Leading practice handbooks for sustainable mining

Date published:
1 July 2011

The Leading Practice Handbooks provide mining managers, communities and regulators with information on sustainable mining practices.

The program developed a series of handbooks which provide mining managers, communities and regulators with information on leading practice approaches to mining management.

By sharing Australia’s expertise in mine management and planning, we can encourage best practice sustainable mining both in Australia and overseas.

We developed the handbooks in partnership with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and in consultation with:

  • minerals industry operators
  • academia
  • peak bodies
  • training providers
  • the Minerals Council of Australia
  • the Australian Government and state and territory governments.

Read the handbook series

Several of the handbooks have been translated into different languages including; Bahasa Indonesia, French, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Mongolian, Spanish and Vietnamese.

Reference guide to leading practice sustainable development in mining

This guide consolidates key information from the Leading Practice Sustainable Development in Mining Program handbook series. The handbooks provide mining managers, communities and regulators with practical informati...

Airborne contaminants, noise and vibration

This Leading Practice Sustainable Development Program for the Mining Industry handbook provides a toolkit for implementing leading practice in the management of airborne contaminants, noise and vibration on mine sit...

Biodiversity management

This Leading Practice Sustainable Development Program for the Mining Industry handbook outlines principles and procedures for assessing, managing and monitoring biodiversity values.

Community engagement and development

This Leading Practice Sustainable Development Program for the Mining Industry handbook sets out key principles, benefits and steps for community engagement and development.

Community health and safety

This Leading Practice Sustainable Development Program for the Mining Industry handbook considers the health and safety aspects of mining operations.

Cyanide management

This Leading Practice Sustainable Development Program for the Mining Industry handbook outlines cyanide management.

Energy management in mining

This Leading Practice Sustainable Development Program for the Mining Industry handbook focuses on ways to improve the energy performance of mining sites in a way that contributes to business goals.

Evaluating performance: monitoring and auditing

This Leading Practice Sustainable Development Program for the Mining Industry handbook looks at how leading practice monitoring and auditing achieves good sustainable development performance.

Hazardous materials management

This Leading Practice Sustainable Development Program for the Mining Industry handbook includes guiding principles and leading practices in the handling and storage of hazardous materials through the mine life cycle...

Mine closure

 This Leading Practice Sustainable Development Program for the Mining Industry handbook looks at mine closure approaches to prevent or minimise adverse long-term environmental, physical, social and economic impacts.

Mine rehabilitation

This Leading Practice Sustainable Development Program for the Mining Industry handbook outlines the key principles and procedures now recognised as leading practice for planning, implementing and monitoring mine reh...

Preventing acid and metalliferous drainage

This Leading Practice Sustainable Development Program for the Mining Industry handbook focuses on preventing, managing and treating the production of acid and metalliferous drainage from exposed sulfidic materials.

Risk management

This Leading Practice Sustainable Development Program for the Mining Industry handbook provides guidance on risk assessment and risk management.

Stewardship

This Leading Practice Sustainable Development Program for the Mining Industry handbook focuses on the principles of stewardship and the role it plays in sustainable development performance.

Tailings management

This Leading Practice Sustainable Development Program for the Mining Industry handbook focuses on a systematic, risk-based approach to tailings management. It provides examples of tailings containment, disposal and...

Water stewardship

This Leading Practice Sustainable Development Program for the Mining Industry handbook provides practical stewardship approaches to improve mine water management.

Working with Indigenous communities

This Leading Practice Sustainable Development Program for the Mining Industry handbook outlines working with Indigenous communities.