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Aquatic ecosystemsMine closure planningPit Lake

Why are water quality impacts so relevant to mining?

MINING CAN IMPACT WATER QUALITY IN MANY WAYS. For a start, mines often operate in…
Cherie McCullough
Cherie McCulloughOctober 8, 2024
Mine rehabilitation

Developing completion criteria

Mine closure plans (MCPs) detail the post mining land use (PMLU) of landforms constructed during…
Cherie McCullough
Cherie McCulloughSeptember 11, 2024
Mine closure planningPit Lake

Managing multiple pit lake post-mining land uses (PMLUs)

Defining a post mining land use (PMLU) is fundamental to developing an over-arching vision to…
Cherie McCullough
Cherie McCulloughJanuary 23, 2024
Aquatic ecosystemsMine closure planningPit Lake

Pit Lake Contaminants

Pit lakes often present poor water quality as a key hazard Pit lakes are characterised…
Cherie McCullough
Cherie McCulloughJune 23, 2023
Mine closure planningPit Lake

Remote sampling of pit lake water quality by UAVs (drones)

Understanding pit lake water quality is critical to operational management and especially closure planning.  …
Cherie McCullough
Cherie McCulloughAugust 27, 2022
Aquatic ecosystemsMine closure planning

Toxicity of elevated magnesium concentrations in mine waters

Mesocosm studies were used for studying whole aquatic biotic communities for site-specific magnesium guideline values…
Cherie McCullough
Cherie McCulloughJuly 24, 2020
Mine closure planningPit Lake

Studying mine pit lake systems across multiple scales

Understanding long term water quality and ecological aspects of pit lakes is important in understanding…
Cherie McCullough
Cherie McCulloughApril 7, 2020
Coal mine pit lake aquaculture Mine closure planningPit Lake

Pit lake repurposing and end use development

LIABILITIES OR OPPORTUNITIES? Pit lakes can represent significant liabilities at mine closure. However, depending upon…
Cherie McCullough
Cherie McCulloughApril 7, 2020
Pit Lake photo Mine closure planningPit Lake

Pit Lake closure criteria

Every mine closure plan should contain a clear description of what the next land use…
Cherie McCullough
Cherie McCulloughJanuary 11, 2019
Ecotoxicological assessment of mine waters Aquatic ecosystems

Ecotoxicological assessment of mine waters

Toxicity testing is primarily used for determining acceptable chemical concentrations in receiving systems. Testing occurs…
Cherie McCullough
Cherie McCulloughJanuary 11, 2019

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