Graeme McIlveen

Graeme is a science graduate of the University of Sydney, with a post-graduate qualification in environmental science from Macquarie University.

Graeme’s professional background is as an earth scientist, working in government on mineral exploration and environmental geology, and later as an environmental scientist and manager in industry. He has worked as a ministerial policy advisor in government, in consulting, as Corporate Manager Environment for a major Australian mining group that had operations in Australia, New Zealand, Africa and Europe, and as Health Safety and Environment Manager at a large gold mine in East Africa near Lake Victoria.

In government he worked on the application of earth science to regional land use planning issues in the Hunter Valley and Bathurst-Orange regions of NSW, on environmental geological mapping, on environmental impact assessment, particularly of major new open cut coal developments, and on the hydrogeochemical assessment of abandoned or derelict mines.

He also represents the Australasian Institute for Mining and Metallurgy on the joint Standards Australia / Standards New Zealand Committee for Environmental Management Systems.

His research interests include the principles and practice of mine closure, geological and earth materials aspects of mine rehabilitation and the assessment and management of legacy sites.

Current course coordinator responsibilities for several online post-graduate courses within CMLR, in Mining Environmental Planning (PLAN7142) and Mining Environmental Management Processes (MINE7051), and jointly for third-year undergraduate mining engineering course in Socio-Environmental Aspects of Mining (MINE3127) through the ResTeach program. Additional work in development of capacity-building courses internationally for mining government agencies; one Course in The Republic of The Philippines, with an interest in building on this for the future in Africa, South America and the Asia/Pacific.

• G. McIlveen, D. Mulligan, T. Baumgartl, M. Edraki, A. Pudmenzky, L. Rossato (2008). Mine Closure to Relinquishment: the Development of Partnerships and Management Tools to Support the Process, In: Proceedings of the 3rd International Seminar on Mine Closure, Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Pudmenzky, A., Rossato, L., McIlveen, G. and Mulligan, D.R. (2006). Phoenix: A mine rehabilitation data visualisation and management system. 1st International Seminar on Mine Closure, 13-15 September, 2006, Perth, Australia.
• McIlveen, G. R., 2001. “Closure at the center of the Line-of-Lode: from start in 1991 to finish in 2001” in Proc. 26th Annual Minerals Council of Australia Environmental Workshop, 2001, Minerals Council of Australia, Canberra.
• McIlveen, G. R. & Shillabeer, J., 2001. “Monetary provisions for mine closure” in Proc. 26th Annual Minerals Council of Australia Environmental Workshop, 2001, Minerals Council of Australia, Canberra.
• McIlveen, G.R., 1997. “Environmental Management Systems in the Making” Proc. AusIMM Conf., World Gold ’97, Singapore, Sept. 1997, 291-294.
• McIlveen, G. R. and McNally, P. E., 1996. Ch. 14. “Base Metals and Uranium -Introduction” In Mulligan, D., ed: “Environmental management in the Australian Minerals and Energy Industries – Principles and practices.” Univ. of NSW Press with Aust. Minerals and Energy Environment Foundation, 793pp.
• McIlveen, G.R., et al, 1995. “Exceeding World’s Best Practice in a Diversified Mining Group” Proc. AusIMM Conf., World’s Best Practice in Mining and Processing, Sydney, May 1995.
• McIlveen, G.R., 1993. “Keynote Address” Proc. Waste Rock Symposium, Office of Supervising Scientist, Darwin.
• McIlveen, G.R., 1993. “Development of corporate environmental policy in the resources industry” Proc. Nat. Conf., Environment Instit. of Aust., Sydney, Sept. 1993.
• Joyce, C., McIlveen, G.R. and Ryan, P., 1991. “Update of environmental regulatory controls on mines in Australia” Proc. Randol Int. gold Conference, Cairns, Apr. 1991, and reproduced in bull. AusIMM., 3 (May 1992), 59-67.
• McIlveen, G.R. and Lewis, G., 1990. “Preparation of a Rehabilitation and Environmental Management Plan for the Operations of Pasminco Mining at Broken Hill, NSW” Proc. AMIC Environmental Workshop, Wollongong, Oct. 1990, Vol. 2, 19-54.
• Brooks, K.A. and McIlveen, G.R., 1988. “The impact of a derelict base metal mine on the aquatic environment” Proc. Third International Mine Water Congress, Oct. 1988, AusIMM, Melb., Aust., 1793-802.
• McIlveen, G.R., 1988. “The Geoscientist and the environment: planning from the ground down, or science in the service of society?” The Mining Review, Aust. Min. Ind. Council, Canberra, Aug. 1988, 1-4.
• McIlveen, G.R., 1984. “Singleton 1:25,000 Geological Sheet” New South Wales Geological Survey, Sydney.
• McIlveen, G.R., 1981. “Engineering geology and the environment – do coal geologists have environmental responsibilities?” Australian Coal Geology, 3(2), 135-137.
• McIlveen, G.R., 1980. “Geohydrologic and geochemical investigations for derelict mine site rehabilitation: an environmental geology problem” Geol. Soc. Aust., Fourth Aust. Geol. Convention, Prog. with Abst., Hobart, 14-18 Jan. 1980, 93.
• McIlveen, G.R., 1980. “Sydney 1:500,000 Metallogenic Map” New South Wales Geological Survey, Sydney.
• McIlveen, G.R. 1975. “Eden-Comerong-Yalwal rift zone and Tamworth Synclinorial Zone in the Mineral Deposits of New South Wales” N.L. Markham and H. Basden (Eds). New South Wales Geological Survey, Sydney, 264-275 and 330-337.
• McIlveen, G.R. 1975. “Ulladulla 1:250,000 Metallogenic Map” New South Wales Geological Survey, Sydney.
• McIlveen, G.R. 1974. “The Eden-Comerong-Yalwal rift zone and the contained gold mineralisation” New South Wales Geological Survey, Records 16(3), 245-277.