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: Friday, 11/July/2025
8:30am
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9:00am
Registration
Location: Main Hall
9:00am
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9:40am
KeyNote 4
Location: A1
9:40am
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10:40am
Tailings and Tailings Ponds
Location: A1
 

Geochemical controls of potentially toxic element (PTE) release from the Gold One Tailings Dam Complex into the Randfontein area, Witwatersrand, South Africa

Jamie-Leigh Robin Abrahams1, Charles D. Okujeni2, Oluseyi Ayokunle Abegunde3, Changhong Wu4, Adrian Sherman Williams5

1: Department of Geology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa; 2: Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa; 3: Department of Civil and Geomatics, Faculty of Engineering, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa; 4: Confucius Institute, International Relations Office, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa; 5: Council for Geoscience, Minerals and Energy Unit, Cape Town, South Africa



Advances in integrated performance monitoring of Tailings Storage Facilities

Kym Lesley Morton1, Alastair Bovim2

1: KLM Consulting Services, South Africa; 2: Insight Terra, South Africa



Catoca Diamond Mine – implementation of an advanced monitoring network for a Tailings Storage Facility (TSF)

Marçal Manuel Vicario1, Manuel Fidel Sonhi Manassa1, Enoque Makango Paiva1, Lukombo Eduardo Luzaiadio Carlos1, Kym Lesley Morton2

1: Catoca Mining Society, Luanda, Angola; 2: KLM Consulting Services, South Africa

Circular Economy and Resilience in Mining-influenced Water
Location: A2
 

Acid Mine Drainage Remediation with Waste Products: Laboratory Findings and Field Model Applications

Joana F. Araújo1,2,3, Charles A. Cravotta III4, Rita Fonseca1,2,3, Roberto P. da Silva1,2,3, Sergio Prats A.5,6, Teresa Valente3,7

1: AmbiTerra Laboratory, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal; 2: School of Sciences and Technology University of Évora, Évora, Portugal; 3: Institute of Earth Science, Portugal; 4: Cravotta Geochemical Consulting, Bethel, PA, USA; 5: MED&CHANGE | MED – Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development & CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal; 6: Biological Mission of Galicia – Spanish National Research Council (MBG-CSIC), Salcedo, Pontevedra, Spain; 7: Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Minho, Braga, Portugal



Recovery of poly-cationic metal sulphate from acid mine drainage and its beneficiation as a coagulant for drinking water treatment

Mamile Belina Mahlohla1,2, Vhahangwele Masindi1,2, Memory Tekere1, Spyros Foteinis3

1: Department of Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), P. O. Box 392, Florida, 1710, South Africa; 2: Magalies Water, Scientific Services, Research & Development Division, Erf 3475, Stoffberg street, Brits, 0250,; 3: Research Centre for Carbon Solutions, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, United Kingdom.



Critical Raw Materials Recovery from Acid Mine Drainage

Tamlyn Sasha Naidu1,2, Craig Sheridan2, Ed Hardwick3, Peter E. Holm1

1: University of Copenhagen, Denmark; 2: University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa; 3: Cwenga Technologies, South Africa

Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Mine Geochemistry
Location: A3
 

Hydrodynamic Investigation of a density-stratified Underground Mine – Tracer Test Challenges and Results in the Georgi-Unterbau Mine, Tyrol, Austria

Christian Wolkersdorfer

Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), South Africa



Geochemical monitoring to use waste rock in mine component construction

David Arcos1,2, Pablo Quesada2, Alonso Huamán2, Emilie Coene1, Ersan Demirer1

1: Amphos 21 Consulting S.L.; 2: Amphos 21 Consulting Perú S.A.C.



Coupled groundwater-surface water modelling workflow to support risk assessment of an abandoned underground coal mine due to natural mine water rebound

Nachayada Phonseela, Thomas Booth

WSP, United Kingdom

10:40am
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11:20am
COFFEE BREAK & POSTERS & EXHIBITION
Location: Main Hall
11:20am
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12:00pm
KeyNote 5
Location: A1
12:00pm
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12:40pm
CLOSE CEREMONY
Location: A1
12:40pm
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2:00pm
LUNCH
Location: Main Hall
2:00pm
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8:00pm
Post-Conference Field Trip Day 1
Location: Post-Conference Field Trip

 
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