Andrew KeithAurecon
Andrew Keith is Aurecon’s Market Director for Resources in ANZ and Asia. Andrew has a leadership role in providing strategic and early stage advice to mining and resources companies and in delivering to meet Aurecon’s mining clients’ strategic business goals. Andrew has a long history of planning and managing design of infrastructure for mining projects, especially in remote locations having spent 12 years managing Aurecon’s Indonesian operations and delivering work for the Indonesian coal and nickel mining industries. Andrew’s strategic role is to coordinate the company’s expertise to provide the solutions needed by the mining industry in the context of the challenges of declining head grades, increasing remoteness, and critical importance of license to operate in the 21st Century
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Contributing Panelists
Thursday: Pathways to relinquishment and opportunities to transition to productive alternate land uses |
Abstract
Closing your mine while improving your bottom line.
As part of the AusIMM’s Life of Mine Conference 2016, Aurecon held a workshop entitled "Closing your mine while improving your bottom line", for representatives from government environmental and mining departments, scientific research organisations, universities and major mining and engineering corporations to brainstorm mine closure possibilities.
Adopting a design-led innovation approach, the day produced a number of mine re-purposing suggestions ranging from research facilities to adventure parks. One concept, “the blank canvas solution” became an enabler for other ideas and offers stakeholders the chance to completely rethink rehabilitation and mine closure. This idea advocates the establishment of an umbrella agency to create sustainable regional communities by providing expert advice and coordinating the right providers throughout the mine’s operating and closure stages.
This solution recognises and serves the complex and competing needs of the three main stakeholder groups critical to developing sustainable communities: the mining company, government and the community. It provides a mechanism which through early and continual involvement from mine planning through to close the "wicked" problem of achieving positive social, environmental AND financial outcomes can be mobilised through collaboration.
The paper will present the outcomes of the workshop and reflections of participants from the industry post workshop as a catalyst to continue the conversation.
Closing your mine while improving your bottom line.
As part of the AusIMM’s Life of Mine Conference 2016, Aurecon held a workshop entitled "Closing your mine while improving your bottom line", for representatives from government environmental and mining departments, scientific research organisations, universities and major mining and engineering corporations to brainstorm mine closure possibilities.
Adopting a design-led innovation approach, the day produced a number of mine re-purposing suggestions ranging from research facilities to adventure parks. One concept, “the blank canvas solution” became an enabler for other ideas and offers stakeholders the chance to completely rethink rehabilitation and mine closure. This idea advocates the establishment of an umbrella agency to create sustainable regional communities by providing expert advice and coordinating the right providers throughout the mine’s operating and closure stages.
This solution recognises and serves the complex and competing needs of the three main stakeholder groups critical to developing sustainable communities: the mining company, government and the community. It provides a mechanism which through early and continual involvement from mine planning through to close the "wicked" problem of achieving positive social, environmental AND financial outcomes can be mobilised through collaboration.
The paper will present the outcomes of the workshop and reflections of participants from the industry post workshop as a catalyst to continue the conversation.
Panel Discussion for Mine Rehab Conference 2017
Pathways to relinquishment and opportunities to transition to productive alternate land uses.
The purpose of this panel discussion is to explore the frameworks and pathways which could facilitate transition of mine sites to alternative productive land uses that are acceptable to regulators, valued by the community and provide a more certain route to relinquishment for mining companies. The intent of the discussion is to develop recommendations for improved relinquishment and land use transition processes which will be taken forward by the Tom Farrell Institute for further discussion with interested parties.
Pathways to relinquishment and opportunities to transition to productive alternate land uses.
The purpose of this panel discussion is to explore the frameworks and pathways which could facilitate transition of mine sites to alternative productive land uses that are acceptable to regulators, valued by the community and provide a more certain route to relinquishment for mining companies. The intent of the discussion is to develop recommendations for improved relinquishment and land use transition processes which will be taken forward by the Tom Farrell Institute for further discussion with interested parties.
