Deadline for abstract submissions extended
Due to overwhelming requests, we are pleased to announce the abstract submission deadlines for our Life of Mine Conference has been extended a further two weeks! Make sure to share your innovative ideas via our abstract portal by 6 February 2023 for your chance to present at Life of Mine 2023 in Brisbane, 2-4 August.
There are six key themes for the 2023 technical conference:
1. Developing regional approaches: shifting from operating independently to collaboratively
- Linking local rehabilitation to regional outcomes, including social impacts and opportunities
- How State and Regional planning can drive long-term visions and encourage collaborative approaches
- Post-mining land use as a contributor to a just transition
2. Innovative rehabilitation and closure solutions
- Operational changes lead to better outcomes at closure
- Incentivising innovation through valuation options
3. Embedding the circular economy into life-of-mine planning
- The challenges of forecasting: How do we identify opportunities when we cannot predict needs in 20-40 years?
- Responsibly extending life of mine with the re-processing of previous waste landforms
4. Decarbonising mine operations, from concept to closure
- Integrating decarbonisation into mine plans
- Integrating climate resilience and climate actions into mine plans
- Post-mining land use as a contributor to decarbonisation
- Defining and deriving carbon capture benefits from mine rehabilitation
5. Integrated sustainability planning
- Cross-functional efforts to deliver integrated sustainability outcomes
- Valuation options : “beyond NPV”
- Integrating strategic water management solutions into life of mine operations
- Opportunities for biodiversity investments and incentivising biodiversity offsets
6. Effective regulatory frameworks for mine life and beyond
Click here to see abstract guidelines, or submit via abstract portal below.