The Minerals Industry Risk Management Gateway (MIRMgate) is an initiative that was introduced at a 'National Minerals Industry Guidelines Workshop' in October 2001, attended by Australian state mining regulators and personnel from the Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre (MISHC), The University of Queensland. By May 2002 all state regulators, except for South Australia, had endorsed the project development, with the latter giving its endorsement in June 2003.

MIRMgate was conceived as a means of making good practice information, innovations and lessons learned information available to the minerals industry. The MIRMgate framework is designed to support the risk assessment process and was developed in close consultation with sponsors and other industry personnel. MIRMgate was launched in March 2004, and is managed by the MIRMgate team at MISHC, under the support and guidance of industry representatives.

The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) assumed sponsorship of MIRMgate in 2004 as part of the Minerals Industry Cooperations Initiative (MICI). In 2005, the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) provided additional funding to identify new overseas potential corporate, government or other resources for MIRMgate and to gain the support of information contacts and system champions on other continents.

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