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ISO/TC 82/SC 7
Sustainable mining and mine closure

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Standardization of environmental, social and governance aspects of mining to:

  • minimize the negative impacts from mining through its life cycle and transition to post-mining land use,
  • take action to combat climate change and its impacts,
  • develop sustainable benefits and opportunities for local and regional communities,
  • respect community cultural connections to places,
  • adopt a long-term view that ensures inter-generational equity,
  • embrace opportunities for innovation by adopting the principles of the circular economy,
  • enhance transparency of mining practices.

Excluded:

  • Occupational health and safety aspects related to workplace activities, covered by ISO/TC 283.
  • Risk management guidance, provided in ISO 31000.
  • Industrial wastewater treatment and reuse, covered by ISO/TC 282/SC4.
  • Machinery.

National mirror committee of ISO/TC 82/SC 7

Committee ID Name
NA 005-51-12 AA Abandoned Mine Management (national mirror committee for ISO/TC 82/SC 7/WG 1 and ISO/TC 82/SC 7/WG 3)