Highlights • A maturity model for surface-strip coal mine land rehabilitation planning is presented • The model was applied to mine rehabilitation guidelines and approval reports • Guidelines and approval reports are vulnerable to adequate, but not yet resilient • Legislation may be contributing to immaturity for some aspects of planning • Upfront planning and analysis in dynamic mining environments are discussed
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