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, 10:14:57pm WEST
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Session Overview | |
Location: A1 Buildind 1 - CP1, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal |
Date: Monday, 07/July/2025 | |
9:00am - 10:00am |
OPENING CEREMONY Location: A1 |
10:00am - 10:40am |
KeyNote 1 Location: A1 |
11:20am - 1:00pm |
Acid Mine Drainage – Prevention, Monitoring and Control Location: A1 Geochemical characterization of tailing, pit lake sediment and waters using PHREEQC in Nador abandoned mine (Morocco) Geo-explorations & Geotechnics Lab, Morocco Investigating Inhibitors to Prevent Calcium Sulfate Precipitation in Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Processes 1: Mintek, Analytical Chemistry Division, South Africa; 2: Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability, University of South Africa, South Africa Integrated 3D Laser Scanning Implementation for Monitoring Tailings Dams Maptek Computación Chile Ltda., Chile Passive Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage Integrated with Carbon Dioxide Removal by Enhanced Rock Weathering in Acid Mine Drainage 1: Laboratory of Eco-Materials and Resources, Course of Sustainable Resources Engineering, School of Engineering, Hokkaido University; 2: Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Team, Global Zero Emission Research Center, The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Department of Energy and Environment; 3: Nakagaki Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Creative Science and Engineering, Waseda University |
2:20pm - 4:00pm |
Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Mine Geochemistry Location: A1 Water Disaster Control with Grouting in Bed Separation due to Deep Mining 1: China University of Mining and Technology, China, People's Republic of; 2: Menkeqing Coal Mine, China Coal Company, China, People's Republic of Opportunities to improve groundwater models for mining assessments in South Australia: learnings from common shortcomings 1: Department for Energy and Mining (SA), Australia; 2: Department for Environment and Water (SA), Australia Mine Water and Rock Engineering – A Winning Partnership in Cave Mining 1: WSP UK Ltd., United Kingdom; 2: WSP Canada Inc., Canada Advances in mine dewatering design and monitoring at Tharisa chrome mine Rustenburg South Africa 1: Tharisa Minerals, South Africa; 2: KLM Consulting Services, South Africa Optimization of Prediction-Driven Monitoring Programs INTERA, Portugal |
4:40pm - 5:40pm |
Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Mine Geochemistry Location: A1 The legacy of hard coal mining revealed by isotopic fingerprinting of mine waters, Ruhr Area, Germany 1: Research Center of Post-Mining, Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola University, Herner Str. 45, Bochum, Germany; 2: University Münster, Institute for Geology and Paleontology, Corrensstr. 24, Münster, Germany; 3: Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Stilleweg 2, Hanover, Germany Geochemical modelling of sulfur cycling processes during mine water rebound in former hard coal mines of the Ruhr and Saar region, Germany 1: Research Center of Post-Mining (FZN), Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola (THGA), 44787 Bochum, Germany; 2: Institute for Geology and Paleontology, University Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany Preliminary analysis of stable water isotope patterns in the Lusatian lignite mining district (Germany) Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Germany |
6:00pm - 8:00pm |
Journal and Society Committee Meetings Location: A1 |
Date: Tuesday, 08/July/2025 | |
9:00am - 9:40am |
KeyNote 2 Location: A1 |
9:40am - 10:40am |
Acid Mine Drainage – Prevention, Monitoring and Control Location: A1 Heterogeneous Oxidation and Hydrogeochemical Numerical Simulation in a Uranium Waste Rock Pile Water Services & Technologies, Brazil Reactive Barriers for Mine Waters Treatment: an Approach using Alternative and Nature-Based Materials 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 Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden |
11:20am - 1:00pm |
Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Mine Geochemistry Location: A1 Groundwater and surface water quality around an existing mine: From current conditions to mine closure 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 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 BGC Engineering Inc, Canada Post-mining water-soil interaction in Au-mine area: Piedmont region (NW Italy) case studies 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 1: GW-SW Pty Ltd, Australia; 2: Nanjing Tech University, China |
2:20pm - 4:00pm |
Acid Mine Drainage – Prevention, Monitoring and Control Location: A1 A Hydrogeochemist’s Mindful Toolkit: Conceptualization, Characterization, and Modeling of Mine Sites Producing Acid Mine Drainage 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 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 Lorax Environmental Services Limited, Canada Proposing a design and planning method for mine and tunnel drainages Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile Interaction between bacteria and minerals in post-mining heaps in view of metal(loid) release Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland |
4:40pm - 5:40pm |
Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Mine Geochemistry Location: A1 Hydrogeological investigation and mine design to prevent the mining impact of the future exploitation of Lithium “Valdeflorez Project” to El Calerizo aquifer (Cáceres, Spain) 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 1: Itasca Chile, Chile; 2: Itasca Australia, Australia; 3: Minera Escondida Limitada, Chile |
6:20pm - 8:00pm |
IMWA EC Meeting Location: A1 |
Date: Thursday, 10/July/2025 | |
9:00am - 9:40am |
KeyNote 3 Location: A1 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Date: Friday, 11/July/2025 | |
9:00am - 9:40am |
KeyNote 4 Location: A1 |
9:40am - 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 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 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) 1: Catoca Mining Society, Luanda, Angola; 2: KLM Consulting Services, South Africa |
11:20am - 12:00pm |
KeyNote 5 Location: A1 |
12:00pm - 12:40pm |
CLOSE CEREMONY Location: A1 |
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