Session theme: How dead do you want it? Unborn, troublesome or healthy mines: The Economic and Strategic Effects of Mine Closure
- Organization:
- Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
- Pages:
- 12
- File Size:
- 101 KB
- Publication Date:
- May 1, 2006
Abstract
Mine closure issues ?Narrow issues: ?Environmental focus; ?Broad issues: ?Social issues and sustainability; ?Continued importance of mining; ?Historical legacies from closed mines; ?Barriers to development; ?Migration [ir]reversibility Dealing with closure issues ?A matter of choice ?Option 1: Engagein solving closure problems as best possible; ?Option 2: Exit, leaving the playing field to firms not interested in solving problems ?Option 3: Delay, till better time to enter or until early entry [by others] fails and pick property up cheap [?].
Citation
APA: (2006) Session theme: How dead do you want it? Unborn, troublesome or healthy mines: The Economic and Strategic Effects of Mine Closure
MLA: Session theme: How dead do you want it? Unborn, troublesome or healthy mines: The Economic and Strategic Effects of Mine Closure. Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, 2006.