Facing the Future - Science, Policy and Management of Air Quality for the Minerals Industry

The minerals industry has been an active stakeholder in scientific research and the related policy areas for air quality management. The sector straddles a variety of operational activities from highly diffuse and complex minerals extraction activities to point source minerals processing facilities. Its unique and varied emissions characteristics and mitigation opportunities create challenges for operators and regulators in the policy/science/management interface. The mining industry's recent research has developed important new understandings in the area of particulate matter that are worthy of further investigation. These scientific contributions will further assist in ascertaining what constitutes fair, efficient and effective policy and regulation.