Conference Agenda

Effects of pH on arsenic mineralogy and stability in Poldice Valley, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Julian Tang¹, Eric Oelkers², Julien Declercq¹, Rob Bowell¹

1: SRK Consulting, 17 Churchill Way, Cardiff, CF10 2HH, UK; 2: University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK

Mobilization Of Environmentally Hazardous Elements Dressing Tailings Of Loparite Ores Under Atmospheric Precipitation

Eugenia Krasavtseva^1,2, Dmitry Makarov¹, Vladimir Masloboev¹, Victoria Maksimova^1,2, Anton Svetlov¹

1: Institute of the industrial ecology problems of the North, Kola Science Center RAS, Russian Federation; 2: Laboratory of Nature-Inspired Technologies and Environmental Safety of the Arctic of the Federal Research Centre “Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences”

Variability in Mine Waste Mineralogy and Water Environment Risks: a Case Study on the River Almond Catchment, Scotland.

Simon Haunch¹, Alan MacDonald², Christopher McDermott³

1: Scottish Environment Protection Agency, 231 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh; 2: British Geological Survey, Research Avenue South, Edinburgh; 3: School of Geoscience, Grant Institute, James Hutton Road, Edinburgh

🎓 Assessing Heavy Elements In Tailings Water Around A Uranium Mine In Namibia

Vera Uushona^1,2, Manny Mathuthu¹

1: North-West University (Mafikeng), South Africa; 2: National Radiation Protection Authority of Namibia, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Harvey Street, Namibia

The Use of Industrial Alkaline Wastes to Neutralise Acid Drain Water from Waste Rock Piles

Nikolay Maksimovich, Vadim Khmurchik, Olga Meshcheriakova, Artem Demenev, Olga Berezina

Natural Science Institute of Perm State University, Russian Federation

The Relationships Between Negative Pore-water Potential, Water Content, Relative Humidity and Sulfide Oxidation in Waste Rock -- a Case Study

Eben Dy¹, Kidus Tufa¹, Elizabeth Fisher¹, Zhong-Sheng {Simon} Liu¹, Kevin Morin², Michael O'Kane³, Tim O'Hearn⁴, Cheng Huang¹, Qu Wei¹

1: National Research Council Canada; 2: Minesite Drainage Assessment Group; 3: O’Kane Conultants Inc.; 4: Bureau Veritas

Numerical Modelling of Transient Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport at the Myra Falls Mine Site

Mahmoud Hussein¹, Paul Ferguson¹, Christoph Wels¹, Nicole Pesonen²

1: Robertson GeoConsultants Inc. (RGC), Canada; 2: Nyrstar Myra Falls, Campbell River, Canada

Quantification of Environmental Risk of U and Th in Witwatersrand Gold-Mine Tailings, South Africa

Robert Neill Hansen

Univeristy of the Free State, South Africa

A Multicomponent Reactive Transport Modeling Toolbox for Prediction of Drainage Quality from Mine Waste Facilities

Muhammad Muniruzzaman¹, Teemu Karlsson², Päivi M. Kauppila²

1: Water Management Solutions, Geological Survey of Finland, Finland; 2: Circular Economy Solutions, Geological Survey of Finland, Finland

Lake Kepwari: Western Australia’s First Successfully Relinquished Mine Lake.

Cherie McCullough

Mine Lakes Consulting, Australia

Passive Treatment Of AMD Using a Full-Scale Up-Flow Mussel Shell Reactor, Bellvue Coal Mine, New Zealand

Dave Trumm, James Pope, Hana Christenson

Verum Group, New Zealand

Full-scale Compact Passive Treatment System for a Japanese AMD by Aerobic Bioreactor for Fe Removal and Sulfate Reducing Bacteria Bioreactor for Zn Removal

Kentaro Hayashi, Tsubasa Washio, Yusei Masaki, Takaya Hamai, Takeshi Sakata, Naoki Sato

Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, Japan

Successful Passive Treatment of Sulfate Rich Water

James Donald Fraser Robinson¹, Ian Andrews², Jason Dodd³

1: SLR Consulting Limited, United Kingdom; 2: SLR Consulting Limited, United Kingdom; 3: SLR Consulting Limited, United Kingdom

Mobilization of Bound Arsenic and Antimony from Peat used for the Treatment of Mining-Affected Waters

Uzair Akbar Khan¹, Vera Luostarinen¹, Aileen Ziegelhöfer^1,2, Katharina Kujala¹

1: University of Oulu, Finland; 2: University of Applied Sciences FH Aachen, Germany

Investigating Subvertical Dewatering Well Potential At An Open Pit Mine

Patrick Moran, Joe Ross, Ramsey Way, Rod Williams

Iron Ore Company Of Canada (IOC) / Rio Tinto, Canada

Slope Depressurisation at Sishen Mine, Northern Cape, South Africa

Travis Hamilton White, Marnus Bester, Richard Carey

Anglo American Kumba Iron Ore, South Africa

The Use of Mineral Exploration Drilling to Kickstart Hydrogeology Data Collection for Pre-Feasibility Mining Studies and Beyond.

Kym Lesley Morton

KLM Consulting Services, South Africa

Application Of Detailed Interval Flow Data Measured In Drillholes With PFL Tool In Hydrogeological Conceptualization And Numerical Flow Modelling For Mine Feasibility Scoping

Elias Pentti, Eero Heikkinen, Tiina Vaittinen

AFRY Finland Oy, Finland

Spatial and Temporal Changes of Physico-Chemistry Aspects of Mine Water, Due to Post-Closure Water Management

Lee M Wyatt, Jack Cropper, Ian A Watson

Coal Authority, United Kingdom

Using Data Science and Machine Learning to Improve Site Hydrogeological Conceptual Models

Tim Robert Ezzy, John Fortuna

Principal Hydrogeologist, Golder Associates, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Open Pit-Mine Water Management In Equatorial Area

Yogi Pratama, Fahmi Syaifudin, Kris Pranoto

PT KALTIM PRIMA COAL, Indonesia

A Set of New Technology and Equipment of Advanced Water Detection and Drainage in Coal Mining Face with Borehole Geophysical Exploration

Qiang Wu¹, Yifan Zeng¹, Chunsheng Liu², Honglei Liu¹, Shouqiang Liu¹, Fangpeng Cui¹, Jingchuan Ma¹

1: China University of Mining and Technology,Beijing,China, China, People's Republic of; 2: Wuhan Changsheng Coal Security Technology Co., Ltd., Wuhan 430312, China

Influence of Coal Mining on Water Environment and Ecology in the Yellow River Basin

Fawang Zhang¹, Zhiqiang Zhang^1,2,3

1: Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, China; 2: Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China; 3: Hebei GEO University, Shijiazhuang 050031, China

Incorporating 2D Analytical Results into 3D Graphical and Multidisciplinary Mining Models.

Hannah Redfern, James Catley, Grace Yungwirth

Golder Associates (UK) Ltd

Assessment of the Constraints on Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems Due to Rising Mine Water and Mine Water Management

Lee M Wyatt¹, Ian A Watson¹, Sally Gallagher², Joanne Grantham²

1: Coal Authority, United Kingdom; 2: Environment Agency, United Kingdom

Site Specific Optimisation Assessment Of Circum-neutral Water Treatment Using a Cost-treatability Curve Assessment

James Marsden¹, Steven Pearce¹, Tim Sambrook¹, Julia Dent², Andrew Barnes³

1: Cambrian Environmental Technologies Ltd., 1a Gower Street, Cardiff, Wales, CF24 4PA; 2: Mine Environment Management Ltd., 3a Vale Street, Denbigh, Wales, LL16 3AD; 3: Geochemic Ltd., Lower Race, Pontypool, Wales, NP4 5UH, United Kingdom

Evaluating Circum-neutral Mine Drainage: Case Studies of Advanced Testing Methods Generating Representative Empirical Data

Steven Richard Pearce¹, Diana Brookshaw¹, Seth Mueller², Andrew Barnes³

1: Mine Environment Management Ltd, United Kingdom; 2: Boliden Mineral AB, Boliden, Sweden; 3: Geochemic Ltd, United Kingdom

Algae Bioaccumulation Capacity for Metals in Acid Mine Drainage (AMD)-a Case Study in Frongoch Mine, the UK

Tianhao Du¹, Anna Bogush², Paul Edwards³, Peter Stanley³, Luiza C Campos¹

1: Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom; 2: Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University, Coventry, CV8 3LG, United Kingdom; 3: Natural Resources Wales, 29 Newport Road, Cardiff CF24 0TP, United Kingdom

UNEXMIN and UNEXUP Projects: Development of Submersible Robots for Survey of Flooded Underground Mines

Stephen Henley

Resources Computing International, United Kingdom

Comparative Life Cycle Assessment For Acid Mine Drainage Management Options In The Central Basin Of The Witwatersrand Goldfields

Godfrey Madzivire^1,2, Thakane Ntholi¹, Henk Coetzee¹

1: Council for Geoscience, South Africa; 2: University of South Africa

Monitoring of Water-Bearing Adits – Current Results and Perspectives

Tobias Rudolph, Christian Melchers, Peter Goerke-Mallet, Detlef Engel

Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola Bochum University, Germany

A 3D Feflow hydrogeological Uranium underground mine Model, France

Fabrice Compère¹, Guillaume Kern², Gaël Bellenfant¹

1: BRGM, France; 2: ORANO, France

🎓 Investigating The Radiological Safety Of Uranium Ore Deposits From A Uranium Mine In Namibia

Vaino Indongo^1,2, Vera Uushona^1,3, Manny Mathuthu¹, Zivayi Chiguvare²

1: North-West University (Mafikeng), South Africa; 2: Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), 13 Jackson Kaujeua Street, P/Bag 13388, Windhoek, Namibia; 3: National Radiation Protection Authority of Namibia, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Harvey Street, Namibia

The Use of Systematic Sampling and XRF-XRT Based Scanning to Determine Potential Recovery of Metals from Waste Rock

Stefan Sädbom¹, Lotta Sartz¹, Jan-Erik Björklund², Mathias Svenlöv², Mikael Bergqvist³, Mattias Bäckström^1,4

1: Bergskraft Bergslagen AB, Sweden; 2: Lovisagruvan AB, Sweden; 3: Orexplore, Sweden; 4: Örebro University, Sweden

🎓 Carbonation Of Magnesium Silicate Minerals In Mine Waste: Practical Laboratory Testing Methods To Assess The Dual Opportunity For Carbon Capture And AMD Mitigation

Rhys John Savage^1,2, Malvina Chmielarski^1,2, Andrew Barnes¹, Steven Pearce³, Mark Roberts¹, Phil Renforth⁴, Seth Mueller⁵, Devin Sapsford²

1: Geochemic Ltd, United Kingdom; 2: Cardiff University, United kingdom; 3: Mine Environmental Management Ltd, United Kingdom; 4: Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom; 5: Boliden AB, Sweden

Beneficiation of Salts Crystallized from Lake Katwe Brine

Joseph Ddumba Lwanyaga^1,2, Hillary Kasedde², John Baptist Kirabira², Alan Shemi³, Sehliselo Ndlovu³

1: Busitema University, Uganda; 2: Makerere University, Uganda; 3: University of Witwatersrand, South Africa

Potash Dump Leachates – Challenges from Environmental Regulatory Requirements and Climate Change

Anne Weber¹, Antje Ulbricht², Alexander Müller³, Astrid Gessert³, Felix Bilek², Thomas Sommer¹

1: Dresden Groundwater Research Centre e.V; 2: GFI Groundwater Consulting Institute GmbH Dresden; 3: Lausitzer und Mitteldeutsche Bergbauverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, Division Pottash-Spar-Ore

Recovery Of Cobalt And Copper From Tailings Through Enhanced Oxidation And Selective Precipitation

Mark Roberts, Nina Swain, Andrew Barnes

Geochemic Ltd, United Kingdom