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16th Annual BC MEND ARD/ML Workshop by Louise Laverdure, Natural Resources Canada December 3, 2009
Green MiningInitiativeMines Vertes
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Outline• Background
• Issues and considerations • Why do we need to innovate
• Green Mining Initiative• Footprint reduction• Innovation in waste management• Ecosystem risk management• Mine closure and rehabilitation
• The Future
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Objectives• To outline a new, Pan-Canadian multi-
stakeholder mining S&T initiative that will:- Improve the mining sector’s
environmental performance;- Promote innovation in mining; and,-Realize market opportunities in
green mining technologies• Recognized by Ministers at last F/P/T
Conference in 2009
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Mining environmental performance has greatly improved . . .• Management of acidic drainage
- New prediction, prevention and treatment methods have dramatically reduced environmental liabilities.
• Reduced emissions of air pollutants- SO2 emissions reduced by 63% (1988-2006)
• Improved waste management- Improved closure methods – with current and new
mines having closure plans and financial assurance
• Industry leadership- e.g. The Mining Association of Canada’s Towards
Sustainable Mining, PDAC’s e3
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… but ongoing improvement is essential for long term competitiveness and environmental sustainability . . .
• Use of fish-bearing water bodies for mine waste storage
• Regulatory standards tightening for GHGs, air pollutants, and water effluents
• Concerns about water supplies, acidic drainage and mine waste management
• Need for improved mine site rehabilitation• Need to consider the impact of climate change
on mining• Canada expects better from us
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Green Mining Initiative • Interconnected themes linked to environmental
protection, remediation and recovery• Footprint reduction• Innovation in waste management• Ecosystem risk management• Mine closure and rehabilitation
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Footprint Reduction
• Ore extraction methods• Alternative energy vehicles• Comminution• Value added mineral by-products
• Clean processing • Air emissions• Alternatives to cyanide • Biohydrometallurgy
technologies
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Innovation in Waste Management• Waste minimization,
utilization, reprocessing• Acidic drainage, prediction
of impact, prevention, and treatment, e.g. MEND
• Development of alternative waste disposal technologies
• Waste management practices and technologies for the North
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Ecosystem Risk Management• Metals hazard and risk assessment• Metal toxicology • Environmental effects monitoring• Transformation/dissolution (T/D)
examination of metals, metal compounds and alloys
• Life Cycle Assessment of metals • Development of water quality
guidelines
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Mine Closure and Rehabilitation• Sustain multi-stakeholder initiative on abandoned
mines (NOAMI) • Technologies for mine closure and rehabilitation
– climate change adaptation in the mining industry– ecological reclamation / habitat restoration– biodiversity
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Making progress-Strengthening partnerships • Building on existing initiatives
- Mine Environment Neutral Drainage (MEND)- National Orphaned/Abandoned Mines Initiative (NOAMI)
• Canada Mining Innovation Council (CMIC)- CMIC endorsed the GMI under its environment theme - Joint CMIC-NRCan technical advisory committee- Joint initiatives on energy efficiency, tailings management
• Opportunities for collaboration (domestic & international)- 2009 EMMC FPT Ministers endorsement of GMI; public
policy measures to advance green technologies- Industry, academia, research organizations
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CMIC Board (Vision, Mandate and Objectives)
Highly QualifiedPersonnel Branding
Targeted Research(Research Direction –
recommendations to Board)
Collaboration &Culture
Exploration Deep mining Environment Processing
Ecosystem Risk Management
Mine Waste Management
Footprint Reduction
CMIC Secretariat
GMI Advisory Committee
CMIC CANMET-MMSL
Mine Closureand Rehabilitation
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CMIC Environment Priorities
• CMIC has endorsed GMI as the tool to deliver its Environment related mandate.
• CMIC has two priorities under this mandate:• Tailings management• Energy Efficiency
• CMIC, in collaboration with NRCan, is organising workshops on these two issues.
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The Future…• Minimize waste produced by mining,
transform it into environmentally friendly resources for other uses and leave behind only clean water, rehabilitated landscapes and healthy ecosystems.
• Canada’s future will need us to demonstrate leadership in green mining
• A Canadian mining industry that is, and is seen to be, innovative, as well as environmentally and socially responsible