Abstract
Mine closure—as a process—refers to the period of time when the operational stage of a mine is ending or has ended and the final decommissioning and mine rehabilitation is being undertaken. Closure may be only temporary in some cases or may lead into a programme of care and maintenance. In this sense, the term mine closure encompasses a wide range of drivers, processes and outcomes. The goal of mine closure is mine completion (Ghose 2011).
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Maiti, S.K. (2013). Mine Closure. In: Ecorestoration of the coalmine degraded lands. Springer, India. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-0851-8_17
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