Final landform design

In Queensland, mining operators are required to submit a final landform design based on the proposed post-mining land use and demonstrate that the land will be safe and structurally stable. There are a range of approaches to design post-mining landforms, most of which employ a modelling tool to predict long-term stability. Modelling investigations consider key aspects of stability such as slope length and gradient, material characteristics, groundcover and climatic events.

The Office of the Queensland Mine Rehabilitation Commissioner is undertaking work to describe leading practice landform assessment using erosion and landscape evolution models in Queensland.

Publications will be made available here once completed.