The Challenge

Australia has thousands and thousands of abandoned minesites. Fewer than 10 of these minesites have been handed over to government or given alternate uses. Mines either stay with the mining company as a liability or are abandoned completely, tying up capital, degrading ecology and negatively impacting communities.

The Solution = Collaboration

Uniting to deliver a resilient post mine future – Our unique partnership model

CRC TiME brings together over 70 partners across all stakeholder groups who are contributing their networks, time and knowledge to enable change.

Over $130 million is being spent over the next 10 years on collaborative research and development projects by CRC TiME.

With national coordination and leadership under the umbrella of CRC TiME, we are creating opportunities to bring Australian innovation in the emerging mine closure sector to the global market.

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Focusing on sites and regions through Regional Hubs

CRC TiME is developing meaningful relationships with local communities across seven regional hubs, to understand issues on a regional scale.

Focussing research in a variety of environments across Australia ensures our new solutions are transferrable into different mining environments across Australia and the world.

Regional Hubs provide focus for testing and demonstration of solutions in situ and delivery of education and training around developing closed and abandoned mine environments.

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