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DEVELOPING A MORE EFFECTIVE RISK MANAGEMENT PROCESS IN THE RESTRUCTURED ROMANIAN MINING
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The inadequate comprehension of specific haza rds, mainly related to their nature and magnitude, have lead in the past to the occurrence of several catastrophic events in the Romanian mining industry. The mining industry, like other major global industries, must consider and manage risks to business objectives, to remain successful. Management of risks requires a proactive, systematic approach, applied when key decisions are being made across the life cycle of the industry, from exploration to mine closure. Presently, the Romani an mining industry is comm itted to improve the quality and consistency of risk assessments conducted across the industry. There is also a need to introduce more sophisticated methods and their associated benefits, therefore providing the opportunity to achieve a higher effectiveness of risk assessment processes. The paper has as goal to outline the basic issues which should be addressed when setting the strategic, organizational and ri sk management context required for risk assessment, and to highlight the appropriate risk assessment methods applicable in every life cycle stage of a mine, ranging fr om design until closure and rehabilitation. The paper also emphasizes the specific issues to be approached during the risk identification phase in mining working systems.
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