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Local Content Strategy: A guidance document for the oil and gas industry
IPIECA
This guidance document is based on IPIECA members’ efforts to develop good practice in managing local content. It is aimed at practitioners and other company representatives with responsibility for this objective.Water Management
Australian Government, Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
Following consultation with the Australian mining industry and other interest groups on the key issues affecting sustainable development, the “Leading Practice Sustainable Development” Program developed 14 handbooks. This handbook acknowledges water is integral to virtually all mining activities and typically the prime medium that can carry pollutant into the wider environment. Consequently, sound water management is fundamental for all mining operations. Water must be managed at all stages of the life cycle of minerals operations. A key principle to sound water management is the recognition of water as an asset with social, cultural, environmental and economic value.Working with Indigenous Communities
Australian Government, Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
Following consultation with the Australian mining industry and other interest groups on the key issues affecting sustainable development, the “Leading Practice Sustainable Development” Program developed 14 handbooks. This handbook acknowledges within the exploration and mining sectors, there is growing recognition that relationship building and agreement making with Indigenous people and other people with rights and interests in land and waters are more practical ways of dealing with native title matters than litigation and costly legal processes. Similarly, requirements for the appropriate recognition and handling of Indigenous cultural heritage issues will be better managed by building on sound relationships.Mine Rehabilitation
Australian Government, Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
Following consultation with the Australian mining industry and other interest groups on the key issues affecting sustainable development, the “Leading Practice Sustainable Development” Program developed 14 handbooks. This handbook acknowledges rehabilitation is the process used to repair the impacts of mining on the environment. The long-term objectives of rehabilitation can vary from simply converting an area to a safe and stable condition, to restoring the pre-mining conditions as closely as possible to support the future sustainability of the site.Risk Management
Australian Government, Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
Following consultation with the Australian mining industry and other interest groups on the key issues affecting sustainable development, the “Leading Practice Sustainable Development” Program developed 14 handbooks. This handbook acknowledges risk is an unavoidable consequence of mining operations and there is a business case to embrace a robust and comprehensive risk management approach. The mining and minerals processing industry faces several different types of risk including economic, environmental, social and regulatory risk. Stewardship
Australian Government, Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
Following consultation with the Australian mining industry and other interest groups on the key issues affecting sustainable development, the “Leading Practice Sustainable Development” Program developed 14 handbooks. This handbook acknowledges stewardship involves the care and management of a commodity through its life cycle. Stewardship needs to be an integrated program of actions aimed at ensuring that all materials, processes, goods and services are managed throughout the life cycle in a socially and environmentally responsible manner.Tailings Management
Australian Government, Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
Following consultation with the Australian mining industry and other interest groups on the key issues affecting sustainable development, the “Leading Practice Sustainable Development” Program developed 14 handbooks. This handbook acknowledges tailings are a combination of: fine-grained solid materials that remain after recoverable metals and minerals have been extracted from the mixed ore; and any remaining process water. Mining companies must strive for excellence in the management of risks and implementation of both the operational works and the closure plans for tailings facilities.
Managing Acid and Metalliferous Drainage
Australian Government, Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
Following consultation with the Australian mining industry and other interest groups on the key issues affecting sustainable development, the “Leading Practice Sustainable Development” Program developed 14 handbooks. This handbook acknowledges the problem of acid and metalliferous drainage encompasses all issues associated with the actual and potential environmental effects of sulfide oxidation resulting from mining activities. Mine Closure and Completion
Australian Government, Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
Following consultation with the Australian mining industry and other interest groups on the key issues affecting sustainable development, the “Leading Practice Sustainable Development” Program developed 14 handbooks. This handbook acknowledges poorly closed and derelict (orphaned and abandoned) mines provide a difficult legacy issue for governments, communities and companies and ultimately tarnish the mining industry as a whole. Increasingly, as access to resources becomes tied to industry and corporate reputation, effective closure processes and satisfactory mine completion becomes critical to a company's ability to develop new projects. Taking a more integrated approach to mine closure planning, and doing it earlier, can achieve effective mine closure and completion.Cyanide Management
Australian Government, Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
Following consultation with the Australian mining industry and other interest groups on the key issues affecting sustainable development, the “Leading Practice Sustainable Development” Program developed 14 handbooks. This handbook acknowledges managing cyanide to minimise risks to human health and environmental health represents one of the key challenges facing the mining industry. 