Circular Series 3 :
Mining & Waste Futures Symposium 

 Circular Series: Mines & Waste Futures 2025 :  Reimagining Resources. Redefining Responsibility.

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Western Australia stands at a critical junction in the future of mining and resource management. As global and domestic expectations around sustainability, environmental performance, and circular economy outcomes intensify, the mining sector is being called to transition beyond traditional extractive models. In 2025, the industry is experiencing an inflection point — shaped by major regulatory reforms, closure obligations, climate imperatives, and technological advancement.

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This multi-session series brings together thought leaders across mining, policy, research, infrastructure, and environmental services to chart a new path forward — one that repositions tailings and by-products as valuable secondary resources, supports decarbonisation goals, and embeds circular economy thinking into the core of mine planning and closure.

 

From the implementation of the new Mining Amendment Act 2022 and updated Mine Closure Completion Guidelines, to emerging solutions in critical mineral recovery, tailings reprocessing, and carbon mineralisation, this series will showcase cutting-edge projects and collaborations that are reshaping how Western Australia mines, closes, and regenerates.

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Key Themes 

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• Circular strategies aligned with new mine closure and relinquishment frameworks

• Tailings innovation: recovery, reuse, and reprocessing for critical mineral security

• Converting mine waste into construction materials, carbon sinks, and soil regenerators

• Enabling ESG excellence and resilience through circular mine design

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​Join us in shaping the future of resource stewardship — where waste is no longer an end-point, but a new beginning.

 

Session 1: Reform Ready – Navigating Closure Reforms & Circular Compliance
Theme: Policy Meets Practice: Closure, Compliance and Circular Opportunity

 

Key Topics:

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• New Mine Closure Completion Guidelines (April 2025): What’s expected and how to prepare

• Understanding the Mining Amendment Act 2022 (effective 9 September 2025): What are MDCPs and how do they replace existing closure plans?

• Circularity as a compliance tool: Integrating reuse, tailings reduction, and environmental uplift in closure submissions

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Session 2: Critical Recovery – Unlocking Tailings for Strategic Metals
Theme: Waste to Worth: Reprocessing Tailings for Critical Mineral Supply

 

Key Topics:

• Hydrometallurgical breakthroughs for extracting lithium, cobalt, nickel, REEs from tailings

• Magnetic separator tailings as secondary sources of high-value metals

• Aligning circular recovery with critical minerals strategies

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​Session 3: Restorative Partnerships – Biosolids & Mine Waste for Regeneration
Theme: Regenerating Landscapes: Circular Solutions for Post-Mine Ecosystems

 

Key Topics:

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• Co-treatment of municipal biosolids + mine waste to enhance landform stability and soil health

• Soil-carbon strategies using amended mine waste

• Social license through ecological partnerships

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Session 4:  Decarbonising Mine Operations Through Tailings Repurposing

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Who should attend:
Mining decarbonisation teams, ESG officers, carbon credit experts, research institutes all interested professionals 

 

Abstracts open . Email minesandenvironment@jazcorpaustralia.com.au by 15th Oct 25