Adapting ICMM's 'Integrated Mine Closure: Good practice guide' into training materials

ICMM has released a training package aimed at improving awareness and strengthening capabilities in integrated mine closure planning. The training targets site-based staff with a role in closure planning and delivery, but who may not necessarily be closure specialists. 

Based on the key concepts of its Integrated Mine Closure: Good practice guide, the training materials are presented as six training modules in slide pack format:

1. Integrated mine closure introduction (45 minutes)
   • High level executive summary and training overview
2. Closure planning across the mining lifecycle (2 hours)
   • Integration into life of mine planning
   • Closure governance
3. Planning for closure (1 day)
   • Knowledge base
   • Closure vision, principles and objectives
   • Post-closure land use
   • Social transition
   • Identifying and assessing risks and opportunities
   • Success criteria
   • Closure costs
4. Stakeholder engagement (2 hours)
   • Engagement for closure plan development
5. Implementing closure (1 day)
   • Closure activities
   • Progressive closure
   • Closure execution plan
   • Temporary or sudden closure
6. Post-closure activities and site relinquishment (0.5 days)
   • Monitoring, maintenance and management
   •  Relinquishment.

The slide decks have embedded facilitator notes, providing suggestions on how to structure the modules and training.

The materials also include a facilitator’s guide and a series of A3 activity maps, which accompany each module. The activities are based on ICMM’s Closure Maturity Framework.