The IGF organized a week-long workshop for government officials responsible for Tanzania’s mining sector. The program focused on environmental management and mine closure in the country.
To begin the workshop, participants completed the IGF’s Environmental Management Progress Assessment (EMPro) Tool to diagnose the state of play for environmental management in the country. After the diagnostic exercise, a series of training sessions covered the following key policy areas, as outlined in the IGF’s guidance on environmental management: biodiversity, emergency preparedness and response, water, and waste management.
The workshop’s mine closure portion covered several important topics, including post-mining land uses, reclamation, closure cost estimating, financial assurance, and social elements of mine closure. Participants also examined case studies, completed exercises, and engaged in guided group discussions on mine closure to enhance the learning process.
Participants visited Shanta Gold’s Singida mine to see how various practices described during the workshop are being applied at this medium-scale operation. Attendees toured one of the mine’s open pits, the tailings storage facility, and the processing plant. Additionally, they had the opportunity to talk with the mine director and several department heads (geology, environment, emergency, social), who explained how they apply good practices in the mine’s activities.
In total, 29 participants from various government agencies completed the program. This workshop was organized with the support of Tanzania’s Ministry of Minerals.