#LOMMWT2025

No silver bullets in tailings as experts push for smarter stacking strategies and filtered failures get a reality check

As the mining industry edges closer to a tipping point on tailings management, a panel of global experts at the 2025 Life of Mine | Mine Waste and Tailings Conference in Brisbane issued a clear message: discipline in operations, humility in design, and a more adaptive mindset will be critical to preventing the next tailings disaster.

By Jamie Wade on August 5, 2025
Safety, Emergency Response, Efficiency, Process Improvement, Mineral Processing, Costs, Financial Planning, Cost Control, ESG, Environmental Impact Assessments, Waste Management, Regulatory Adherence, Reporting Requirements, Sustainable Practices, Environmental Stewardship, Mine Closure Planning, Extraction, Mineral Extraction, Workforce, Training and Development, Innovation, Technology Adoption, Process Innovation, Risk, Risk Assessment, Risk Mitigation, Mines & Projects, Development Stages, Case Studies, Exploration, Geoscience data visualisation and analytics, Exploration technologies and methodologies
Australia, Queensland, North America, South America, Asia, Indonesia
Precious Metals, Gold, Base Metals, Copper, Nickel, Industrial Minerals, Clay

Why safe mine closure is just the beginning and not the end of the story for mining companies, communities and the land they leave behind

If there was one thing the panel on safe mine closure made clear at this year’s Life of Mine - Mine Waste and Tailings Conference in Brisbane, it’s this: closure is no longer just about sealing off the last truckload and planting grass.

By Jamie Wade on August 5, 2025
Efficiency, Process Improvement, Mineral Processing, Costs, Financial Planning, Cost Control, ESG, Environmental Impact Assessments, Waste Management, Reclamation Projects, Stakeholder Communication, Community Development Projects, Corporate Social Responsibility, Local Employment Opportunities, Sustainable Practices, Mine Closure Planning, Workforce, Training and Development, Health and Well-being Programs, Innovation, Process Innovation, Risk, Risk Assessment, Risk Mitigation, Mines & Projects, Project Overviews, Development Stages, Case Studies
Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara
Precious Metals, Gold, Base Metals, Copper

Tailings are forever so let’s talk about the people who live with them and why mining needs memory systems as enduring as the waste it leaves behind

At the AusIMM Life of Mine - Mine Waste and Tailings 2025 conference in Brisbane, Professor Deanna Kemp delivered a keynote address that cut to the core of one of mining’s most pressing and under-examined challenges: how tailings governance is - and isn’t - working when it comes to people.

By Jamie Wade on August 5, 2025
Safety, Incident Reporting, Emergency Response, ESG, Waste Management, Stakeholder Communication, Community Development Projects, Sustainable Practices, Mine Closure Planning, Workforce, Training and Development, Innovation, Process Innovation, Collaboration with Research Institutions, Risk, Risk Assessment, Risk Mitigation, Crisis Management
Australia, Queensland