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Mining and sustainable development

Mining and sustainable development. Arabella Imhoff Nautilus Institute RMIT Australia. Mining and sustainable development. Three aspects of mining and sustainable development Economic Environmental Social. Capturing minerals wealth and opportunities . Company business decisions

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Mining and sustainable development

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  1. Mining and sustainable development ArabellaImhoff Nautilus Institute RMIT Australia

  2. Mining and sustainable development • Three aspects of mining and sustainable development • Economic • Environmental • Social

  3. Capturing minerals wealth and opportunities • Company business decisions • Financial bottom line vs. supporting community development • Government policy • Taxes and royalties • Regulatory conditions

  4. Managing minerals wealth • Investing in the future • Savings and investments • Support for economic diversification • Equity in minerals wealth management • Distributions of minerals wealth at local level • Capacity building at local level • Good governance • Transparency • Reporting requirements • Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)

  5. Mining, biodiversity and critical natural capital • Protection of critical natural capital • Government regulation • Land use planning • Improved understanding of biodiversity - research & taxonomy • Mining companies • Biodiversity policies and management planning

  6. Waste management • Tailings storage facilities • Complex structures • Continually constructed over lifetime of mine • Tailings management • Regulatory requirements - ongoing planning, management and reporting • Benchmarking and best practice • Continuity in management over lifetime of project

  7. Mine closure • Miner closure and rehabilitation • Physicaland chemical stabilisation of mine site • Restoration of flora, fauna & biodiversity • Mine closure planning • Undertaken from the start of mine’s life not the end • Management of mine closure costs

  8. Internal social issues • Health and safety issues • Workplace accidents • Exposure to hazardous materials • Ambient factors • International Labour Office • General conventions • Mining specific - 1995 Convention 176 on Safety and Health in Mines • Mining specific ILO Codes of Practice

  9. External social impacts • Land use, resettlement and displacement • Loss of home, income, assets, land, social networks, resources and cultural sites. • Management • Compensation important • But focus should be on rehabilitation

  10. External social impacts • Community development • Service provision by mining companies can create dependency • Governments must take leadership role • Partnerships – supporting community development & government capacity building

  11. Small scale and artisanal mining • Social impacts • Health and safety risks • Human and labour rights issues • Management • Large scale mining companies • Engagement with small scale miners • Training and technology transfer • Governments • Incentives to encourage registering of small scale mining operations

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