Grazing as a post-mining land use

Grazing is one of the most common post-mining land uses (PMLUs) for mine sites in Queensland. There is a large array of land suitability, land capability, agricultural land classification and operational tools used in the agricultural sector broadly, as well as specifically in pastoral practices that can have application to mine rehabilitation. The Office of the Queensland Mine Rehabilitation Commissioner has undertaken work to review rehabilitation planning practices for grazing. This work describes the suitability of rehabilitated land for grazing, the attributes necessary to achieve a grazing PMLU and approaches to manage grazing on rehabilitated mine lands.

Publications

Implications for leading practice

• Grazing as a post-mining land use, July 2024 (PDF, 526.0KB) .
  This Implications for Leading Practice document distils the work undertaken on grazing as a post-mining land use and presents our views on how it may be used by those working towards leading practice rehabilitation.

Technical papers

• A review of research and tools for grazing as a post-mining land use in Queensland, February 2024 (PDF, 1.1MB) .
  This Technical Paper reviews research and tools to explain the objectives for grazing as a PMLU, describes key considerations when planning for grazing and outlines methods to demonstrate successful grazing rehabilitation.
• Rehabilitated mined land suitability for beef cattle grazing in the Bowen Basin, October 2023 (PDF, 963.0KB) .
  This Technical Paper presents a leading practice approach for evaluating beef cattle grazing as a sustainable PMLU in the Bowen Basin region.
• Property development planning for grazing on rehabilitated mined land in the Bowen Basin, October 2023. (PDF, 1.1MB)
  This Technical Paper presents a leading practice approach to the agricultural development of rehabilitated mined land that is suitable for cattle grazing in the Bowen Basin.