A Backdrop To Welsh Geology & Mineral Exploitation

Peter Brabham

Cardiff University, United Kingdom

From Mega to Micro – Exemplifying Investigation Scales in Mine Water Research

Elke Mugova

TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany

🎓 Wildfire Effects On A Watercourse Affected By Acid Mine Drainage (Odiel River, SW Spain)

Jonatan Romero-Matos, Carlos R. Cánovas, Francisco Macías, Rafael León, Ricardo Millán-Becerro, José Miguel Nieto

University of Huelva, Spain

Secondary Gypsum And HFO Affected The Mobility Of Critical Metals (Be & W) In Historical Skarn Tailings, Yxsjöberg, Sweden

Lina Hällström

Luleå University of Technology, Sweden

Sensitivity Analysis of Flooding-influencing Factors by Design of Experiment (DoE) Applied at Three Underground Hard-coal Mines

Sebastian Westermann¹, Dmytro Rudakov², Christian Melchers¹

1: Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola - University Bochum, Germany; 2: Dnipro University of Technology, Ukraine

How to Determine Financial Guarantees of Water Treatment for Mine Closure: A Summary of Affecting Factors

Emma-Tuulia Nurmesniemi¹, Piia Juholin¹, Päivi Picken², Kirsi-Marja Haanpää¹, Anne Vaarasuo³, Kaisa Vähänen¹

1: AFRY Finland Oy, Elektroniikkatie 13, FI-90590, Oulu, Finland; 2: AFRY Finland Oy, Koskikatu 27B, FI-96100 Rovaniemi, Finland; 3: AFRY Finland Oy, Puistokatu 2-4 D, FI-40100 Jyväskylä, Finland

Pit Lake Water Quality Prediction: Insights into the Modelling of Non-Conservative Processes

Alan J. Martin, Silvano Salvador

Lorax Environmental Services Ltd., Vancouver, Canada

A Flexible Approach To Modelling Seepage From Coal Mine Waste Rock

Scott Jackson¹, Steve Momeyer¹, Justin Stockwell¹, Nicolas Francoeur²

1: Lorax Environmental Ltd., Canada; 2: Teck Resources Ltd.

Uncertainty Analysis in Groundwater Flow Models as a Tool to Support Decision Making: Assessing the Influence of Infiltrations from a TSF over an Open Pit

Ignacio Alvarez, Martin Brown

Facilitating Sustainable Mine Water Irrigation

John George Annandale, Phillip Dale Tanner, Sarah Nicole Heuer, Gideon van der Walt, Karabo Deane, Heinrich Meiring du Plessis

University of Pretoria, South Africa

Innovative Approach To The Development of a Mine Water Remediation R&D Portfolio

Karen Clode¹, Nicholas Bagger Gurieff², Neil Freeman³, Michael Storey¹

1: Isle Utilities; 2: Rio Tinto - Closure R&D; 3: Rio Tinto - Office of the Chief Scietist

Integrated Catchment-scale Mine Water Impact Assessment: A Case Study

James Bellin¹, Julien Declercq¹, Michael Stewart², Callum Pearson²

1: SRK Consulting UK Ltd., United Kingdom; 2: Kaya Consulting Ltd., United Kingdom

Using Innovative Geophysical Techniques to Characterize Abandoned Mine Workings and Mine Water

Andrew Hughes¹, Ryan Blanchard², Val O. Kofoed², Mike Jessop²

1: Dams and Reservoirs, Ltd, United Kingdom; 2: Willowstick Technologies, United States of America

Life-Cycle Water Balance Modelling as a Tool for Water Management Risk Assessment to Minimise Legacy Effects.

Roxane Schmidt

Jones & Wagener, South Africa

Use Of Evaporation Ponds In The Mining Industry. How Necessary And Effective Is This In Various Parts Of The World

Houcyne El idrysy¹, Nikolai Kirillov², William Harding³, Gary Hurban⁴

1: SRK Consulting (Kazakhstan) Ltd, United Kingdom; 2: SRK Consulting (Kazakhstan) Ltd, Kazakhstan; 3: SRK Consulting (UK) Ltd; 4: SRK Consulting (US) Inc

Assessment of Manganese Removal in Passive Systems Based on Operational Data and Experience of Treating Net-alkaline Coal Mine Waters in the UK

Arabella Mary Louise Moorhouse-Parry, Christopher J. Satterley

The Coal Authority, United Kingdom

Flow and Baffle Configurations of Reactor and Settling Pond for Treatment of Mine Drainage

Duk-Min Kim¹, Dae-Gyu Im^1,2, Joon-Hak Lee³, Mi-Sun Park³

1: Sangji University, Korea, Republic of (South Korea); 2: Korea University, Korea, Republic of (South Korea); 3: Korea Mine Rehabilitation and Mineral Resources Corporation (KOMIR), Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

Flow Monitoring at Mine Water Discharges and Treatment Schemes in Wales – Challenges and Lessons Learnt

Rob Burton, Emily Hudson

The Coal Authority, United Kingdom

Abandoned Mines As A Source Of Heat And Cold For Quarter Solutions

Timm Wunderlich, Lukas Oppelt, Tom Ebel, Thomas Grab, Tobias Fieback

TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany

Exploring the Potential for Rare Earth Element Recovery from Coal Mine Acid Mine Drainage using Ion Exchange Technology

Tamlyn Sasha Naidu^1,2, Nkosilomusa Moyo³, Ed Hardwick^3,4, Jenny Falconer⁴, Janet Smith^2,3,5, Craig Sheridan^1,2, Lizelle van Dyk^2,3

1: School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Bernard Price Building, 1 Jan Smuts Ave, Johannesburg, 2000, South Africa; 2: Centre in Water Research and Development, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Private Bag 3, Wits, 2050, South Africa; 3: School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Richard Ward Building, 1 Jan Smuts Ave, Johannesburg, 2000, South Africa; 4: CwengaTechnologies (Pty) Ltd, 28 Boeing Road East, Dunvegan, 1609, South Africa; 5: Crundwell Management Solutions Metallurgical Consultancy and Laboratory (Pty) Ltd, Pinelands Office Park, Unit T5, 1 Ardeer Road, Modderfontein, 1609, South Africa

An assessment of the current operation of the Coal Authority Six Bells Mine Water Treatment Scheme, South Wales

Rob Bowell^1,2, Selina Bamforth³, J Walton², P Brabham²

1: SRK Consulting, United Kingdom; 2: Cardiff University, United Kingdom; 3: Coal Authority, United Kingdom

Optimising Circum-Neutral Mine Drainage Treatment By Implementing High Shear Degassing Into A Sustainable Active Treatment System

Julia Dent¹, Steven Pearce¹, Rhys Savage¹, James Marsden¹, Ryan Schultz¹, Tom Williams², Peter Stanley², Mark Roberts³, Andrew Barnes³, Ben Gersten³

1: Cambrian Environmental Technologies Ltd, Wales, United Kingdom; 2: Natural Resources Wales, Wales, United Kingdom; 3: Geochemic Ltd, Wales, United Kingdom

Passive Treatment Of Mine Seepage With High Arsenic Concentrations

Fabienne Battaglia-Brunet, Jérôme Jacob, Frederic Dure, Justine Huron, Gaelle Gatellier

BRGM, France

🎓 High Total Suspended Solid (TSS) Removal for Coal Mining Water Using Electrocoagulation

Muhammad Sonny Abfertiawan¹, Faiz Hasan², Marisa Handajani¹, Mindriany Syafila¹, Firman Gunawan³, Febriwiadi Djali³

1: Water and Wastewater Research Group, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology; 2: Environmental Engineering Program Study, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology; 3: Environmental Department, PT. Berau Coal, Indonesia

Coal Authority Approach to Mine Water Treatment

Carl Banton

The Coal Authority, United Kingdom

Watershed-based Strategy for Treating AMD

Jeff Skousen

West Virginia University, United States of America

Pumping Borehole For Saline Mine Water in Whitburn, North East England: Problems and Novel Resolution

Lee M Wyatt, John Leyland, Ian A Watson

Coal Authority, United Kingdom

Holistic Approach to Reed Bed Management on UK Coal Mine Water Treatment Schemes

Arabella Mary Louise Moorhouse-Parry, Stephen Smithson, Christopher J. Satterley

The Coal Authority, United Kingdom

Preventative Methods To Avoid Blow-out At Cwm Rheidol Adit 9, Ystumtuen Mine Sett

Peter Terry¹, John Leyland¹, David Mason¹, Heilyn Williams², Liz Jones², Richard Carline¹, Peter Clive Stanley²

1: The Coal Authority, 200 Lichfield Lane, Mansfield, NG18 4RG, UK; 2: Natural Resources Wales, United Kingdom

Natural Tracers For Mine Water Fingerprinting III – an Approach to Identify Mine Waters from Distinct Mine Water Provinces during Mine Water Rebound in the Ruhr District Area

Henning Jasnowski-Peters, Christian Melchers

Research Center of Post Mining, Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola Bochum, Germany

Review Of Laboratory Methodologies To Determine The Sorption And Release Of Metals Related To The Interaction Of Mine Drainage Water With Natural Media (Peat, Till And Bedrock). A Case Study From A Base Metal Mine In Arctic Finland

Julia Dent¹, Steven Pearce¹, Claudia Malam¹, Andrew Barnes², Mark Roberts², Seth Mueller³

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

The Development Of A Multi Parameter Respirometric Laboratory Testing Method To Estimate Site-Specific Net Carbon Dioxide Flux From Metalliferous Mine Waste

Rosalia Tuwilika Shiimi¹, Rhys John Savage¹, Steven Pearce¹, Andrew Barnes², Mark Roberts², Daniel Schoen², Devin Sapsford³

1: Mine Environment Management Ltd, Wales, UK; 2: Geochemic Ltd, Wales, UK; 3: Cardiff University, Wales, UK

Sediment Harvesting Using A Nautilus Pond™ Within Surface Water Management At Esgair Mwyn.

James Cochrane¹, Tom Williams², Richard Knott¹, Heilyn Williams², Stuart Craxford², Peter Clive Stanley²

1: Aecom, 5 Callaghan Square, Cardiff, CF10 5BT. United Kingdom; 2: Natural Resources Wales, United Kingdom

Beyond Piramid: The Coal Authority’s Approach to Design of Passive and Semi-Passive Treatment Schemes for Ferruginous Mine Waters in the UK

Christopher James Satterley, Arabella Mary Louise Moorhouse-Parry

The Coal Authority, United Kingdom

The Contribution Of Major Historical Orefields To Coastal Trace Metal(loid) Fluxes In North-East England

Alex L Riley¹, Patrizia Onnis², Catherine J Gandy³, Chimaobim V Kanu¹, Chinedu V Umeobika¹, James Cameron¹, Ian T Burke⁴, Karen A Hudson-Edwards², Adam P Jarvis³, William M Mayes¹

1: School of Environmental Sciences, University of Hull, United Kingdom; 2: Environment and Sustainability Institute and Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, United Kingdom; 3: School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom; 4: School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Long-Term Mine Water Management Of Abandoned Coal Mines In The United Kingdom: Almost 30 Years Of Process, Experience, and Lessons Learned

Lee M Wyatt, John Leyland, Ian A Watson

Coal Authority, United Kingdom

Assessing Removal Efficiencies of Mn and Ni in Mine Drainage Using Bench- and Pilot-Scale Slag Reactor and Design of Treatment System

Dae gyu Im^1,2, Duk-Min Kim², Hye-Lim Kwon², Joon-Hak Lee³, Mi-Sun Park³, Seong-Taek Yun¹

1: Korea university, Korea, Republic of (South Korea); 2: Sangji university, Korea, Republic of (South Korea); 3: Korea Mine Rehabilitation and Mineral Resources Corporation (KOMIR), Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

Constructed Wetlands For Treatment Of Bauxite Residue Leachate: 7.5 Years Of Monitoring

Ashlene Hudson, John G Murnane, Ronan Courtney

University of Limerick, Ireland

A Biological Sulfate-Reducing Process for Zinc-Containing AMD in Japan: Comparison of Annual Treatment Performances Among Nutrient Conditions of Ethanol, Rice Bran and Their Hybrid for Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria

Yusei Masaki¹, Tsubasa Washio¹, Kana Hagihara¹, Takaya Hamai², Kengo Horiuchi², Yuki Semoto², Taro Kamiya¹, Kosuke Takamoto², Naoki Sato²

1: Metals Technology Center, Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security; 2: Metals Environment Management Department, Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security

Evaporation from Platinum Tailings in a Semi-Arid Environment

Simon Lorentz^1,2, Sheila Imrie¹, Adam Bennett¹, Alistair Clulow²

1: SRK Consulting, South Africa; 2: University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Rainfall Induced Transient Pressure Wave Mechanisms in Tailings

Charne Theron^1,2, Simon Anthony Lorentz³

1: Rijks University of Groningen, Netherlands, The; 2: University of the Western Cape; 3: SRK Consulting (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd.

Cost Effective Method to Depressurise Perched Aquifers to Prevent Slope Failures in Open-Pit Mines, South Africa

Heinrich Schreuder, Paul Joel Havemann Lourens, Petrus Daniel Vermeulen, Rolene Lubbe

Institute for Groundwater Studies, University of the Free Sate, PO Box 339, Bloemfontein, 9300, South Africa

🎓 Metals Distribution in River Sediment from Open-Pit Coal Mine Activity

Ibtisani Farahnaz¹, Muhammad Sonny Abfertiawan², Mindriany Syafila², Marisa Handajani², Firman Gunawan³, Febriwiadi Djali³

1: Environmental Engineering Program Study, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering; 2: Water and Waste Water Research Group, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering; 3: Environmental Department, PT. Berau Coal, Indonesia

Use of Groundwater Numerical Model to Support Decision Making at Large Open Pit

Manuel Gutierrez¹, Martin Brown²

1: Itasca Chile, Santiago, Chile; 2: Itasca Australia, Perth, Australia

Methodology For The Performance Monitoring Of An Unconventional Acidic RO

Jivesh Naidu, Sebastian Franzsen, Johan Espach

Miwatek, Ebene Mauritius

Development of an Improved Model to Investigate Heating Potentials in Abandoned Mines Utilising Mine Water

Tom Ebel, Lukas Oppelt, Timm Wunderlich, Thomas Grab, Tobias Fieback

TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany

Working With Designation Constraints At Cwmystwyth

Dave Cooke¹, David Mason¹, Heilyn Williams², Liz Jones², Rebecca Byfield³, Lindsey Mansell¹, Richard Carline¹, Peter Clive Stanley²

1: The Coal Authority, 200 Lichfield Lane, Mansfield, NG18 4RG, UK; 2: Natural Resources Wales, United Kingdom; 3: Byfield Environment and Ecology Ltd., 81 Melton Road, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, NG2 6EN, UK

Water Column Profiles And Instrument Chains Provide Complementary Understanding Of Stratification In Pit Lakes.

Mark Lund, Melanie Blanchette, Rachele Bernasconi

Mine Water and Environment Research Centre, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup 6027, Western Australia

Sources Of Diffuse Zinc And Lead Contamination In An Abandoned Mine Watershed

Adam Paul Jarvis¹, Vanessa Banks², Emma Crewdson², Stephen Lofts³, Barbara Palumbo-Roe², Jasmine Pullen³, Catherine Jane Gandy¹

1: Newcastle University, United Kingdom; 2: British Geological Survey, United Kingdom; 3: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, United Kingdom

🎓 Assessment of Feasibility and Scale Generation of Hydrothermal Energy in Abandoned Mine Area

Hye-Lim Kwon¹, Duk-Min Kim¹, Dae-Gyu Im², Bu-Sung Kang³, Mi-Sun Park³

1: Department of New Energy and Mining Engineering, Sangji University, Wonju 26339, South Korea; 2: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea University, Seoul 02841, South Korea; 3: Korea Mine Rehabilitation and Mineral Resources Corporation (KOMIR), Wonju 26464, South Korea

Column Adsorption Experiments for the Removal of Arsenic and Fluoride Ions in Mine Drainage using Adsorbents

Seong-Sook Park¹, Kung-Won Choi¹, Chan-Ung Kang², Joon-Hak Lee³, Mi-Sun Park³, Sun-Joon Kim¹, Ga-Hyeon Lee¹

1: Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; 2: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Daejeon, Republic of Korea; 3: Korea Mine Rehabilitation and Mineral Resources Corporation, Wonju, Republic of Korea

Passive Leached Water Mine (P.L.W.M.) - A sustainable approach to mine water remediation and metals extraction

Nikolaos Apeiranthitis¹, Alexander Finlay¹, H. Chris Greenwell², Eddie Merrick¹

1: X-ray Mineral Services Ltd, United Kingdom; 2: Durham University, United Kingdom

Experience and outcomes of a mine water pumping test including temporary High Density Sludge treatment at Thorpe Hesley, Yorkshire, UK

Sarah F. L. Lynch, Michael Cox, Louis Warnes, Christopher J. Satterley

The Coal Authority, United Kingdom

Study Of The Toxicity Of Mine Waters: Implications Of Suspended Matter On The Performance Of Tolerant Plants

Patricia Gomes, Teresa Maria Valente, Mafalda Sousa

ICT, Institute of Earth Sciences, Pole of the University of Minho, University of Minho, Portugal

Lithium Extraction from Geothermal Brines as a Means of Securing Raw Material Supply in the EU

Małgorzata Szlachta, Ivan Korolev

Geological Survey of Finland, Finland

Mine Drainage Water as a Rich Source of Cobalt and Nickel: Laboratory and Pilot-Scale Studies

Małgorzata Szlachta¹, Juha-Matti Aalto², Jouko Vepsäläinen³, Patryk Wójtowicz²

1: Geological Survey of Finland, Finland; 2: Savonia University of Applied Sciences; 3: University of Eastern Finland

The Effects of Lead/zinc Mine Tailing Revegetation on Metalloid Speciation and Leaching Behaviour

Ian Terence Burke¹, Ronan Courtney², William Mayes³

1: University of Leeds, United Kingdom; 2: University of Limerick, Ireland; 3: University of Hull, United Kingdom

🎓 First Petrophysical Data Compilation on the Effectiveness of an Extensive Hydraulic Barrier During Mine Water Rebound in the Ruhr District – the Upper Cretaceous Emscher Formation

Lisa Jasmin Rose, Till Genth, Henning Jasnowski-Peters, Christian Melchers

Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola Bochum, Germany

🎓 Bulk- and Clay-mineral Quantification in the Upper Cretaceous Emscher Formation – Evaluating a Potential Hydraulic Barrier During Mine Water Rebound in the Ruhr District

Till Genth, Lisa Rose, Henning Jasnowski-Peters, Christian Melchers

Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola Bochum, Germany

Predictive River Dilution Modelling To Inform Active Treatment Of A Ferruginous Coal Mine Water Discharge In Scotland

Emily Hudson, Arabella Mary Louise Moorhouse-Parry, Ian Watson

The Coal Authority, United Kingdom

Probable Maximum Precipitation Assessment Under Climate Change. Statistical and Physical Approach

Carla Guzmán Arce¹, Desana Stambuk²

1: SRK Consulting (UK) Limited, Cardiff, UK; 2: SRK Consulting (UK) Limited, Cardiff, UK

🎓 Bioreactors For The Passive Treatment Of Manganese From A Real Mine Drainage : Elucidation Of The Factors Involved In Manganese Bio-oxidation

Charlotte Lafont^1,2, Eric Van Hullebusch¹, Fabienne Battaglia-Brunet², Stéphane Vaxelaire²

1: Université Paris Cité, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, CNRS, F-75005, Paris, France; 2: Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM), 45060 Orléans, France

Considering Residual Flocculants and Coagulants in Recycled Mine Water on Flotation Performance

Malibongwe Shadrach Manono, Kirsten Claire Corin, Lisa Louise October

University of Cape Town, South Africa

Tracing the source of REE in the AMDs of the Iberian Pyrite Belt (SW Spain): Mineralogical evidences

Jose Miguel Nieto, Rafael Leon, Francisco Macias, Carlos Ruiz-Canovas, Ricardo Millan-Becerro, Rafael Perez-Lopez

Department of Earth Sciences, University of Huelva, Spain

Nd and Sr Isotopes as Tracers of the Origin of Rare Earth Elements in Mine Waters

Rafael León Cortegano, Francisco Macías, Carlos Cánovas, Ricardo Millán-Becerro, Jonatan Romero, José Miguel Nieto

University of Huelva, Spain

Towards a Sustainable Restoration of a Watershed Strongly Polluted by Acid Mine Drainage (AMD); the Case of Odiel River (SW Spain)

Carlos Ruiz Cánovas, Jonatan Romero, Rafael León, Maria Dolores Basallote, Francisco Macias, Rafael Pérez-López, Manuel Olias, Jose Miguel Nieto

University of Huelva (Spain), Spain

Sustainable Removal of Metal/loids from As-Rich Mine Waters Using Mine and Industry Waste Materials

M Dolores Basallote, Amaya Gerardo, Castellanos Maira, Carlos R Cánovas, José Miguel Nieto, Pérez-López Rafael

University of Huelva, Spain

Tracer Testing To Characterise Subsurface Flows In Legacy Mine Environments

Richard Cheal, Thomas Eckhardt, George Bateman

WSP, United Kingdom

Modelling of Coal Pit Lake Quantity and Quality for Mine Closure (Case Study ON2 Area, Lati Mine Operation, Berau Coal)

I K Dwika Paramananda, Abie Badhurahman, Ginting Jalu Kusuma, Rudy Sayoga Gautama, Sendy Dwiki, Salmawati Salmawati

Department of Mining Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia, Indonesia

Thoughts On The Evolving Calculus Of Sustainable Mine Waste And Mine Water Management

Devin Sapsford

Cardiff University, United Kingdom

Waste Innovation – Populating a Research Portfolio Based on True Business Needs via Open Innovation

Erik Ronne

Boliden, Sweden

Modelling The Behaviour Of Ferric and Ferrous Iron In A Goldmine Tailings Environment, Free State – South Africa

Megan Dayl Welman Purchase¹, Robert Hansen²

1: Department of Geology, University of the Free State, South Africa; 2: CMBG, University of the Free State, South Africa

Pre-mining Waste Rock Sampling – A Case Study in Sample Selection

Kgaugelo Thobejane, Levi Ochieng', Kopano Mokoena

Digby Wells Environmental, South Africa

🎓 Uranium Sources And Mobility At An Iron Ore Mine Site In Northern Sweden

Vimbainashe L Dzimbanhete¹, Frej Hegg¹, Lena Alakangas¹, Torbjörn Karlsson², Elsa Peinerud², Oscar Paulsson¹, Thomas Aiglsperger¹

1: Luleå University of Technology, Sweden; 2: Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB, SE-981 86 Kiruna, Sweden

Multi-Step Passive Treatment Using Limestone and Concrete Waste Material for Zn and Cd Removal

Yuki Semoto¹, Kengo Horiuchi¹, Takaya Hamai¹, Naoki Ikegami¹, Yusei Masaki², Kosuke Takamoto¹, Yutaro Takaya^4,3, Chiharu Tokoro^3,4

1: Metals Environment Management Department, Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security; 2: Metals Technology Center, Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security; 3: Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University; 4: Facult of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

Innovative Passive Treatment Technologies for UK Metal Mine Waters: Results from field scale trials

Selina Mary Bamforth¹, Nick Cox¹, Hugh Potter²

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

Treatment Of A Mine Water Containing Arsenic And Thiocyanates: Four Years Results On A Pilot Plant Scale

Stéphane Vaxelaire, Fabienne Battaglia-Brunet

BRGM, France

🎓 Mine Water Research with Analogue Modelling – The Agricola Model Mine

Elke Mugova¹, Christian Wolkersdorfer²

1: TU Bergakadmie Freiberg, Germany; 2: Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa

Analytical Validation of 3AWater MWAS, a Fast On-site Analysis Tool of Dissolved Metals in Waters

Joonas Holopainen¹, Hanna Tolvanen¹, Tommi Tiihonen², Vesa-Pekka Lehto², Joakim Riikonen^2,3, Tuomo Juhani Nissinen³

1: Ramboll Finland Oy, Puutarhakatu 9, 70300 Kuopio, Finland; 2: University of Eastern Finland, Kuopion kampus Yliopistonranta 1, 70210 Kuopio, Finland; 3: 3AWater Oy, Microkatu 1M, 70210 Kuopio, Finland

Characterization and Groundwater Modelling of a New Block-Caving Project

Mihriban Genc¹, Florent Boddaert¹, Geoff Beale¹, Toddy Samuel², Rahardian Ruthman²

1: PITEAU ASSOCIATES, United Kingdom; 2: PT Merdeka Copper, Indonesia

Structural Logging And Modelling For Use In Simulation Of Inflows In Underground Hard Rock Mines

Kym Lesley Morton¹, Barry D Millsteed², Wayne L van Heerden¹, Albert Carow¹, Moses Msitsini¹

1: KLM Consulting Services Pty Ltd; 2: Barry Millsteed Geological Services Pty

The Development of a Sample Preparation Technique for the Analysis of Trace Elements in Mine Impacted Waters containing High Levels of Iron

Janet Smith^1,2,3, Ed Hardwick^3,5, Jenny Falconer⁵, Craig Sheridan^2,4, Tamlyn Sasha Naidu^2,4, Peter Engelund Holm⁶, Lizelle van Dyk^2,3

1: Crundwell Management Solutions Metallurgical Consultancy and Laboratory (Pty) Ltd, Pinelands Office Park, Unit T5, 1 Ardeer Road, Modderfontein, 1609, South Africa; 2: Centre in Water Research and Development, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Private Bag 3, Wits, 2050, South Africa; 3: School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Richard Ward Building, 1 Jan Smuts Ave, Johannesburg, 2000, South Africa; 4: School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Private Bag 3, Wits, 2050, South Africa; 5: CwengaTechnologies (Pty) Ltd, 28 Boeing Road East, Dunvegan, 1609, South Africa; 6: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1187 Frederiksberg C, Denmark

Minimizing Xanthate Impacts on Watercourses in Cold Climate – Review on Available and Potential Approaches

Piia Juholin, Kirsi-Marja Haanpää, Tea Laurila, Eeva-Leena Anttila, Päivi Picken

AFRY Finland Oy, Finland

ESG & Mine Water: A Procedural Approach to Support Setting Water Savings Targets in the Mining Sector

Grace Yungwirth¹, Trevor Coleman², William Jay Norwood³, Piyal Dama-Fakir², Mark Bruton¹, Niyaz Ali¹, Givarn Singh¹

1: WSP UK Ltd., Chancery Lane, NG12 5BL, United Kingdom; 2: WSP SA Pty, Building 1, Maxwell Office Park, Magwa Crescent West, Waterfall City, Midrand, 1685 P.O. Box 6001, Halfway House, 1685, South Africa; 3: USA Ltd, 1575 Treat Boulevard, Suite 201, Walnut Creek CA 94598 USA

Pit Lake Runstedt as “Reactor” for Remediation – On the Way to Better Energy Efficiency

Anne Weber¹, Stefan Bruns², Petra Wolf³

1: Lausitzer und Mitteldeutsche Bergbau-Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, Walter-Köhn-Straße 2, 04356 Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany; 2: Polyplan-Kreikenbaum Gruppe GmbH, Überseetor 14, 28217 Bremen, Germany; 3: FCB Fachbüro für Consulting und Bodenmechanik GmbH Espenhain, Verwaltungsring 10, 04571 Rötha, Espenhain, Germany

Geotechnical Characterisation of Mine Waste for Modelling Potential Climate Change Impacts. on Mine Waste Mobility.

Vanessa J Banks¹, Edward Bruce¹, Benjamin Dashwood¹, Catherine Gandy², Matthew R Kirkham¹, Nikhil Nedumpallile-Vasu¹, Tim Longstaff³, Abby Moorhouse-Parry⁴, Barbara Palumbo-Roe¹, Hugh Potter⁵

1: British Geological Survey, United Kingdom; 2: Newcastle University, United Kingdom; 3: Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust, United Kingdom; 4: Coal Authority, United Kingdom; 5: Environment Agency, United Kingdom

Insights Into Catchment Connectivity Using Water Stable Isotopes To Address Diffuse Mine Pollution In Streams

Barbara Palumbo-Roe¹, Emma Crewdson⁴, Adam Jarvis², Catherine Gandy², Vanessa Banks¹, Alex Mulcahy¹, Manny Zarate¹, Carol Arrowsmith¹, Stephen Loft³, Jasmine Pullen³, Arabella Moorhouse-Parry⁴, Hugh Potter⁵

1: British Geological Survey, United Kingdom; 2: Newcastle University, School of Engineering,; 3: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology; 4: The Coal Authority; 5: Environment Agency

AMD Passive Treatment Using DAS At An Old Tin Mine In France

Jerome Jacob, Ulysse Moreau, Frederic Dure, Jeremy Engevin, Justine Huron, Arnault Lassin, Valerie Guerin

BRGM, France

🎓 Effect of Time and Mineralogy on Sorption Capacity of Mine Drainage Passive Treatment Residuals: Is Sustainable Reuse Possible?

Dayton M Dorman, Robert W Nairn

University of Oklahoma, United States of America

Stream Recovery through Managed Biogeochemical Redox Coupling in Ecologically Engineered Passive Treatment Systems: A Natural Infrastructure Approach

Robert W. Nairn, Nicholas L. Shepherd, Dayton M. Dorman, Justine I. McCann, Robert C. Knox

University of Oklahoma, United States of America

🎓 Elucidation of The Factors Controlling The Oxidation Kinetics Of Manganese In Passive Treatment Systems : Monitoring Of Aerobic Wetland Removal Technologies

Charlotte Lafont^1,2, Eric D. van Hullebusch¹, Fabienne Battaglia-Brunet², Stéphane Vaxelaire²

1: Université Paris Cité, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, CNRS, 75005, Paris, France; 2: Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM), 45060, Orléans, France

An Overview of Challenges Associated with Defining and Applying Water Quality Standards in the Absence of Applicable Regulatory Limits

Melanie Cox, David Tait, Robert Bowell, Ruth Griffiths

SRK Consulting (UK) Ltd, United Kingdom

The Colourful Lakes in Wieściszowice, Sudetes Mountains, Poland – An example of Chemical Variation in Abandoned open pit Pyrite Mine Mine Water

Christian Wolkersdorfer¹, Magdalena Worsa-Kozak², Krzysztof Chudy²

1: Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), South Africa; 2: Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland

Advanced monitoring of Tailings Storage Facilities and dams to prevent failure. Illustrated with case studies from UK, Africa and South America

Kym Lesley Morton¹, Alastair Bovim²

1: KLM Consulting Services Pty Ltd; 2: Insight Terra UK Limited

Challenges of Water Management at the Uranium Mining Site Schlema-Alberoda of Wismut (Germany)

Andrea Schramm¹, Jürgen Meyer², Thomas Metschies¹, Ulf Jenk¹

1: Wismut GmbH, Germany; 2: former Wismut GmbH, Germany

Effect of a Till Cover in Harmful Element Reduction in Waste Rock Drainage

Teemu Eemeli Karlsson¹, Ville-Pekka Paalumäki², Tommi Kauppila¹, Eila Hietaharju²

1: Circular Economy Solutions unit, Geological Survey of Finland; 2: Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku

Surface Water Management To Reduce Pollution At Dylife, Mid Wales

Dave Cooke¹, Emily Hudson¹, Liz Jones², David Mason¹, Richard Wylie¹, Peter Clive Stanley²

1: The Coal Authority, 200 Lichfield Lane, Mansfield, NG18 4RG, UK; 2: Natural Resources Wales, United Kingdom

Cwm Rheidol Filter Beds

William Timothy Perkins

Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom

Data → Information → Knowledge → Consilience

Darrell Kirk Nordstrom

US GS, United States of America

Assessment of Hydrogeological Hazards in Operational Mines using Objective-Focussed Modelling and Hazard Mapping Tools

Ivan Shubin, Sheila Imrie, Tony Rex

SRK, United Kingdom

Sustainable Mine Water Management Strategies

Paul Clive Heaney

ERM, Ireland

Modeling Heap Leach Solutions to Optimize Safety and Revenue

Larry Breckenridge, Todd Harvey

Global Resource Engineering, United States of America

Field Trials of Dispersed Alkaline Substrate to Passively Treat Highly Polluted Acid Mine Drainage at two Emblematic Abandoned Mines in Wales

Tobias Stefan Roetting¹, Iain Hall², Gareth Digges La Touche², Louise Siddorn³, Peter Stanley³

1: WSP UK Ltd, The Mailbox, Level 2, 100 Wharfside Street, Birmingham, B1 1RT, UK; 2: WSP UK Ltd, 7 Lochside View, Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh, EH12 9DH, UK; 3: Natural Resources Wales, Tŷ Cambria, Newport Rd., Cardiff, CF24 0TP, UK

🎓 Rare Earth Elements Association with Predominant Elements in Solids Precipitated during Alkalinization of Acid Mine Water

Dileesha Jayahansani Kotte Hewa^1,2, Delphine Durce¹, Sonia Salah¹, Erik Smolders²

1: Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK.CEN), Expert Group Waste & Disposal, Boeretang, 2400, Mol, Belgium; 2: KU Leuven, Department of Soil and Water Management, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium

Evaluation of Leakage Potential from Tailing Dam of Sungun Copper Mine Using Hydrogeological Findings and Numerical Modelling

Abdorreza Vaezihir¹, Younes Jowdat¹, Nader Mazaheri², Somayeh Aghili¹

1: University of Tabriz, Iran, Islamic Republic of; 2: Environment Office, Sungun copper mine, Iran

🎓 A Review of Downhole Field Methodologies Applied for the Hydrogeological Exploration of Lithium Enriched Groundwater

Paul Hubbard, Michael Palmer

SRK UK, United Kingdom

Hydrogeological Numerical Modelling to Assess Active Dewatering Options at a Sand Quarry Site – A Case Study and Associated Methodology

Sheila Imrie¹, Adam Bennett¹, James Bellin¹, Patrick Ebeling²

1: SRK Consulting, United Kingdom; 2: Holcim Technology Ltd, Switzerland

Field Trial on the Use of Iron Hydroxide Sludge for Revegetation Measures and to Improve the Productivity of Structurally Weak Soils

Katja Kunze¹, O Blumenstein²

1: Lausitzer und Mitteldeutsche Bergbau-Verwaltungsgesellschaft (LMBV), Germany; 2: InterEnviroCon GmbH, Germany

Acid Mine Drainage from Epithermal Gold Deposits: Characterization and Classifying for Various Rock Types

Ginting Jalu Kusuma, Abie Badhurahman, Rudy Sayoga Gautama, Sendy Dwiki, Salmawati Salmawati

Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia, Indonesia