Closure Domain Refinement

Client
BHP
Location
Olympic Dam, South Australia
Sectors
Mining
Year
2022

The Project 

e2m was engaged to assist BHP in updating and refining their closure domain, so that the required rehabilitation is better understood. This would require the current disturbance layer to be consolidated and then interrogated to determine the correct closure domain. The current disturbance layer is used for purpose of reporting on disturbance, not closure domain specific. As a result, there is a large volume of disturbance (~3,000ha) that has been categorised as ‘miscellaneous’.

Our Approach 

e2m worked with BHP to understand what the key stakeholders required from the update. From this initial data discovery period, e2m analysed the data and created attribute rules and contingent values to ensure that data integrity was maintained during the update. The data was cleaned, removing overlaps and gaps that were not present in historic or current aerial imagery.

Outcomes

e2m created a new method for mapping disturbance and rehabilitation requirements at BHP Olympic Dam site. The initial feature class had over 3,623 individual features captured at various temporal and spatial scales over an area of 5,790ha. 1,348 facilities were listed as ‘miscellaneous’ or had no facility type and 3,182 had a closure domain status of ‘MISC’. During the data cleaning 1,006 features were removed and all features had contingent values and attribute rules enforced so that data integrity was maintained.
 
Benefits to BHP were that disturbance features are more accurately mapped to the actual ground disturbance. Able to easily distinguish what rehabilitation requirement is associated with each disturbance feature. No more multiple spellings of features. No overlaps or gaps in the data so area calculations are more accurate. Can be easily updated as changes occur on site.

 

Project team

Cameron Davey

Chief Commercial Officer

Brad Dreis

Chief Science Officer

Danielle Lane

Senior Geospatial Officer

Disciplines

GIS & Spatial Services

Capabilities

Cartography & Map ProductionCloud-Based GIS Storage & Spatial Data ManagementModellingRemote SensingSpatial Analysis & Modelling

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