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There is an armchair on the beach of a closed pit lake and the gates are locked. Which tells you much of what you need to know about mine water safety

Mine water safety conversations default to tailings dams, but Dr Cherie McCullough spent an hour explaining why the larger risk is day to day exposure to as little as 1.

By Jamie Wade on August 15, 2026
Safety, Occupational Health, Safety Training, Incident Reporting, Emergency Response, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Efficiency, Workflow Management, ESG, Water and Air Quality Monitoring, Long-term Planning, Environmental Stewardship, Mine Closure Planning, Workforce, Training and Development, Health and Well-being Programs, Risk, Risk Assessment, Risk Mitigation, Crisis Management, Insurance and Liability
Australia, Western Australia, Goldfields-Esperance, South West, Asia

How simulation is filling nickel and cobalt’s data gaps and giving miners a credible way to prove environmental performance to global markets

When reliable environmental performance data doesn’t exist, simulation can step in – and according to IGO Nova’s Zachary Hearne, it could give Australian producers a market advantage.

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.

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.