|
spelling |
The long post-closure period of a kaolin minemine closureland rehabilitationcontaminated sitesAiming at deriving good practice recommendations for mine closure, this paper reviews the case of a kaolin mine whose production ceased more than ten years ago, but as yet didn't meet its completion criteria. Document review, interviews and site visits showed that: (i) rework was needed to satisfactorily implement land rehabilitation measures such as contouring, slope stabilization, erosion and sediment control and revegetation; (ii) underground water quality was affected during mine operation, causing the mine to be included in the State contaminated sites register. Despite being a small operation, the closure of this mine illustrates a number of problems faced by mining companies in planning and implementing mine closure measures: (1) lack of clear land rehabilitation objectives; (2) the need to manage liabilities related to contaminated sites; (3) loss of organizational memory. The research found that good practices, generally recommended in guidebooks, were not adopted by the company. The main lesson from this relatively simple case - a small mine situated near a dynamic and expanding urban area - are that decommissioning and closure cannot be a makeshift add-on to mine management; these are not trivial activities and require careful planning and integration with mine planning itself.Escola de Minas2013-09-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0370-44672013000300014Rem: Revista Escola de Minas v.66 n.3 2013reponame:REM. Revista Escola de Minas (Online)instname:Escola de Minasinstacron:ESCOLA DE MINAS10.1590/S0370-44672013000300014info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessJesus,Camila K. Conegundes deSánchez,Luis Enriqueeng2015-07-28T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0370-44672013000300014Revistahttp://www.scielo.br/remhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpeditor@rem.com.br1807-03530370-4467opendoar:2015-07-28T00:00REM. Revista Escola de Minas (Online) - Escola de Minasfalse |
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv |
The long post-closure period of a kaolin mine |
title |
The long post-closure period of a kaolin mine |
spellingShingle |
The long post-closure period of a kaolin mine Jesus,Camila K. Conegundes de mine closure land rehabilitation contaminated sites |
title_short |
The long post-closure period of a kaolin mine |
title_full |
The long post-closure period of a kaolin mine |
title_fullStr |
The long post-closure period of a kaolin mine |
title_full_unstemmed |
The long post-closure period of a kaolin mine |
title_sort |
The long post-closure period of a kaolin mine |
author |
Jesus,Camila K. Conegundes de |
author_facet |
Jesus,Camila K. Conegundes de Sánchez,Luis Enrique |
author_role |
author |
author2 |
Sánchez,Luis Enrique |
author2_role |
author |
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv |
Jesus,Camila K. Conegundes de Sánchez,Luis Enrique |
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv |
mine closure land rehabilitation contaminated sites |
topic |
mine closure land rehabilitation contaminated sites |
description |
Aiming at deriving good practice recommendations for mine closure, this paper reviews the case of a kaolin mine whose production ceased more than ten years ago, but as yet didn't meet its completion criteria. Document review, interviews and site visits showed that: (i) rework was needed to satisfactorily implement land rehabilitation measures such as contouring, slope stabilization, erosion and sediment control and revegetation; (ii) underground water quality was affected during mine operation, causing the mine to be included in the State contaminated sites register. Despite being a small operation, the closure of this mine illustrates a number of problems faced by mining companies in planning and implementing mine closure measures: (1) lack of clear land rehabilitation objectives; (2) the need to manage liabilities related to contaminated sites; (3) loss of organizational memory. The research found that good practices, generally recommended in guidebooks, were not adopted by the company. The main lesson from this relatively simple case - a small mine situated near a dynamic and expanding urban area - are that decommissioning and closure cannot be a makeshift add-on to mine management; these are not trivial activities and require careful planning and integration with mine planning itself. |
publishDate |
2013 |
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv |
2013-09-01 |
dc.type.driver.fl_str_mv |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
dc.type.status.fl_str_mv |
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
format |
article |
status_str |
publishedVersion |
dc.identifier.uri.fl_str_mv |
http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0370-44672013000300014 |
url |
http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0370-44672013000300014 |
dc.language.iso.fl_str_mv |
eng |
language |
eng |
dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv |
10.1590/S0370-44672013000300014 |
dc.rights.driver.fl_str_mv |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
eu_rights_str_mv |
openAccess |
dc.format.none.fl_str_mv |
text/html |
dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv |
Escola de Minas |
publisher.none.fl_str_mv |
Escola de Minas |
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv |
Rem: Revista Escola de Minas v.66 n.3 2013 reponame:REM. Revista Escola de Minas (Online) instname:Escola de Minas instacron:ESCOLA DE MINAS |
instname_str |
Escola de Minas |
instacron_str |
ESCOLA DE MINAS |
institution |
ESCOLA DE MINAS |
reponame_str |
REM. Revista Escola de Minas (Online) |
collection |
REM. Revista Escola de Minas (Online) |
repository.name.fl_str_mv |
REM. Revista Escola de Minas (Online) - Escola de Minas |
repository.mail.fl_str_mv |
editor@rem.com.br |
_version_ |
1754122198639968256 |