Conference Agenda

Overview and details of the sessions of this Congress. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for a detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available). The programme is preliminary and subject to change!

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Session Overview
Date: Thursday, 10/July/2025
8:30am
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9:00am
Registration
Location: Main Hall
9:00am
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9:40am
KeyNote 3
Location: A1
9:40am
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10:40am
Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Mine Geochemistry
Location: A1
 

Pit Lake Prediction Case Study: Managing Insecurity in the Dataset using Bracketed Inputs

Larry Breckenridge1, Mehgan Blair2, Yuliya Subotskaya1

1: Global Resource Engineering, United States of America; 2: Barr Engineering, United States of America



Water Driven Failure of Large Mine Slopes

Adrian Brown

Adrian Brown Consultants, Inc., United States of America



Estimation of Drainage Composition Sourced from Lime-Iron Ore Tailings Mixture in Dry Stack Deposit: Laboratory Testing and Numerical Modeling

Mariana Werle1, Eduardo Costa1, Thais Marteleto1, Carolina Bittencourt de Abreu1, Rafael Albuquerque1, Lara Lange1, Maria Luiza Silva Ramos2, Ana Caroline Cambraia Trindade2, Maria Isabel Pereira Teodoro2, Lorena Guimarães3, Ruberlan Silva3, Rogerio Kwitko3

1: Water Services & Technologies, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil; 2: Vale S/A, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil; 3: Vale S/A (CDM), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Tailings and Tailings Ponds
Location: A2
 

The application of quantitative risk assessment to assessing the impact of tailings management facilities on groundwater resources

Gareth Digges La Touche, Sofia Nazaruk, Thomas Booth, Thomas Demmer, Alireza Nickman, Jessica Cammack

WSP, United Kingdom



Mine Water in the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management

Kevin Leahy, Thomas Collin, Sia Tanhai, Simon Gibbons

ERM, United Kingdom



As, Sb and sulphate immobilization from flotation tailings of an intrusion-related gold mineralization

Rodrigo Alvarez1, José Manuel Domínguez2, Almudena Ordóñez1, Loredo Jorge1, Diego Isidro1

1: University of Oviedo, Spain; 2: Exploraciones Mineras del Cantábrico

Passive Mine Water Treatment – Nature based solutions
Location: A3
 

Monitoring, Control, and Prevention of Excess Hg in Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) in an Abandoned Metal Sulfides Mine (SW Portugal), using Nature-Based Solutions

Rita Maria Ferreira Fonseca1,2,3, Joana Fonseca Araújo1,2, Roberto da Silva1,2

1: AmbiTerra Laboratory, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal; 2: Institute of Earth Science, Évora Pole, Évora, Portugal.; 3: Dep. Geosciences, School of Sciences and Technology University of Évora, Évora, Portugal



The treatment strategies of acid mine drainage based on resource utilization

Mengfang Chen, Hongping Chen, Yulu Ai, Yudong Feng, Jing Li

Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, People's Republic of



The evaluation of a pilot pervious concrete treatment system for acid mine drainage treatment

Ayanda Nomaswazi Shabalala, Monica Pinky Ngomane, Nokuthula Khanyile

University of Mpumalanga, South Africa

Mine Closure and Associated Legacy Issues
Location: A4
 

The Enviromental and Financial Aspects for the Use of Pitlakes for Sustainable Mine Closure

Andrew Clifford Johnstone

GCS (Pty) Ltd, South Africa



Geochemical modelling applied to the study of arsenic mobilization in abandoned mines.

Antonio Luis Marqués, Begoña Fernandez, Angeles Fernández, Julia Ayala

Universidad de Oviedo, Spain



Analysis of mine closure practices and the regulatory mining framework in the Córdoba province – Colombia

Gustavo Neira-Arenas, Sebastián Navarro-Martínez

National University of Colombia, Colombia

10:40am
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11:20am
COFFEE BREAK & POSTERS & EXHIBITION
Location: Main Hall
11:20am
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1:00pm
Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Mine Geochemistry
Location: A1
 

Management of total system uncertainty in mine water

Kalman Benedek

Itasca Australia Pty Ltd, Australia



Comprehensive Study on the Electrical Characteristics and Full-Spectrum Tracing of Water Sources in Water-Rich Coal Mines

Donglin Dong1,2, Qiang Wu1,2

1: China University of Mining and Technology, China, People's Republic of; 2: Inner Mongolia Research Institute, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Ordos 017004, China



New insights at the molecular level: the impact of DOM on antimony migration and enrichment in water environments of antimony mining areas

Wanyu Li, Jianwei Zhou, Xingjie Wang, Chenxin Feng, Haibo Feng, Weiqing Zhou

China University of Geosciences, China, People's Republic of China



Response mechanism of antimony to sulfate in soil-water system of Xikuangshan mining area in Hunan Province

Chenxin Feng1, Jianwei Zhou1, Xingjie Wang2, Peng Liu1, Wanyu Li1, Xueyan Pang1

1: China University of Geosciences, China, People's Republic of; 2: The Institute of Geological Survey of China University of Geosciences , China, People's Republic of



The use of geomorphology as the basis of mining closure: a case study of Waste Rock Facility rehabilitation at the Santa Bárbara mine (Perú)

Alfredo Gallardo1, Juan Del Río1, John Melgarejo2

1: Amphos21 Consulting Peru SAC; 2: Compañía de Minas Buenaventura SAA

Tailings and Tailings Ponds
Location: A2
 

Using Geophysics Methods to Analyze Evolution of Infiltration from a Tailing Storage Facility

Manuel Gutierrez, Laura Tapias

Itasca, Chile



Integrated Hydrogeological Fieldwork Campaign Design to Identify Infiltrations from Tailings

Isidora Arriagada, José Luis Delgado

ITASCA, Chile



Environmental geochemical impact of tailings spills in natural streams in Chile (Mapocho river case)

Álvaro Antonio Navarrete-Calvo1, Camilo Emmanuel Sánchez-Yáñez1, Natalia Bustamante-Penagos2, Ringo Maturana1, Max Hidalgo1, Santiago Montserrat3

1: Universidad Mayor, Chile; 2: Universidad de la Frontera, Chile; 3: Advanced Mining Technology Center, University of Chile



Recovery of sands from gold mining tailings for clinker manufacture

Natalia Jaramillo2, Oscar Jaime Restrepo2, Antonio Luis Marqués1, Begoña Fernandez1, Julia Ayala1

1: Universidad de Oviedo, Spain; 2: Universidad Nacional de Colombia



Co-disposal of mine waste streams for improved water recovery and environmental performance

Roneel Narayan, Christian Antonio, Marcin Ziemski, Alexander Scheuermann, Mansour Edraki

The University of Queensland, Australia

Passive Mine Water Treatment – Nature based solutions
Location: A3
 

An Overview of Active and Passive Mine Water Treatment at Urgeiriça Uranium Legacy Mine (Portugal)

Catarina Diamantino, Carlos Martins, Edgar Carvalho

EDM - Empresa de Desenvolvimento Mineiro S.A., Portugal



Batch leaching to enhance dissolution of siliceous secondary materials for controlling AMD formation

Dantie Claudia Butar Butar1, Hanna Kaasalainen1,2, Lena Alakangas1, Erik Ronne3

1: Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden; 2: Åbo Akademi University, Åbo, Finland; 3: Boliden AB, Stockholm, Sweden



Evaluating the Effectiveness of Various Aggregate Cleaning Methods

Neil Allan Wolfe, Robert S. Hedin, Benjamin C. Hedin, Olivia J. Weaver

Hedin Environmental, United States of America



Treatment of copper-containing acid mine drainage by combined use of multiple technologies

Xingjie Wang, Ling Liu, Liyuan Ma, Rui Deng, Yuxuan Yang, Jianwei Zhou

China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China

Mine water and water resources management
Location: A4
 

Guidelines for mine water irrigation of rehabilitated opencast mine land

John George Annandale, Panayotis Patoussias, Phillip Dale Tanner

University of Pretoria, South Africa



Integrated Water Balance, Streamflow and Quality Model for Holistic Determination of Security of Water Supply and Ecological Flow Requirements at a West African Mineral Sands Mine

Michael William Palmer, Caroline Bladen

Jones & Wagener (Pty) Ltd, South Africa



Integrating Hydrogeological and Geophysical Modeling for Sustainable Water Management in Phosphate Mining: A Case Study of the Beni Amir Deposit, Morocco

Ouissal Heddoun, Majid El Baroudi, Anasse Ait Lemkademe, Mostafa Benzaazoua

University Mohammed VI Polytechnic, Morocco



Five Years of Hydrogeological Consulting for a Mining Company: Lessons Learned for Successful Work

Manuel Gutierrez, Laura Tapias, Jose Luis Delgado

Itasca, Chile



Irrigation with Witwatersrand Goldmine Waters

Lesego Elizabeth Madiseng, John George Annandale, Philip Dale Tanner, Corleen van Aswegen, Sakhiwo Sukati

University of Pretoria, South Africa

1:00pm
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2:20pm
LUNCH
Location: Main Hall
2:20pm
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4:00pm
Circular Economy and Resilience in Mining-influenced Water
Location: A1
 

The role of colloidal and particulate fractions in REEs enrichments in coal-based acid mine drainage systems

Liliana Lefticariu1, Rayn L. Bowman1, Madeline Lewinski1, Jerome Specht1, Paul T. Behum2

1: School of Earth Systems and Sustainability, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 62901 USA; 2: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Alton, Alton, IL 62002 USA



Innovative Circular Economy Approach for Recovering Valuable Metals from Acid Mine Drainage and Sulphuric Acid from Mining Waste

Bárbara Ahumada-Vargas1, Lidia Fernandez-Rojo1, Ana Guedes1, Eric Vilanova1, Carlos Echevarría1, Tamara Martínez-Santos2, Manuel Sevilla2

1: Cetaqua, Centro Tecnológico del Agua, Spain; 2: Tharsis Mining, Tharsis, Spain



Multi-Scale Characterization of Mine Waste in a Circular Economy: Challenges and Opportunities

Hernan Flores1,2, Tobias Rudolph1, Jörg Benndorf2

1: Research Center of Post-Mining (FZN), Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola (THGA), Herner Straße 45, 44787 Bochum, Germany; 2: Department of Mine Surveying and Geodesy, TU Bergakademie Freiberg (TUBAF), Fucksmühleweg 9B, 09599 Freiberg, Germany



Enhancing Ammonia Nitrogen Removal from Saline Mining Effluents: A Hybrid Approach with Ozone Microbubbles and Precipitation

Maher Mzoughi1, Mehrez Hermassi1, Étienne Bélanger1, Thomas Genty1, Catherine N. Mulligan2, Carmen M. Neculita1

1: Research Institute on Mines and Environment (RIME), University of Québec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT), Canada; 2: Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, QC H3G 1M8, Canada



Treatment of AMD liming sludge for metals recovery and mining site rehabilitation

Jerome Jacob, Douglas Pino Herrera, Emmanuelle Plat

BRGM, France

Case Studies
Location: A2
 

Everyone goes home?

Gareth Digges La Touche

WSP, United Kingdom



Utilizing pore pressure simulations with an unstructured mesh for closure design optimization of the Wanagon Stockpile at the Grasberg Mine

Mark J. Thomasson1, Made Mahayasa2, Larry Standridge1, Drew Enns1, Brad Ruddy1, Steven C. Schmelter1

1: Call & Nicholas, Inc., United States of America; 2: Freeport McMoRan



Surface Disposal of High-Sulfide Paste Tailings at the Neves Corvo Mine, Portugal

Rens Verburg1, Mafalda Oliveira2

1: WSP USA; 2: Somincor



Evaluating the Sustainability of Passive Treatment for Acid Mine Drainage of a Legacy Mine via Life Cycle Assessment

Sereyroith Tum1, Taiki Katayama1, Naoyuki Miyata2, Takaya Hamai3, Yuki Semoto3, Tetsuo Yasutaka1

1: 1Institute for Geo-Resources and Environment, Geological Survey of Japan (GSJ), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan; 2: Department of Biological Environment, Akita Prefectural University, Japan; 3: Metals Environment Management Department, Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, Japan



Evapotranspiration Cover Design Optimization: A Case Study

Yuliya Subotskaya, Larry Breckenridge

Global Resource Engineering, United States of America

Mine Water and Climate Dynamics
Location: A3
 

Carbon Footprinting of Mine Water Treatment for Future CO₂ Emission Reduction

Oliver Totsche1, Katja Kunze1, Felix Bilek2

1: LMBV, Germany; 2: GFI Groundwater Consutling Institute, Germany



Physicochemical Characterization of Nickel Mine Wastewater in South Sulawesi, Indonesia: Seasonal Variations and Treatment Potential

Muhammad Sonny Abfertiawan, Wahyu Sasangka Jati, Mindriany Syafila, Marisa Handajani

Water and Wastewater Engineering Research Group, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology



Investigation of a Heap Leach Facility leak using Finite Element Seepage Analysis

Jacob Paul Erickson, J Larry Breckenridge

Global Resource Engineering, United States of America



Practical Guidance for Adjusting Rainfall Annual Exceedance Probability Estimates for Climate Change

Scott Jackson, Colin Fraser, Okan Aygün

Lorax Environmental Services Ltd., Canada

Active Mine Water Treatment
Location: A4
 

A Comprehensive Approach to Fluoride Treatment in Mine Drainage: Chemical Precipitation and Adsorption

Ki-Rim Lee1, Duk-Min Kim1, Hye-Lim Kwon1, Nam-Kyu Kim1, Young-Min Kim1, Dae-Gyu Im2, Shin-Dong Kim3, Seul-Ki Koo4, Ju-In Ko4, Jin-Ho Mok5

1: Sangji University, Republic of Korea; 2: Korea University, Republic of Korea; 3: Environment Energy & Chemical Solution, Republic of Korea; 4: Korea Mine Rehabilitation and Mineral Resources Corporation, Republic of Korea; 5: Geukdong Engineering, Republic of Korea



Partners in Sustainability: The Benefits of a Collaborative Relationship Between a Mine, Consultant, and Supplier in Water Management

Magnus Nilsson1, Myriam De Ladurantaye-Noel2

1: Envidan, Sweden; 2: Veolia Water Technologies Canada, Canada



Active treatment experiments including coprecipitation-adsorption of arsenic for mine drainages in Peru

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

1: Sangji University, Korea, Republic of (South 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



Water-Quality Modeling Tools to Evaluate Attenuation of Dissolved Constituents by Precipitation and Adsorption Reactions During Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage

Charles A Cravotta III

Cravotta Geochemical Consulting, LLC



Breaking the Toxicity Barrier: A Gold Mine's Journey to Sustainable Wastewater Treatment

Myriam De Ladurantaye-Noël, Marc Laliberté, Alain Gadbois, David Scott Oliphant

Veolia Water Technologies Canada, Canada

4:00pm
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4:40pm
COFFEE BREAK & POSTERS & EXHIBITION
Location: Main Hall
4:40pm
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5:40pm
Circular Economy and Resilience in Mining-influenced Water
Location: A1
 

Screening-level economic evaluation of Critical and Strategic Raw Materials stored in Iberian Pyrite Belt pit lakes, Spain

Devin Castendyk1, Skyler Sorsby1, Javier Sanchez Espana2

1: WSP USA, United States of America; 2: Center for AstroBiology (CSIC-INTA), Spain



Re-Mining of mine water sludges in Germany. An opportunity?

Bastian Reker, Sebastian Westermann

Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola, Germany

Case Studies
Location: A2
 

If we had had a consistent system for using pyrite in coal mining in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, what would the scenario be?

Jéssica Weiler1,2, Ivo André Homrich Schneider1

1: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; 2: Universidade Federal do Pampa, Brazil



Health Risk Assessment of Norms and Potentially Toxic Metals in Mine Waters from Artisanal Mining Sites Within the Ife-Ilesha Schist Belt: a Monte Carlo Simulation Approach

Matthew Omoniyi Isinkaye, Paulinah Oyidamola Fasanmi

Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria, Nigeria



Flow Failure of TSF Brunita in 1972, NE Spain

Joanna Butlanska, Aldo Onel Oliva González, Jose Antonio Fernandez-Merodo, Roberto Rodriguez-Pacheco

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Centro Nacional Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Spain

Acid Mine Drainage – Prevention, Monitoring and Control
Location: A3
 

Assessment of Superabsorbent Polymers Capability in the Treatment of Metal Mining Effluent

Abdelkabir Maqsoud, Nor El hoda Addi, Tikou Belem, Mamert Mbonimpa

Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada



Improved mine water quality predictions using available international hydrochemical datasets

Chazanne Long, Phil Burris

Wardell Armstrong a part of SLR



Geochemical evaluation of mine water quality in the adjacent basin of a polymetallic open pit mine – South America

Edward Gonzales

Coeur, United States of America

 
8:00pm
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10:00pm
CONFERENCE DINNER
Location: Restaurant Braga

 
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