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!
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Session Overview | |
Location: A2 Buildind 1 - CP1, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal |
Date: Monday, 07/July/2025 | |
11:20am - 1:00pm |
Mine Drainage of Abandoned Mines Location: A2 Potential generation and consumption of carbon dioxide during treatment of mine drainages in South Korea 1: Sangji University, Republic of Korea; 2: Korea Mine Rehabilitation and Mineral Resources Corporation, Republic of Korea Environmental implications of the acid mine drainage in the Middle Urals, Russia The Institute of mining, Ural branch Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation Factors controlling manganese(II) removal efficiency in a passive treatment bioreactor with Mn(II)-oxidizing microorganisms 1: Institute for Geo-Resources and Environment, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology; 2: Department of Biological Environment, Akita Prefectural University Geochemical Processes in Iron-Rich Mine Drainages: Enhancing Passive Treatment Systems through Colloid Stability and CO₂ Reduction 1: Division of Sustainable Resources Engineering, Hokkaido University, Japan; 2: Creative Research Institution, Hokkaido University, Japan Acid Mine Drainage-Background and Solutions-Global Edition Flottweg, United States of America |
2:20pm - 4:00pm |
Emerging Technologies – Sensors, UAV, Machine Learning and the like Location: A2 Multisensor-based surface water quality monitoring: a case study for the Chalkidiki peninsula, Greece 1: Czech Geological Survey, Klárov 131/3, Malá Strana, 118 00 Prague 1, Czech Republic; 2: Czech University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague 6, Czech Republic; 3: Hellas Gold, Stratoni, Chalkidiki, 63074, Greece Prediction and mapping of Pb content in overbank sediments affected by coal-mining using airborne hyperspectral imaging University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa Multitemporal Remote Sensing Assessment of Fluvial Dynamics and the Efects of alluvial mining in the Guaviare River Basin, Colombia National University of Colombia, Colombia Modular Robotic Systems and Autonomous Platforms for Mine Water Monitoring 1: Clausthal University of Technology, Germany; 2: Fraunhofer IOSB-AST, Germany |
4:40pm - 5:40pm |
Emerging Technologies – Sensors, UAV, Machine Learning and the like Location: A2 Efficient Earth Observation System for Acid Mine Drainage Monitoring Czech Geological Survey, Czech Republic From novel laboratory methodologies to field implementation: assessing CO₂ and O₂ flux in Northern Europe mine waste 1: Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK; 2: Mine Environment Management (MEM) Ltd, Denbigh, UK; 3: Geochemic Ltd, Pontypool, UK A physics- and chemistry-informed neural network for simulating mine waste weathering: Application to pyrite oxidation modeling 1: Geological Survey of Finland, Finland; 2: Technical University of Darmstadt; 3: University of Eastern Finland; 4: University of Bonn |
Date: Tuesday, 08/July/2025 | |
9:40am - 10:40am |
Emerging Technologies – Sensors, UAV, Machine Learning and the like Location: A2 Innovation in Characterization – Touro Copper Deposit – Galicia, Spain 1: Life Cycle Geo, LLC., United States of America; 2: Atalaya Mining PLC Application of Unsupervised Machine Learning Methods to Mine Water Quality Data Life Cycle Geo, LLC., United States of America Pilot of improved soils as a cover alternative for mine closure of waste dumps, Peru Amphos21 Consulting Peru SAC, Peru |
11:20am - 1:00pm |
Passive Mine Water Treatment – Nature based solutions Location: A2 Passive treatment experiments including slag reactor and As adsorption reactor for mine drainages in Peru 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 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 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 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 BRGM, France |
2:20pm - 4:00pm |
Mine Water and Climate Dynamics Location: A2 Evaluating Climate Change Effects on Water Availability for a Proposed Mine in Eastern Canada Lorax Environmental Services Ltd, Canada Autonomous Robotic Exploration in Flooded Mines UNEXMIN Georobotics Ltd., Hungary Carbonate Reactions that Dictate Drainage Chemistry and Carbonate Consumption Under Variable System Conditions 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 1: GW-SW Pty Ltd, Australia; 2: Nanjing Tech University, China |
4:40pm - 5:40pm |
Circular Economy and Resilience in Mining-influenced Water Location: A2 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 TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany, Institute of Mining and Special Civil Engineering Remining for renewable energy metals 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 Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain |
Date: Thursday, 10/July/2025 | |
9:40am - 10:40am |
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 |
11:20am - 1:00pm |
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 |
2:20pm - 4:00pm |
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 |
4:40pm - 5:40pm |
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 |
Date: Friday, 11/July/2025 | |
9:40am - 10:40am |
Circular Economy and Resilience in Mining-influenced Water Location: A2 Acid Mine Drainage Remediation with Waste Products: Laboratory Findings and Field Model Applications 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 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 1: University of Copenhagen, Denmark; 2: University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa; 3: Cwenga Technologies, South Africa |
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