Management of abandoned mines in Queensland – An update and re-commercialisation initiatives

With over 15 years’ operational experience in the coal mining industry within Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, Karin has worked on a diverse range of technical issues and projects which covers complex post-mine transition challenges and opportunities such as: active and future economic transitions in mining regions, social dimensions of mine closure, First Nations inclusion, re-commercialisation, and beneficial post-mining land use opportunities. Karin’s passion is aligned with integrated mine planning leading to successful mine rehabilitation and closure. Karin has a PhD in environmental economics from the University of Western Australia. The study explores community preferences and attitudes toward mine rehabilitation and post-mining land use options of coalmines in New South Wales (NSW). A choice experiment (CE) was used to estimate the non-market values held for mine rehabilitation outcomes using a case study of a coal mine in the Central Tablelands of NSW.