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Wheal Jane Earth Science Park: post-mining business regeneration

  • Health and safety
  • Land-use planning
  • Permitting processes / policy integration
  • Reporting official statistics
  • Socio-economic and environmental impact assessments

Challenge the practice is addressing: Wheal Jane Earth Science Park is a good practice example of a successful remediation project where a former mine site was transformed into a science cluster for mining and renewable energy-related businesses.

Concrete practice to achieve the expected goal: The ownership of the Wheal Jane is shared by five companies (Wheal Jane Ltd, Carnon Contracting, Wheal Jane Laboratory, Wheal Jane Consultancy and the South Crofty Collection). Each of them provides consultancy and contracting service in land, property, construction and post mining issues. There are also several other businesses, such as a solar energy park and tailings depository operating on the former mining site.

Expected impact/goal of the practice: The expected impact of the practice is to showcase a successful post-mining remediation project which could be followed in other sites elsewhere.

Who is the target user group of the practice/intervention or implementing the practice/intervention? The target group of the practice are extractives industry representatives and public authorities looking for post-mining remediation models.

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Source
REMIX: Wheal Jane Earth Science Park: post-mining business regeneration
Year
2018
Data item type
Practice base
Practice type
Industry
Public policy
Format
Report / document
Website
Learning relevance
Case study
Commodity
Unspecified (universally applicable)
Extractive life-cycle
Post-exploitation phase (i.e. rehabilitation)
Sustainability scope
Planning beyond the mine life
Role and indicators for an inclusive Green Economy
Benefit sharing
Extractives' role in closing cycles
Shared vision partnerships
Land-use and biodiversity
System change potential
Development of an Earth Science Park at Wheal Jane Mine, creating new mining and renewable energy-related businesses, with 150 jobs whilst remediating the site.