Fact sheet 8: Planning for Closure
This fact sheet covers planning for closure, including landform design, stakeholder consultation, and planning for relinquishment.
A 'design for closure' approach should be applied to all parts of the mining cycle from Feasibility and Operations, through to Closure. Plans should be developed as part of mine planning and progressively implemented. Unplanned closure means the risks are increased for both the environment, due to physical and contamination risks, and the community as the landform left may not provide a final landform which can be used and community resources (i.e. water) may be contaminated.