Although the early stages of mining are often associated with promises of socioeconomic development based on economic growth, limited oversight of mine closure practices has tended to deliver lingering social, economic, and environmental problems across the Andean region. New and revised legislation, policies, and regulations that address mine closure in the region demonstrate what I argue are attempts to render mine closure governable—that is, the circumscribing of mine closure as an ‘intelligible’ and strictly technical problem, amenable to state intervention, without challenging existing bureaucratic processes or political economic structures. Such narrow framings of mine closure exclude possibilities for local consultation and participation, and, by extension, hinder the relationship between mine closure and a more socioeconomically inclusive and less environmentally damaging form of post-mine development. I outline discrete attempts to make mine closure more easily governable in the Andean region, with detailed focus on the cases of Colombia and Chile, and show that this process also tends to render local populations invisible. I point to the conspicuous disconnect between high hopes for mining's contribution to Andean states' economic growth and concrete possibilities for post-mine development based on ideas of equity, inclusion, and social justice. I conclude by pointing to the need for legal and regulatory institutions in the Andean region that more actively facilitate the creation and distribution of benefits, services, and livelihood opportunities following mine closure.

尽管采矿的早期阶段通常与基于经济增长的社会经济发展的前景有关，但是对封闭矿实践的有限监督往往会在整个安第斯地区带来持续存在的社会，经济和环境问题。针对该地区矿山关闭的新修订法律，政策和法规表明，我认为是试图使矿山关闭具有可控性的尝试，也就是说，将矿山关闭定为“可理解的”和严格的技术问题，可以接受国家干预，而不会挑战现有的官僚程序或政治经济结构。如此狭窄的排雷框架，排除了进行当地协商和参与的可能性，并且据此，阻碍了矿山关闭与矿山开发后社会经济更具包容性和环境破坏性较低形式之间的关系。我概述了旨在使安第斯地区更容易实施矿山关闭管理的各种尝试，并重点关注了哥伦比亚和智利的案例，并表明该过程也倾向于使当地居民看不见。我指出，矿业对安第斯国家经济增长的贡献的高期望与基于公平，包容和社会正义思想的矿山发展的具体可能性之间存在明显的脱节。最后，我指出，安第斯地区的法律和监管机构需要在矿山关闭后更加积极地促进利益，服务和生计机会的创造和分配。