Heterogeneous Oxidation and Hydrogeochemical Numerical Simulation in a Uranium Waste Rock Pile

Carolina Bittencourt de Abreu, Mariana Werle, Karen Ninanya, Rafael Albuquerque

Water Services & Technologies, Brazil

Reactive Barriers for Mine Waters Treatment: an Approach using Alternative and Nature-Based Materials

Roberto Pereira da Silva^1,2, Rita Maria Ferreira Fonseca^1,2,3, Joana Fonseca Araújo^1,2, Joanna Gmitrowicz-Iwan⁴

1: AmbiTerra Laboratory, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal.; 2: Institute of Earth Sciences, Évora Pole, Évora, Portugal.; 3: Dep. Geosciences, School of Sciences and Technology, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal.; 4: Institute of Soil Science, Environmental Engineering and Management, University of Life Sciences, Lublin, Poland

Preliminary Leaching Performance of Slag-Blended Cement for the Stabilization of Pyrite-Bearing Waste Rock

Norberto Jr Aquino, Dantie Butar Butar, Kyriaki Papadopoulou, Andrzej Cwirzen, Lena Alakangas

Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden

Innovation in Characterization – Touro Copper Deposit – Galicia, Spain

Tom Meuzelaar¹, Pablo Nunez Fernandez²

1: Life Cycle Geo, LLC., United States of America; 2: Atalaya Mining PLC

Application of Unsupervised Machine Learning Methods to Mine Water Quality Data

Tom Meuzelaar

Life Cycle Geo, LLC., United States of America

Pilot of improved soils as a cover alternative for mine closure of waste dumps, Peru

Alfredo Gallardo, David Arcos, Eduardo Ruiz

Amphos21 Consulting Peru SAC, Peru

Coal Acid Mine Drainage – Passive Treatment Lime Compost Drains – Three abandoned coal mined sites in Southern Illinois

Olga Moya Aranzubia

Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources - Abandoned Mined Lands Reclamation Division

Geo-Environmental Characterization of Coal Mine Waste Rock: Assessing its Potential to Generate Acid Mine Drainage

Ayoub El Aallaoui¹, Mustapha El Ghorfi^1,2, Abellatif El Ghali², Yassine Taha², Mostafa Benzaazoua², Rachid Hakkou^1,2

1: Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco; 2: Mohammed VI Polyetechnic University, Geology sustainable mining laboratory institute (GSMI), Morocco

Diffusive Gradients in Thin Films (DGT) as an aid to risk assessment in watercourses affected by mine drainage

Miguel Izquierdo-Díaz¹, Almudena Ordóñez², Humberto Serrano-García¹, Rodrigo Álvarez², Carmen Covadonga García-Fernández², Efrén García-Ordiales², Eduardo De Miguel¹, Fernando Barrio-Parra¹

1: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, ETS de Ingenieros de Minas y Energía, 28003 Madrid, Spain; 2: University of Oviedo, Escuela Politécnica de Mieres, 33600 Mieres, Asturias, Spain

Unlocking the Geothermal Potential of Abandoned Mines: A Path to Renewable Energy and Regional Revitalization in Wallonia – Methodology and Modeling approaches

Virginie Harcouët-Menou¹, Nicolas Dupont², Olivier Kaufmann², Edgar Hernandez¹, Caroline De Paoli³, Philippe Orban³, Yanick N'Depo², Thierry Martin², Gert Moermans¹, Thomas Neven¹, Clémentine Schelings⁴, Jacques Teller⁴, Alain Dassargues³, Thomas Waroux⁵

1: VITO, Boeretang 200 2400 Mol, Belgium; 2: Geology & Applied Geology, Faculty of Engineering, University of Mons, Rue de Houdain, 9, 7000 Mons, Belgium; 3: Hydrogeology & Environmental Geology, Urban & Environmental Engineering Unit, University of Liège, Quartier Polytech 1, Allée de la Découverte, 9, Bât. B52 - Sart Tilman 4000 Liège, Belgium; 4: LEMA, Urban & Environmental Engineering Unit, University of Liège, Quartier Polytech 1, Allée de la Découverte, 9, Bât. B52 - Sart Tilman 4000 Liège, Belgium; 5: Town and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Mons, Rue d'Havré,88 7000 Mons, Belgium

Feasibility of Thermal Mine Water Use at the UNESCO World Heritage Site and Former Coal Mine Zollverein in Essen, Germany

Jonas Enno Lehmann¹, Rene Verhoeven¹, Florian Hahn¹, Stefan Klein¹, Kevin Mannke¹, Torsten Seidel², Tobias Rolf¹

1: Fraunhofer IEG, Germany; 2: Delta H, Germany

Exploring Geothermal Applications in Flooded Underground Mines with an Analogue Model Mine

Elke Mugova¹, Christian Wolkersdorfer², Florian Hahn³

1: TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany; 2: Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa; 3: Fraunhofer IEG, Germany

Groundwater and surface water quality around an existing mine: From current conditions to mine closure

Rodrigo Jr Embile¹, Ingar Walder²

1: DHI Sweden - Mining Group; 2: Kjeoy Research and Education Center

Water Geochemistry in the Former Hg-Mining Area of Abbadia San Salvatore (Central Italy): a Review

Orlando Vaselli^1,2, Federica Meloni^1,2, Barbara Nisi², Jacopo Cabassi², Francesco Bianchi³, Giordano Montegrossi², Daniele Rappuoli^4,5

1: Department of Earth Sciences - University of Florence, Italy; 2: CNR-Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources - Florence, Italy; 3: S.B.C. Geologi Associati - Florence, Italy; 4: Unione dei Comuni Amiata Val d'Orcia, Piancastagnaio, Siena, Italy; 5: Parco Museo Minerario di Abbadia San Salvatore, Abbadia San Salvatore, Siena, Italy

Is the water balance for your waste rock pile reliable? A framework for improving assessment of water inputs and outputs for a typical storage facility

Craig Thompson, Randi Thompson, Willy Zawadzki

BGC Engineering Inc, Canada

Post-mining water-soil interaction in Au-mine area: Piedmont region (NW Italy) case studies

Linda Zaniboni¹, Giovanna Antonella Dino¹, Manuela Lasagna¹, Isabel Margarida Horta Ribeiro Antunes², Domenico Antonio De Luca¹

1: University of Turin, Italy; 2: ICT | University of Minho, Portugal

Forty years of evolution of groundwater flow and solute transport modelling at and near mine sites

Lloyd Richard Townley^1,2

1: GW-SW Pty Ltd, Australia; 2: Nanjing Tech University, China

Passive treatment experiments including slag reactor and As adsorption reactor for mine drainages in Peru

Duk-Min Kim¹, Carmen Rodriguez-Vasquez², Joyce Carol Bottger-Gamarra², Jong-Wook Jeon³, Eun-A Choi³, Yeon-Jun Im³, Seyoung Kang⁴

1: Sangji University, Republic of Korea; 2: Ministerio de Energía y Minas, Peru; 3: Byucksan Engineering, Republic of Korea; 4: Korea Mine Rehabilitation and Mineral Resources Corporation, Republic of Korea

Performance of pilot-scale passive treatment tests of a contact oxidation method utilizing manganese-oxidizing bacteria for manganese-containing mine water

Yuki Semoto¹, Takaya Hamai¹, Yusei Masaki¹, Manami Ikeda¹, Masao Okumura¹, Naoyuki Miyata², Tetsuo Yasutaka³, Taiki Katayama³

1: Metals Environment Management Department,Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC),Toranomon Twin Building 2-10-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0001, JAPAN; 2: Department of Biological Environment, Akita Prefectural University, 241- 438, Shimoshinjo-Nakano, 010-0195, Akita, Japan; 3: Institute for Geo-Resources and Environment, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 305-8567, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Mine water injection and storage in Ordos basin, China

Chen Ge¹, Sun Yajun¹, Sui Wanghua¹, Xu Zhimin¹, Gao Liang²

1: China University of Mining and Technology, People’s Republic of China; 2: State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City and Department of Ocean Science and Technology, University of Macau; Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China

Annual treatment performances of sulfate-reducing process under ethanol addition conditions with rice bran for zinc containing AMD in Japan

Masataka Kondo, Yusei Masaki, Kana Hagihara, Koki Iguchi, Takaya Hamai, Yuki Semoto, Taro Kamiya, Nobuaki Ishikawa, Masao Okumura, Naoki Sato

Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security, Japan

Application of X-ray-tomography and Geochemical Modeling to Optimize AMD Treatment Design Using DAS at a former Tin Mine Site in France

Kevins Rhino, Jerome Jacob, Arnault Lassin, Frederic Dure, Jeremy Engevin, Justine Huron, Valerie Guerin

BRGM, France

Setting locally relevant Water Quality Objectives for the Rum Jungle Legacy Site, Northern Territory (NT) Australia, and designing rehabilitation strategies to meet them

Ross Edward William Smith¹, Paul Ferguson², Jackie Hartnett³, Anna Wilkins³, David Jones⁴

1: Hydrobiology, Australia; 2: Robertson Geoconsultants, Canada; 3: Northern Territory Dept Business and Industry; 4: DR Jones Environmental Excellence

The importance of the Inorganic Carbon analysis in Active Mine Water Treatment

Richard Morgan, Richard Coulton

Sand Separation Systems, United Kingdom

Novel Developments in High-Shear Degassing Using Carbon Dioxide-Depleted Air to Precipitate Metal Contaminants: Sustainable Active Treatment Strategies for Circum-neutral Mine Water

Victoria Smyth¹, Max Gerke¹, Ryan Schultz¹, Julia Dent¹, Steve Pearce¹, Ben Gersten², Tom Williams³, Andrew Barnes²

1: Cambrian Environmental Technologies, UK; 2: Geochemic Ltd., UK; 3: Natural Resources Wales, UK

Environmental Challenges And Remediation Operations at The Former Sb-mine of Le Cetine (Tuscany, Italy): Monitoring And Innovative Water Treatment Solutions

Federica Meloni^1,2, Giordano Montegrossi², Barbara Nisi², Jacopo Cabassi², Francesco Bianchi³, Stefano Mirri⁴, Andrea Profeti⁵, Orlando Vaselli^1,2

1: University of Florence, via La Pira 4, Florence , Italy; 2: CNR-IGG Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources, Via G. La Pira, 4, Florence, Italy; 3: S.B.C., Geologi Associati, Via XX Settembre n. 78, Florence , Italy; 4: Regione Toscana - Via di Novoli, 26, Florence, Italy; 5: INGEGNO P & C s.r.l. Projecting and Consulting, Ponte a Egola (PI), Italy

Release of uranium from a former iron mine, 30 years after flooding.

Viktor Sjöberg^1,2, Bert Allard^1,2

1: Örebro University, Sweden; 2: Remedy by Sweden AB

Comparison of Optimised Models for the Investigation of Heating Potentials in Abandoned Mines Using Mine Water

Tom Ebel, Willi Krause, Aline Jünger, Lukas Oppelt, Timm Wunderlich, Fritz Raithel, Thomas Grab, Tobias Fieback

TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany

Influence of Mine Geometry and Working Type on Groundwater Flow and Heat Transport for Geothermal Exploitation

Andres Gonzalez Quiros¹, Mylene Receveur¹, Alison Monaghan¹, Vanessa Starcher¹, Kyle Walker-Verkuil¹, Jeroen van Hunen²

1: British Geological Survey, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom; 2: Durham University, Durham, England, UK

Occurring challenges in the development process of geothermal mine water projects and possible solutions

Kevin Mannke, Florian Hahn, René Verhoeven, Stefan Klein, Jonas Enno Lehmann

Fraunhofer IEG, Germany

Feasibility study: Geothermal local heating with mine water for the foreseen development area Richtericher-Dell in Aachen, Germany

Florian Hahn¹, Stefan Klein¹, René Verhoeven¹, Kevin Mannke¹, Marco Braun²

1: Fraunhofer IEG; 2: STAWAG

Challenges and Opportunities for High-Temperature Mine Thermal Energy Storage with Focus on Regulatory Barriers for Implementation

Andres Gonzalez Quiros¹, Margaret Stewart¹, Thomas Olver², Stefan Klein³, Elke Mugova³, Corinna Abesser⁴

1: British Geological Survey, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; 2: Geothermal Engineering Ltd., Cornwall, United Kingdom; 3: Fraunhoffer IEG, Bochum, Germany; 4: British Geological Survey, Keyworth, United Kingdom

A Hydrogeochemist’s Mindful Toolkit: Conceptualization, Characterization, and Modeling of Mine Sites Producing Acid Mine Drainage

Darrell Kirk Nordstrom

National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States of America

Settling Characteristics and Physic-Geochemical Stability of Fly Ash for Acid Mine Drainage Neutralization in Pit Lakes: A Laboratory-Scale Study

Ginting Jalu Kusuma, Dian Febriana, Sendy Dwiki, Abie Badhurahman, Salmawati Salmawati, IK Dwika Paramananda, Rudy Sayoga Gautama

Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia

Flow and water quality observations from three mine rock lysimeters constructed at a coal mine in north-eastern British Columbia, Canada

Colin Fraser, Justin Stockwell

Lorax Environmental Services Limited, Canada

Proposing a design and planning method for mine and tunnel drainages

Juan Pablo Hurtado-Cruz

Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile

Interaction between bacteria and minerals in post-mining heaps in view of metal(loid) release

Agnieszka Pawlowska

Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland

Evaluating Climate Change Effects on Water Availability for a Proposed Mine in Eastern Canada

Okan Aygün, Scott Jackson, Colin Fraser, Justin Stockwell

Lorax Environmental Services Ltd, Canada

Autonomous Robotic Exploration in Flooded Mines

Richard Zoltan Papp, Mate Koba

UNEXMIN Georobotics Ltd., Hungary

Carbonate Reactions that Dictate Drainage Chemistry and Carbonate Consumption Under Variable System Conditions

Cheryl Suzanne Ross¹, Jennifer Thompson², Ryan Jakubowski³

1: WSP USA Inc., Redmond, WA, USA; 2: WSP USA Inc., Denver, CO, USA; 3: Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Phoenix, AZ, USA

Twenty-five years of evolution of integrated water management and integrated water balance modelling at mine sites

Lloyd Richard Townley^1,2

1: GW-SW Pty Ltd, Australia; 2: Nanjing Tech University, China

Constructed wetlands for treatment of alkaline bauxite residue leachate: ten years of monitoring a single cell system and optimising designs for a multi-cell approach.

Ashlene Hudson, John Murnane, Ronan Courtney

University of Limerick, Ireland

Deep physico-chemical profiling in a flooded mine shaft: Understanding water dynamics in Gardanne lignite mine (France)

Bastien Morin^1,2, Laurent Vaute¹, Pauline Collon²

1: BRGM, French Geological Survey, 1 rue Jean Zay, 54500 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France; 2: RING, GeoRessources, Université de Lorraine, CNRS, ENSG, rue du doyen Marcel Roubault, 54500 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France

System and process understanding of mine gas release of closed hard coal mines in the context of EU methane regulation

Sebastian Westermann, Barbara M.A. Teichert, Stefan Möllerherm

Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola - University Bochum, Germany

Flooding of an underground mine during closure – Analytical vs numerical model estimations

Thomas Booth, Jessica Cammack

WSP UK, United Kingdom

Mine Closure Strategy for Pit Lakes Formation in Indonesia: Initial Framework for Open Pit Coal Mine

IK Dwika Paramananda, Sarah Hasanah, Lerian Nisa, Ginting Jalu Kusuma, Rudy Sayoga Gautama, Abie Badhurahman, Salmawati Salmawati, Sendy Dwiki, Intan Nurul Rizki

Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia

Electrochemical Treatment for Cyanide and Heavy Metal Removal from Gold Processing Wastewater

Linda Figueroa

Colorado School of Mines, United States of America

Biologic treatment of acid mine drainage: A perspective of two decades of research, challenges and opportunities

Maria Clara Costa^1,2, Tânia Palma¹, Jorge Daniel Carlier¹

1: Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR/CIMAR LA), University of Algarve, Gambelas Campus, building 7, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal; 2: Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Algarve, Gambelas Campus, building 8, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal

Modelling of mine water discharges with integrated pump management

Christoph Klinger¹, Nele Pollmann¹, Julia Nicolina Sunten¹, Christine von Kleinsorgen²

1: DMT GmbH & Co. KG, Germany; 2: RAG AG, Essen, Germany

Settling Characteristics and Treatment Strategies for Open-Cast Coal Mine Water in South Sumatra, Indonesia

Muhammad Sonny Abfertiawan¹, Faiz Hasan¹, Raihannisa Rizqi Meutia², Rizky Al Fadhli³

1: Water and Wastewater Research Group, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology; 2: Environmental Engineering Master Program, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology; 3: Environmental & Forestry Planning Department, PT Bukit Asam Tbk

Determination of Groundwater Salinity Origin in Pit2 of Golgohar Mine, Iran Using Self-Organizing Map and Cluster Analysis

Hamid reza Nassery, Farnoosh Jafari, Farshad Alijani

Shahid Beheshti University, Iran, Islamic Republic of

Hydrogeological investigation and mine design to prevent the mining impact of the future exploitation of Lithium “Valdeflorez Project” to El Calerizo aquifer (Cáceres, Spain)

Carlos del Olmo², Jesus Montero¹, David Valls³

1: Mining Sense Global, S.L., Spain; 2: Investigaciones Geológicas y Mineras, S.A.; 3: Castilla Mining, S.L.

Methodology for Estimating Hydrogeological Risk for Open Pits

Jose Luis Villa¹, Fernanda Andrade¹, Ignacio Álvarez¹, Martin Brown², Cati Sesmero³

1: Itasca Chile, Chile; 2: Itasca Australia, Australia; 3: Minera Escondida Limitada, Chile

Characterization of Old Tailings Materials for Li-Sn Extraction and Sustainable Environmental Management: A Case Study of the Bielatal Tailings Dam, Altenberg, Eastern Ore Mountains, Saxony, Germany

Kofi Moro, Nils Hoth, Marco Roscher, Carsten Drebenstedt

TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany, Institute of Mining and Special Civil Engineering

Remining for renewable energy metals

Ann Maest

Buka Environmental, United States of America

Towards Sustainable Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Acidic Mine Waters: A Circular Treatment Approach Integrating Selective Precipitation and Ion Exchange

Alexandra Roa, Julio López, José Luis Cortina

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

Tailings Management in Iron Ore Mining: A Comprehensive Hydrogeochemical Modeling Protocol for Dry Stacking

Carolina Bittencourt de Abreu¹, Mariana Werle¹, Bruno Mortatti¹, Thais de Paula Marteleto¹, Rafael Albuquerque¹, Pablo Vinicius Silva Santos², Daniela Alcantara Machado², Eduardo Costa¹, Lara Lange¹

1: Water Services and Technologies, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; 2: Samarco Mineração, Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Hydrodynamic modelling of rising lower Triassic sandstone groundwater in the Lorraine coal basin (France)

Pauline Galas¹, Bastien Morin², Laurent Vaute², Olivier Lefebvre¹, Marsia Joder³, Maxime Hirsch⁴

1: GEODERIS, France; 2: BRGM, France; 3: BRGM/DPSM, France; 4: DREAL Grand-Est, France

ESG and Mine Water Stewardship – A benchmarking approach to targeted investment and project decision making

Grace Yungwirth¹, Bailey Simone², Sean Capstick², Mattia Lanzani¹, Givarn Singh¹, Alex Russell¹, Pamela Phanouvong¹, Linda Mazzoni², Erin Jerome², Madeleine MacIsaac-Sun², Emily Cline²

1: WSP UK Ltd, Chancery Lane, NG12 5BL, UK; 2: WSP Canada Ltd. 6925 Century Avenue Mississauga, Ontario, L5N 7K2 Canada

Study of the flooding of coal mines in Asturias. Possibilities for the use of mining reservoirs

Almudena Ordóñez, Rodrigo Álvarez, Carmen García, Silverio García

University of Oviedo, Spain

Ion exchange to recover Rare Earth Elements from acid mine drainage

Elaine Felipe¹, Luciano Bernado José², Clauson Souza¹, João Gabriel Niquini Cordeiro¹, Ana Claudia Ladeira¹

1: Centro de Desenvolvimento Da Tecnologia Nuclear; 2: Universidade Pungue

Experimental Study on the Damage Mechanism of Coal Pillars in Abandoned Mines under Immersion Conditions

Zhimin Xu¹, Huiqing Yuan¹, Weining Lu², Yuhang Han¹, Shijie Xiong¹

1: China University of Mining and Technology, China; 2: China Railway No.6 Engineering Group Co., Ltd., China

A Novel approach to hydrogeochemical risk assessment based on short-term tests

Francisco Ruiz

Consultoria Geologica, SL (CONGEO), Spain

Probabilistic analysis of human health risks linked to Procambarus Clarkii consumption in Almadén Hg Mining District

Judith L. Jaeger-Collantes¹, José I. Barquero-Peralbo¹, Samantha T. Jiménez-Oyola², Feliciano M. Bacale-Mbengono¹, Efrén García-Ordiales³, Pablo L. Higueras¹

1: Instituto de Geología Aplicada, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. Pl. Manuel Meca, 1. 13400 Almadén (Ciudad Real), Spain; 2: Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Facultad de Ingeniería en Ciencias de La Tierra, Campus Gustavo Galindo km 30.5 vía Perimetral, P.O. Box 09‑01‑5863, Guayaquil, Ecuador; 3: Centro Universitario de Investigación del agua (CUIDA), Escuela Politécnica de Mieres. C/ Gonzalo Gutiérrez Quiros s/n. 33600 Mieres

Key drivers of metal removal in constructed wetlands treating acid mine drainage revealed by machine learning

Jingkang Zhang, Xingjie Wang, Liyuan Ma, Jianwei Zhou

China University of Geosciences

From deep mineral exploration to mine closure: Why groundwater matters

Magdalena Worsa-Kozak

Politechnika Wrocławska, Poland

An approach to green corrosion inhibitors in acid mine drainage (AMD)

Iván Jares Salguero², Efrén García Ordiales¹, Luis González Genicio², Guillermo Laine Cuervo¹, Juan José del Campo²

1: Universidad Oviedo, Spain; 2: Instituto STEM Minestech, Spain

Experimental approach to designing a flushing system for SAPS pond

Dong-Kil Lee, Youngwook Cheong, Sangwoo Ji, Giljae Yim, Yong-chan Cho

KIGAM, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

MCA – Water Quality Risk Assessment Tool

Paul Joël Havemann Lourens, Petrus Daniel Vermeulen

Institute for Groundwater Studies, University of the Free State, South Africa

Physico-chemical characterisation of pit lakes using Google Earth Engine: Chilean case study.

Damián Aníbal Cruz Barrientos¹, Oscar Matías Benavente Zolezzi², Álvaro Antonio Navarrete-Calvo¹, Camilo Emmanuel Sánchez-Yáñez¹

1: Universidad Mayor, Chile; 2: SRK Consulting, Denver, Colorado, USA

Tracing current pollutants discharged into the environment from mining sources and the determination of interactions between surface and/or groundwater with pollutants. A case of Iron Duke Mine and surrounding active mines.

Patricia Sekina Chagonda¹, Moses Souta², Alexander Mhizha², Shepherd N Misi²

1: University of Zimbabwe, Environmental Management Agency, Zimbabwe; 2: University of Zimbabwe

Use of industrial by-products to prevent/reduce water contamination with As and Hg

Rafael Rodríguez, Efrén García, Begoña Fernández, Julia Ayala

University of Oviedo, Spain

H₂-based membrane biofilm reactors for sulfate removal from mining process water

Jose Ignacio Suarez, Alex Schwarz

Universidad de Concepcion, Chile

Manganese(II) removal bioreactor system of mine drainage is dominated by chemolithotrophic manganese oxidizing microorganisms

Taiki Katayama¹, Miho Watanabe², Naoyuki Miyata², Yuto Komura¹, Sereyroith Tum¹, Tetsuo Yasutaka¹

1: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan; 2: Akita Prefectural University, Japan

Advanced Monitoring of Abandoned Mining Sites with High-Resolution UAV Technology

Ana Raquel Barroso¹, Renato Henriques¹, Ângela Cerqueira¹, Patrícia Gomes¹, Isabel Margarida Horta Ribeiro¹, Amélia Paula Marinho Reis^1,2, Teresa Maria Valente¹

1: ICT – Institute of Earth Sciences, pole of University of Minho, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal,; 2: GEOBIOTEC, Geosciences department, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal

Investigating the Effects of Storm Events on the Temporal Dynamics of Acid Mine Drainage Loads in Receiving Streams of the Lusatian Lignite Mining District (Germany)

Erik Nixdorf^1,2, Maik Böhmeke¹, Marcus Fahle¹

1: Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Cottbus, Germany; 2: Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Leipzig, Germany

Depression and Dewatering Characteristics of Kaolinite in View of the Reprocessing of Ultrafine Colliery Waste

Malibongwe Manono

Centre for Minerals Research, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X03, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa

Improved Acidity Estimation by Integrating Comprehensive Dissolved Metal(oid)s Data: A Geochemical Modeling Case Study of Highly Mineralized Mine Waters

Ana Raquel Barroso¹, Charles A. Cravotta III², Patrícia Gomes¹, Isabel Margarida Horta Ribeiro¹, Amélia Paula Marinho Reis^1,3, Teresa Maria Valente¹

1: ICT – Institute of Earth Sciences, pole of University of Minho, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.; 2: Cravotta Geochemical Consulting LLC, Bethel, USA, cravottageochemical@gmail.com, ORCID 0000-0003-3116-4684; 3: GEOBIOTEC, Geosciences Department, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal

Sensible communication strategy in mine water related licensing processes

Thomas Manuel Walter

Ministerium für Umwelt, Klima, Mobilität, Agrar und Verbraucherschutz, Germany

Study of An Integrated Management Scheme for Acid Mine Drainage Generating Mine Tailings

Mariam El Adnani, Hassan Dahmouni

Resources Valorization, Environment and Sustainable Development Research Team (RVESD), Department of Mines, Mines School of Rabat, Ave Hadj Ahmed Cherkaoui, BP 753, Agdal, Rabat 10090, Morocco

Zinc Recovery from Abandoned Mine Drainage: Insights from the Freiberg Mining Region, Germany

Janith Tharanga Abeywickrama, Nils Hoth

Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany

Arsenate and chromate attenuation in acid mine drainage systems

Juan Antelo¹, Sarah Fiol¹, Ivan Carabante², Isabela Filardi³, Ana Barroso⁴, Teresa Valente⁴

1: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain; 2: Luleå University of Technology, Sweden; 3: Federal University of Viçosa, Brasil; 4: University of Minho, Portugal

Acidic Affected by Acid Mine Drainage – A Case of Extreme Contamination

Patrícia Gomes, Teresa Valente

ICT, Institute of Earth Sciences, Pole of the University of Minho, Earth Sciences Department, Campus de Gualtar, 4710 Braga, Portugal

Influence of reactive media on microbial sulfate reduction at two distinct temperatures

Laura Nina Bettoni, Roger Herbert

Uppsala University, Sweden

Democratizing mine-water operations and modelling

Alexia Carpentier, Robin Dufour

DHI

Iber as a flood nowcasting and forecasting software suite for mine managers

Marcos Sanz-Ramos, Ernest Bladé

Flumen Research Institute, Spain

Metal(loid)s in sediments and assessment of environmental contamination in the Rumblar reservoir (La Carolina mining district, Spain)

Katheryn López-Lasserra¹, M. Carmen Hidalgo¹, Javier Rey¹, M. José de la Torre¹, M. José Campos¹, José Benavente², Mariam El Adnani³

1: Department of Geology and CEACTEMA, University of Jaen, Spain; 2: Water Research Institute, University of Granada, Spain; 3: Département Mines & Minéralurgie, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Rabat, Morocco

Exploring the Potential of Hydrochar for the Removal of Toxic Metals from Mining-Influenced Waters: A Case Study on Arsenic

Álvaro Amado², Antonio Luis Marqués¹, Begoña Fernandez¹, Julia Ayala¹, Teresa A. Centeno²

1: Universidad de Oviedo, Spain; 2: INCAR-CSIC

Hydrogeological and hydrological modelling of the impact of water resources on mineral resource production

Mariam Taki, Nicolas Flipo, Damien Goetz

Centre Géosciences, MINES PARIS - PSL, France

Multi-variable Analysis for Fault Identification and Hydraulic Characterization

Manuel Gutierrez, Laura Tapias

Itasca, Chile

Characterization of core samples and mechanisms of zinc leaching in a waste rock dump of abandoned mines

Miu Nishikata¹, Yohey Hashimoto², Tomoko Oguri¹, Tetsuo Yasutaka¹

1: Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, Japan; 2: Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan

Secondary Minerals from Evolved Mine Waters: A Detailed Survey in Almadén Historic Mercury Mine Gallery

Ana Raquel Barroso¹, José Ignacio Barquero^2,3, Efrén García‑Ordiales⁴, Judith L. Jaeger^2,3, Pablo Higueras^2,3, Teresa Maria Valente¹

1: ICT – Institute of Earth Sciences, Pole of University of Minho, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal; 2: Instituto de Geología Aplicada, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Pl. Manuel Meca 1, 13400 Almadén, Ciudad Real, Spain; 3: Escuela de Ingeniería Minera E Industrial de Almadén, 13400 Almadén, Ciudad Real, Spain; 4: ISYMAResearch Group, Mining, Energy and Materials Engineering School, University of Oviedo, C/ Independencia 13, 33011 Oviedo, Spain

Electrochemical and biobased solutions in mine waste to facilitate the net zero-carbon transition

Denys Villa Gomez, Mansour Edraki, Yun Liu, Rosie Gillane, Luke Webster, Fernanda Soto

University of Queensland, Australia

Possible value recovery from abundant gold mine dumps and waterbodies in Krugersdorp, South Africa

Alseno Kagiso Mosai, Mildred Phasha

University of Pretoria, South Africa

Water Management in Iron Ore Mining: Regression Models for Optimizing Water Use in Mining Complexes

Renata Gaudereto Andries¹, Renato Silva Júnior², Guilherme Alves de Melo¹

1: Vale, Brazil; 2: Vale Technological Institute (ITV), Brazil

An improved Acid Mine Drainage treatment aimed at decreasing lime cost

Xiaoyun Yi, Feng Jiang, Lijuan Zhang, Zhi Dang

South China University of Technology, China, People's Republic of

Competitive Adsorption of Toxic Metals Using Activated Carbon Derived from Sargassum for Polymetallic Acid Mine Drainage Treatment

Patricia I. Melendez-Torres¹, Máximo E. Reynoso-Ortega¹, Pamela R. Tejada-Tejada¹, Teresa Maria Valente², Ulises J. Jauregui-Haza¹

1: Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic; 2: ICT, Institute of Earth Sciences, Pole of the University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710 Braga, Portugal

Groundwater Monitoring Technology in an Open-pit Coal Mine：Case Study from Eastern Inner Mongolia，China

Wenfeng Du, Suping Peng, Yinli Bi, Xiaoqin Cui

China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing

Phytoremediation of Mine Waters: comparing the efficiency of Alyssum, Pensylvania Mallow amd Giant Miscantus in removing heavy metals.

Martyna Marta Lalik

University of Silesia, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Będzińska 60 Sosnowiec, Poland

Removing toxic metals from acid mine drainage by in situ ε-MnO2 forming

Xiaoyun Yi, Yaozhong Wang, Lijuan Zhang, Zhi Dang

South China University of Technology, China, People's Republic of

Adapting Indigenous methods of water purification to restore access to clean drinking water in mining communities in Ghana

Godfred Williams-Nanyaa

Adom Mining Group, Ghana

Characterization of red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) as a bioindicator of mercury and metals pollution

José Ignacio Barquero Peralbo¹, Pablo Higueras Higueras¹, José María Esbrí², Feliciano Mbomio¹, Efrén García-Ordiales³

1: Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha - Instituto de Geología Aplicada, Spain; 2: Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Departamento de Mineralogía y Petrología, José Antonio Novais 12, 28040 Madrid, Spain; 3: Centro Universitario para la Investigación y el Desarrollo del Agua (CUIDA); Edificio de Investigación del Campus de Mieres; University of Oviedo; C/Gonzalo Gutiérrez Quirós, s/n, 33600 Mieres, Spain.

Electricity Generation from Low-Enthalpy Mine Water Using Enhanced Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) Systems

Antonio Luis Marqués Sierra

Instituto Universitario de Ciencias y Tecnologías Espaciales de Asturias (ICTEA). Universidad de Oviedo, Spain

Geochemistry of rare earth elements (REE) in acid mine drainage from the former Canal Caveira mine (southwest Portugal)

Nuno Durães, Carla Patinha, Luís Portela, Eduardo Ferreira da Silva

GEOBIOTEC - Department of Geosciences, University of Aveiro, Portugal

Groundwater Contamination associated to Phosphate Mines: Challenges and Sustainable Remediation Strategies

BIlel Abdelkrim^1,2,3, Yahya Moumni⁴, Mohamed Haythem Msaddek⁵, Nabil Abaab², Belgacem Agoubi^2,3, Isabel Margarida Horta Ribeiro Antunes¹

1: minho university, Portugal; 2: Institut Supérieur des Sciences et Techniques des Eaux de Gabès, Université de Gabès, Tunisia; 3: LR: Applied Hydro-Sciences Laboratory Research Campus Universitaire, 6072 Zrig, Gabes, Tunisia.; 4: Department of earth sciences, Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, University of Carthage, 7120 Bizerte, Tunisia,; 5: Département de Géologie, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunis, 2092, Tunisia

Innovative UAV-Based Multispectral Mapping of Contaminant Spread from Mine Tailings Spill

Ringo Maturana¹, Alvaro Antonio Navarrete-Calvo¹, Joaquín Quinteros², Sofía Fernández¹, Camilo Sánchez-Yáñez¹

1: Universidad Mayor, Chile; 2: Geospectrom, Chile

Integrating remote sensing and analytical hierarchy process for soil erosion analysis in arid regions: Gabès, Southern Tunisia

Wassim Chwikhi¹, Mounir Atoui², Bilel Abdelkarim², Abdelhakim Bouajila¹, Salah Mahmoudi¹

1: Laboratory of Geosystems, Georesources and Geo-environments, Faculty of Sciences of Gabès, University of Gabès, Tunisia; 2: University of Gabes, Tunisia Higher Institute of Water Sciences and Techniques, Laboratory of Applied Hydrosciences, LR23ES09, Campus Universitaire, 6072, Zrig, Gabes, Tunisia

Kinetic Column Evaluation of Potential Construction Options During Coal Mine Pit Restoration to Lessen Contaminant Mobility in Backfill Aquifers

Jeff Langman, Julianna Martin

University of Idaho, United States of America

Mine-stream sediments spatial distribution and mobility processes on U-Th enriched areas

Margarida Antunes¹, Paula Carvalho², Teresa Albuquerque³, Bilel Abdelkarim¹, António Santos⁴

1: ICT | University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710 - 057 Braga, Portugal; 2: GeoBioTec-GeoBioSciences, GeoTechnologies and GeoEngineering Research Centre, Department of Geosciences, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; 3: CERNAS/Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Av. Pedro ÁlvaresCabral, n° 12, 6000‑084 Castelo Branco, Portugal; ICT| Universidade de Évora, Portugal; 4: University of Coimbra, Portugal

Utilizing Iron from AMD for Energy Efficient Wastewater Treatment and Nutrient Recovery

Katelyn Renee Pepe, Lian-Shin Lin

West Virginia University, United States of America

The mechanism of hydrochemical-microbial interaction in the formation and evolution of coal mine water quality

Li Zhang¹, Zhimin Xu¹, Yajun Sun¹, Yating Gao¹, Ge Chen¹, Lulu Zhu²

1: School of Resources and geosciences, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China; 2: China Coal Aerial Survey and Remote Sensing Group Co., Ltd., Xi'an 710199, China

The “three-stages” and “three-zones” models of coal mine water quality formation and evolution

Yajun Sun¹, Zhimin Xu¹, Li Zhang¹, Ge Chen¹, Xianming Zhao²

1: China University of Mining and Technology, China; 2: Nanjing Center, China Geological Survey, China

Sustainable Immobilization of As and Se using Magnesium Precipitate derived from Seawater Electro-Chlorination Facility

Han Gyeol Jeon, Davy Thoeun, Kyoung-Woong Kim

Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

Study on the influence mechanism of the “upper three zones” of coal seam roof on the overlying aquifer in the northwest coal mining area of China

Chao Xu¹, Tao Wu², Pingping Gong³

1: China University of Mining and Technology, Underground Space Technology Development Co., Ltd. of CNACG, China; 2: Hydrogeological Engineering Geological Environmental Geological Exploration Institute of CNACG, China; 3: Hydrogeological Bureau of CNACG, China

Spatio-temporal variations in hydrochemistry and water quality in old tungsten mining areas, central Portugal

Paula C.S. Carvalho¹, Maria Manuela V. G. Silva², Isabel Margarida H. R. Antunes³, António Santos⁴, Fernando T. Rocha⁵, Eduardo A. Ferreira da Silva⁶

1: Geobiosciences, Geotechnologies and Geoengineering Research Center (GeoBioTec), University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal, paulacscarvalho@ua.pt; 2: CITEUC, University of Coimbra, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Department of Earth Sciences, 3030-790 Coimbra, Portugal; 3: ICT | University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; 4: Geobiosciences, Geotechnologies and Geoengineering Research Center (GeoBioTec), University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; 5: Geobiosciences, Geotechnologies and Geoengineering Research Center (GeoBioTec), University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; 6: Geobiosciences, Geotechnologies and Geoengineering Research Center (GeoBioTec), University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal

Responsible Mine Planning: Current utilization and challenges of mine water reuse

Mareike Schubert, Oliver Langefeld

Clausthal University of Technology, Germany

Feasibility of a new sulfur-disproportionating bacterium for acid mine drainage treatment

Feng Jiang

Sun Yat-Sen University, China