mine closure plans

 A weather sensor installed at Whim Creek.
SURFACE

New owners for old mine

Whim Creek copper-zinc project advances.

22 November 2021

 Innawally Pool in WA's Pilbara
OPERATIONS

Innawally pool gets reprieve

BHP decides to change the mine plan at Jimblebar to avoid disturbing the pool.

14 September 2021

 Argyle closing ceremony
MANAGEMENT

Argyle shuttered

Rio Tinto will dismantle the mine infrastructure and hand land back to traditional owners.

03 November 2020

Ranger in 2020
MANAGEMENT

Ranger on route to closure

ERA has already spent $642 million since 2012 on rehabilitation activities at Ranger.

05 October 2020

 New guidelines for mine planning and closure
MANAGEMENT

Mine planning made easier

New guidelines from DMIRS.

12 February 2020

 Construction can begin at Thunderbird
SURFACE

Thunderbird going to plan

DMIRS signs off on the Thunderbird mine plan.

20 September 2019

 WA Mines Minister Bill Johnston at Mulla Mulla village in August 2019
ENVIRONMENT

Making it easier to clean up out west

A framework for developing mine-site completion criteria in Western Australia.

20 August 2019

The Salina Turda salt mine in Romania is now a big amusement park
MANAGEMENT

Open up on mine shut plans says head

International council chief tells Australian miners to check their end game is in order

12 October 2018

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