International Mine Water Association Conference
6–11 July 2025 | Braga, Portugal & Oviedo, Spain
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!
Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 9th May 2025, 10:51:12pm WEST
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Session Overview |
Date: Thursday, 10/July/2025 | ||||
8:30am - 9:00am |
Registration Location: Main Hall |
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9:00am - 9:40am |
KeyNote 3 Location: A1 |
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9:40am - 10:40am |
Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Mine Geochemistry Location: A1 Pit Lake Prediction Case Study: Managing Insecurity in the Dataset using Bracketed Inputs 1: Global Resource Engineering, United States of America; 2: Barr Engineering, United States of America Water Driven Failure of Large Mine Slopes 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 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 WSP, United Kingdom Mine Water in the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management ERM, United Kingdom As, Sb and sulphate immobilization from flotation tailings of an intrusion-related gold mineralization 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 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 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 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 GCS (Pty) Ltd, South Africa Geochemical modelling applied to the study of arsenic mobilization in abandoned mines. Universidad de Oviedo, Spain Analysis of mine closure practices and the regulatory mining framework in the Córdoba province – Colombia National University of Colombia, Colombia |
10:40am - 11:20am |
COFFEE BREAK & POSTERS & EXHIBITION Location: Main Hall |
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11:20am - 1:00pm |
Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Mine Geochemistry Location: A1 Management of total system uncertainty in mine water Itasca Australia Pty Ltd, Australia Comprehensive Study on the Electrical Characteristics and Full-Spectrum Tracing of Water Sources in Water-Rich Coal Mines 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 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 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) 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 Itasca, Chile Integrated Hydrogeological Fieldwork Campaign Design to Identify Infiltrations from Tailings ITASCA, Chile Environmental geochemical impact of tailings spills in natural streams in Chile (Mapocho river case) 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 1: Universidad de Oviedo, Spain; 2: Universidad Nacional de Colombia Co-disposal of mine waste streams for improved water recovery and environmental performance 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) EDM - Empresa de Desenvolvimento Mineiro S.A., Portugal Batch leaching to enhance dissolution of siliceous secondary materials for controlling AMD formation 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 Hedin Environmental, United States of America Treatment of copper-containing acid mine drainage by combined use of multiple technologies 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 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 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 University Mohammed VI Polytechnic, Morocco Five Years of Hydrogeological Consulting for a Mining Company: Lessons Learned for Successful Work Itasca, Chile Irrigation with Witwatersrand Goldmine Waters University of Pretoria, South Africa |
1:00pm - 2:20pm |
LUNCH Location: Main Hall |
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2:20pm - 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 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 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 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 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 BRGM, France |
Case Studies Location: A2 Everyone goes home? WSP, United Kingdom Utilizing pore pressure simulations with an unstructured mesh for closure design optimization of the Wanagon Stockpile at the Grasberg Mine 1: Call & Nicholas, Inc., United States of America; 2: Freeport McMoRan Surface Disposal of High-Sulfide Paste Tailings at the Neves Corvo Mine, Portugal 1: WSP USA; 2: Somincor Evaluating the Sustainability of Passive Treatment for Acid Mine Drainage of a Legacy Mine via Life Cycle Assessment 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 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 1: LMBV, Germany; 2: GFI Groundwater Consutling Institute, Germany Physicochemical Characterization of Nickel Mine Wastewater in South Sulawesi, Indonesia: Seasonal Variations and Treatment Potential 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 Global Resource Engineering, United States of America Practical Guidance for Adjusting Rainfall Annual Exceedance Probability Estimates for Climate Change Lorax Environmental Services Ltd., Canada |
Active Mine Water Treatment Location: A4 A Comprehensive Approach to Fluoride Treatment in Mine Drainage: Chemical Precipitation and Adsorption 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 1: Envidan, Sweden; 2: Veolia Water Technologies Canada, Canada Active treatment experiments including coprecipitation-adsorption of arsenic for mine drainages in Peru 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 Cravotta Geochemical Consulting, LLC Breaking the Toxicity Barrier: A Gold Mine's Journey to Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Veolia Water Technologies Canada, Canada |
4:00pm - 4:40pm |
COFFEE BREAK & POSTERS & EXHIBITION Location: Main Hall |
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4:40pm - 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 1: WSP USA, United States of America; 2: Center for AstroBiology (CSIC-INTA), Spain Re-Mining of mine water sludges in Germany. An opportunity? 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? 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 Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria, Nigeria Flow Failure of TSF Brunita in 1972, NE Spain 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 Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada Improved mine water quality predictions using available international hydrochemical datasets Wardell Armstrong a part of SLR Geochemical evaluation of mine water quality in the adjacent basin of a polymetallic open pit mine – South America Coeur, United States of America |
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8:00pm - 10:00pm |
CONFERENCE DINNER Location: Restaurant Braga |
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