Luke Bewley, Manager, Sustainable Mining Minerals Productivity, Resources Division Department of Resources, Energy & Tourism. Canberra, Australia. Foro "Promoviendo una Minería Responsable".

1. Developing Responsible Mining: International Practices
An Australian Perspective
14 August 2013
Mr Luke Bewley
Manager, Sustainable Mining
Minerals Productivity, Resources Division
Department of Resources, Energy & Tourism
Canberra, Australia

2. Importance of mining to Australia
Developing Responsible Mining: International Practices - An Australian Perspective
• Economic Development
• Responsible Mining
• Our Obligation to Society
Australian Mineral Deposits

3. Government structure
National and International Scope
Responsible for monetary and tax policy, national law
(e.g. company law, health & safety), Security &
Defence, Immigration, International Relations &
Trade, Foreign Investment approvals. Offshore
petroleum and minerals exploration and
development. Environmental oversight & approvals.
Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT), Minerals
Resources Rent Tax (MRRT) and the Carbon Price.
Implement treaty obligations.
State and Territory Scope
Responsible for managing and allocating onshore
minerals and petroleum rights, land administration,
environmental approvals (including many
environmental assessments), and collecting royalties
on minerals produced.
Local Scope
Responsible for local matters such as town planning,
building approvals, waste management and local
roads.
The Australian
Government
State and Territory
governments
Local government
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4. Fiscal Settings
State and Territory Royalties
•Ad valorem or ‘value based’ ~ 1.5 to 5 per cent
•Profit based ~ 18 per cent
•Hybrid based
Mineral Resource Rent Tax
•Project based
•Profit based
•22.5 per cent effective rate (30 per cent headline rate)
Company Tax
•Company based
•Profit based
•30 per cent flat rate
Taxing point
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5. Transparency
Mining
Sustainable
Development
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6. Community
Sustainable Development
Governance and Transparency
Social
Technological
Economic
Environment
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7. What is Leading Practice?
•The best way of doing things for a given mine site.
•As new challenges emerge and new solutions are
developed, it is important that:
– leading practice is flexible and innovative; and
– solutions are developed that match mine site
specific requirements.
•It is an evolving target – adaptive to changing
standards and situations.
•Enables mining companies to earn and maintain their
social licence to operate.
Developing Responsible Mining: International Practices - An Australian Perspective

8. The Leading Practice Program seeks to:
•Promote sustainable development and industry
self-regulation through the proactive adoption of
leading practice principles.
•Provide practical guidance on sustainable
development issues through handbooks and
workshops.
•Encourage industry and other stakeholders –
including governments, to improve their social
and environmental performance.
Website: www.ret.gov.au/sdmining
Email: sdmining@ret.gov.au
Developing Responsible Mining: International Practices - An Australian Perspective

9. Series comprises 15 handbooks:
• Community Engagement & Development
• Managing Acid & Metalliferous Drainage
• Mine Rehabilitation
• Mine Closure & Completion
• Stewardship
• Biodiversity Management
• Tailings Management
• Working with Indigenous Communities
• Water Management
• Cyanide Management
• Risk Assessment & Management
• Hazardous Materials Management
• Evaluating Performance: Monitoring & Auditing
• Airborne Contaminants, Noise & Vibration
• Guide to Leading Practice Sustainable Development
in Mining
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10. Leading Practice Workshops – Peru and Mexico, October 2012
•Foster sustainable mining practices.
•Improve government’s capacity to integrate , economic environmental and social
aspects throughout ‘life of mine’.
•Promote transparency and accountability.
•Enhance governments’ capacity in the active participation of stakeholders.
•Enhancing governments’ capacity in natural resource (minerals, oil and gas)
management, mining policy and regulation, water resource management.
Developing Responsible Mining: International Practices - An Australian Perspective

11. So cialLicence
GovernmentIndustry
Community
Building
Trust
Meeting
Co mmunity
Expectatio ns
Achieving
Sustainable
Develo pment
Outco mes
Developing Responsible Mining: International Practices - An Australian Perspective

12. Tools for Social Responsibility
• Social Responsibility in the mining and metals sector in Developing
Countries handbook
• Promotes social responsibility in the mining sector in developing
countries
• Provides practical guidance – drawing on examples of
Australian leading practices
• Encourage improvement in social and environmental
performance – what it means to earn a ‘social license’
to operate
• ISO26000 Guidance on Social Responsibility
• UN Human Rights Council – Guiding Principles
• International Finance Corporation – Good Practice Guides
• International Labour Organisation – Codes and Conventions
• ICMM – Working Together
• Minerals Council of Australia – Enduring Value
Developing Responsible Mining: International Practices - An Australian Perspective

13. Tools for Community Engagement and Development
• Leading Practice Community Engagement and Development
handbook.
• Leading Practice Working with Indigenous Communities handbook
• International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM):
• Sustainable Development Principles
• Indigenous People and Mining Position statement
• ICMM Good Practice Guide – Indigenous Peoples and Mining
• Mineral Council of Australia’s Enduring Values Framework
• The international Association of Public Participation Generational
Framework.
• The Ministerial Council on Minerals and Petroleum Resources
(MCMPR) Principles of engagement with Communities and
Stakeholders.
• AA1000’s – internationally recognised framework providing
overarching principles for engagement
Developing Responsible Mining: International Practices - An Australian Perspective

14. Tools for Environmental Management
• Leading Practice handbooks
• Water management –
• National Water Initiative
• ANZ marine and Fresh Water
Guidelines
• National Water Quality
Management Strategy
• Strategic framework for water
management in the Minerals
industry
• Environmental Management systems ISO
14000 and 14001
• Environmental Protection and Biodiversity
Conservation Act (1999).
• Industry Codes e.g. Enduring Value
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15. • Multiple Land Use – ‘Guiding Principles’
• Multiple Land Use – tools and methods
• Desired Outcomes:
• Shared commitment by al to multiple and
sequential land use
• Better informed public disclosure
• Merit based land use decisions
• Deliver acceptable outcomes for affected
communities and landholders
Addressing competing land interests – the ‘Multiple Land Use Framework’
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16. Putting it all together – Life of Mine Approach
Key activities include:
• Community engagement plan
• Environmental impact assessments
• Social impact assessments.
• Relationship building with local
stakeholders, regulators and community.
• Collection of environmental baseline data
including
• Preliminary assessment of waste rock
characterisation
• Preliminary assessment of current land use
and ownership
• Identification of post-mine land uses
• Commencement of planning for closure -
preliminary closure plan.
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17. Gracias
Mr Luke Bewley
Manager, Sustainable Mining
Minerals Productivity, Resources Division
Department of Resources, Energy & Tourism
Canberra, Australia
Email: luke.bewley@ret.gov.au
Developing Responsible Mining: International Practices - An Australian Perspective