Optimizing post-mining land-use decision making in cooperation with stakeholders

Padur, Kadi; Purre, Anna‐Helena

doi:10.1007/s10668-021-01638-z

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“…MAUT is an analytical approach for making logical decisions and for converging toward a preferred solution where there are multiple objectives or attributes [7,99]. It is frequently used in decision-making processes involving sustainability issues, since these issues are more complex and require more than a cost/profit assessment [28,36,39,86,91,93,[100][101][102]. Furthermore, optimizing project selection through balancing economic, environmental, and social goals creates an opportunity for developing decision-support tools for mining companies, and MAUT is a well-suited technique to support prioritization of conflicting goals [43].…”

Section: Multi-attribute Decision Analysis (Mada)mentioning

confidence: 99%

A Quantitative Sustainability Assessment for Mine Closure and Repurposing Alternatives in Colorado, USA

2022

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Responsible mine closure and repurposing are key to contributing to sustainable development by ensuring successful environmental rehabilitation and reducing socioeconomic risks. However, mine closure has primarily focused on remediation and rehabilitation of mined lands with limited consideration of stakeholder perspectives and the broader social, economic, and cultural impacts of closure. In this paper, we use stakeholder input to evaluate and compare three different repurposing alternatives for the tailings dam area of a mine in the state of Colorado, USA, which is expected to close in the next twenty years. By using multi-attribute utility theory (MAUT), we determine which alternative better reflects stakeholder preferences and results in the most economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable outcome. Our results show that although stakeholder groups have different ideas about what constitutes sustainable development in the context of mine closure and repurposing, it is possible to identify to what extent different scenarios can address these perspectives. We argue that integrating stakeholder views into mine closure design and repurposing can lead to more responsible and sustainable mine closure that is unique to a particular setting and stakeholder needs, and we provide a methodology that mining companies may use to understand stakeholder priorities and preferences.

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