Getting closure? Mining rehabilitation reform in Queensland and Western Australia

LN Mills - The Extractive Industries and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
Orphaned, abandoned and inadequately rehabilitated mines have left of legacy of social,
economic, and environmental risk. The failure of mine rehabilitation in Australia has become …

[HTML][HTML] Below Water Table Mining, Pit Lake Formation, and Management Considerations for the Pilbara Mining Region of Western Australia

CD McCullough - Mining, 2024 - mdpi.com
Located in northern Western Australia, the Pilbara is the highest productivity region for iron
ore and other metal mining in Australia. As elsewhere, mine closure guidelines typically …

New approach for mining site reclamation using alternative substrate based on phosphate industry by-product and sludge mixture

YKD Guéablé, Y Bezrhoud, H Moulay, L Moughli… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mining soils are generally characterized by soils having a coarse texture and low fertility,
which makes revegetation a very difficult and delicate operation, especially in arid and semi …

Canary in the coal mine: Lessons from the Jarrah Forest suggest long-term negative effects of phosphorus fertilizer on biodiverse restoration after surface mining

MI Daws, C Blackburn, RJ Standish… - Frontiers in Forests and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Despite nutrient enrichment having widely reported negative impacts on biodiversity,
fertilizer is routinely applied in post mining restoration to enhance plant growth and …