Abstract:The rehabilitation of mined landscapes has reached a significant crossroad. There are rising regulatory and community expectations and financial costs, but operational success has made very slow progress across the mining and minerals sectors. The history of rehabilitating mined landscapes is relatively short, with prescriptive approaches encouraged by the introduction of the US Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act in 1977. During these four decades, the goalpost of closure standards has shifted from non… Show more
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