Glossary of terms – Mine closure hub
This glossary of terms has been developed to help navigate the technical language used by mining companies, including around mine closure.
These terms and their definitions have been adapted from:
- AusIMM Social Responsibility Framework, Appendix 5: Social Performance Definitions ICMM Community Development Toolkit. Available at https://www.icmm.com/en-gb/guidance/social-performance/community-development-toolkit
- IFC, 2014, A Strategic Approach to Early Stakeholder Engagement, A Good Practice Handbook for Junior Companies in the Extractive Industries, Available at https://commdev.org/publications/a-strategic-approach-to-early-stakeholder-engagement/
- ICMM Integrated Mine Closure Good Practice Guide, 2nd Edition (2019). Available at https://www.icmm.com/website/publications/pdfs/environmental-stewardship/2019/guidance_integrated-mine-closure.pdf
17. Free prior and informed consent (FPIC)
An established feature of human rights norms. Requires that all development proposals, including mining, should only proceed with the freely given consent of the affected people, and that all relevant information about the proposal should be available to those people before they provide their consent. Definitions originally formulated in relation to indigenous peoples, as in the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and IFC Performance Standard 7 (IFC PS7) on Indigenous Peoples.
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