Peter ElliottIndependent Consultant
Peter Elliott is an independent consultant providing strategic management and environmental advice and solutions to complex problems including mine closure and relinquishment. Peter has had a long history of facilitating and leading integration of sustainable principles into both mine and other infrastructure projects. He worked for the resource sector for over 20 years including Alcoa World Alumina and Western Mining where he was instrumental in developing good practice in Mine closure and Completion. In 2006 he was a prime author of Mine Closure and Completion booklet produced as part of the leading practice sustainable development program for the Australian Mining Industry produced by the Australian government Department of Industry Tourism and Resources.
He has assisted the Australian Centre for Minerals Extension and Research part of the Sustainable Mining Institute with mine closure workshops, with a focus on the integration of socio-economic aspects of mine closure into Mine Closure Plans. He has provided advice to the WA Department of Mines and Petroleum and Office of the Environmental Protection Authority in the development of Guidelines for preparing Mine Closure Plans. Peter’s background includes being a member of the world benchmark bauxite mine rehabilitation team that received the David Judd Award, the Alcoa environmental excellence award. He developed the first agreed set of mine closure completion criteria developed in Australia. He is currently involved in developing the negotiated net benefit approach for mine closure and the development of more realistic outcomes based assessment and completion criteria and alternative land use options with several clients in WA. |
Contributing Panelists
Thursday: Pathways to relinquishment and opportunities to transition to productive alternate land uses Workshop Convenors
Wednesday: Landform evolution modelling for mine rehabilitation EAMS-SIBERIA Workshop Friday: Stream 1 - Best Practice Ecological Rehabilitation of Mined Lands Workshop Stream 2 - New practices to advance mine rehab in the Hunter Valley Workshop |
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.
Workshop Précis
Pathways to relinquishment and opportunities to transition to productive alternate land uses.
Background: Using the relinquishment process to transition to alternate productive land uses potentially has significant benefits for all parties; mining companies, regulators and communities. However, there are also a number of challenges in achieving this transition to the benefit of all. The challenges include:
Purpose: The purpose of this workshop 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 of liability for mining companies. The intent of the workshop 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. The workshop will discuss:
Pathways to relinquishment and opportunities to transition to productive alternate land uses.
Background: Using the relinquishment process to transition to alternate productive land uses potentially has significant benefits for all parties; mining companies, regulators and communities. However, there are also a number of challenges in achieving this transition to the benefit of all. The challenges include:
- Current regulatory and land tenure frameworks
- Providing for the long term management of residual risk / liability for a site if a future land use fails
- Lack of current mechanisms to facilitate the alignment of mining companies and investors in post mining land uses, with regional development plans
Purpose: The purpose of this workshop 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 of liability for mining companies. The intent of the workshop 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. The workshop will discuss:
- Existing frameworks and pathways to mine relinquishment that satisfy stakeholders (government, future landowner and community).
- Who is responsible for different parts of the transition and relinquishment process and where a mining company’s responsibility for facilitating a future land use stops and the new land user’s starts.
- The role of government in facilitating a transition to a productive land use.
- Who needs to be involved in the relinquishment and transition process and why.
- The alternate future pathways for transition and relinquishment that could be possible and current barriers to achieving these pathways now.
- What needs to change in terms of policy and/or practice to achieve alternative pathways and the outcomes identified.
- Recommendations for possible alternate frameworks for relinquishment and land use transition
