A risk-based approach to closure planning

摘要

Indentifying and accounting for mine closure related risks ensures that a more realistic approach is adopted for closure planning. This approach acknowledges that risks exist, and moves away from the all too common tendency of adopting overly optimistic closure scenarios. By incorporating and costing risk, there is more accurate provisioning in balance sheets and a greater degree of cost-effective site divestment is achieved. The early identification of risks enables measures to be implemented during operations to eliminate or minimise them.