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Project Overview

Project Number
M0381
Total Grant Value
$650,000
MRIWA Contribution
$200,000
Project Theme
Sustainable Land Use Post-mining
Project Period
2007 - 2009

Summary

The program was carried out in the context of the design and management of large waste-rock dumps in arid ecosystems, in particular in the Great Sandy Desert, where Newcrest’s Telfer Gold mine operates.

Engineered post-mining landscapes are not only required to be restored to a near natural ecosystem function, but also to prevent contaminant and sediment off-site movement from rock-dumps and tailings storage facilities.

Keywords: waste-rock dumps, arid ecosystems, contaminant and sediment off-site movement

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