Abstract:
Iluka Lanka Resources has mineral resources within the Puttalam District of the
North Western Province of Sri Lanka and is in the early stages of development of
the Puttalam Mine and Industrial Development Project (PMIDP).
At Iluka, we plan for rehabilitation of the open mine pits and subsequent final
landform at the feasibility phase and continue throughout the life of the project
from feasibility studies, execute, operations, closure through to close out.
Iluka takes a multidisciplinary approach to rehabilitation with its technical ability in
mine planning, survey and engineering in conjunction with applying knowledge
from fields such as soil science, vegetation, ecology and hydrology among others to
achieve the agreed final land use, which influences final landform.
This paper discusses the planning process in terms of landform rehabilitation
applied to Iluka's Australian operations at Jacinth-Ambrosia and Yoganup West,
and how that knowledge is adopted in the rehabilitation planning for the Puttalam
Mine and Industrial Development Project.
Citation:
Reynolds, T., & Skok Muir, A.A. (2019). Landform planning - from void to vegetation. In D.M.D.O.K. Dissanayake & G.V.I. Samaradivakara (Eds.), Proceedings of International Symposium on Earth Resources Management & Environment 2019 (pp. 25-32). Department of Earth Resources Engineering, University of Moratuwa.
