Potential generation and consumption of carbon dioxide during treatment of mine drainages in South Korea

Duk-Min Kim¹, Ki-Rim Lee¹, Ju-In Ko²

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

Liudmila S. Rybnikova, Petr A. Rybnikov, Vera Yu. Navolokina

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

Yuto Komura¹, Taiki Katayama¹, Tetsuo Yasutaka¹, Sereyroith Tum¹, Miho Watanabe², Naoyuki Miyata²

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

Frances Chikanda^1,2, Hajime Iwaki¹, Hkaung Htut San¹, Ryosuke Kikuchi¹, Yoko Ohtomo¹, Tsubasa Otake¹, Tsutomu Sato¹

1: Division of Sustainable Resources Engineering, Hokkaido University, Japan; 2: Creative Research Institution, Hokkaido University, Japan

Acid Mine Drainage-Background and Solutions-Global Edition

Stephen Lars Benyo

Flottweg, United States of America

🎓 Physico-chemical characterisation of pit lakes using Google Earth Engine: Chilean case study.

Damián Aníbal Cruz Barrientos¹, Oscar Matías Benavente Zolezzi², Álvaro Antonio Navarrete-Calvo¹, Camilo Emmanuel Sánchez-Yáñez¹

1: Universidad Mayor, Chile; 2: SRK Consulting, Denver, Colorado, USA

🎓 Multisensor-based surface water quality monitoring: a case study for the Chalkidiki peninsula, Greece

Veronika Kopačková-Strnadová¹, Martin Kýhos^1,2, Jan Jelének¹, Giannis Zabokas³, Athina Agali³, Kostas Gounaris³

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

Jamie-Leigh Robin Abrahams, Emmanuel John M. Carranza

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

Gustavo Neira-Arenas, Sebastián Navarro-Martínez

National University of Colombia, Colombia

🎓 Advanced Monitoring of Abandoned Mining Sites with High-Resolution UAV Technology

Ana Raquel Barroso¹, Renato Henriques¹, Ângela Cerqueira¹, Patrícia Gomes¹, Isabel Margarida Horta Ribeiro¹, Amélia Paula Marinho Reis^1,2, Teresa Maria Valente¹

1: ICT – Institute of Earth Sciences, pole of University of Minho, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal,; 2: GEOBIOTEC, Geosciences department, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal

Efficient Earth Observation System for Acid Mine Drainage Monitoring

Veronika Kopačková-Strnadová, Martin Kýhos, Jan Jelének

Czech Geological Survey, Czech Republic

🎓 From novel laboratory methodologies to field implementation: assessing CO₂ and O₂ flux in Northern Europe mine waste

Logan Clancy^1,2, Steven Pearce², Daniel Schoen³, Ben Gersten³, Evangelos Mouchos², Andrew Barnes³, Rosalia Shiimi²

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

Hanli Qiao¹, Mohammad Jooshaki¹, Massimo Rolle², Timo Lähivaara³, Marko Vauhkonen³, Tommi Kauppila¹, Muhammad Muniruzzaman⁴

1: Geological Survey of Finland, Finland; 2: Technical University of Darmstadt; 3: University of Eastern Finland; 4: University of Bonn

Innovation in Characterization – Touro Copper Deposit – Galicia, Spain

Tom Meuzelaar¹, Pablo Nunez Fernandez²

1: Life Cycle Geo, LLC., United States of America; 2: Atalaya Mining PLC

Application of Unsupervised Machine Learning Methods to Mine Water Quality Data

Tom Meuzelaar

Life Cycle Geo, LLC., United States of America

Pilot of improved soils as a cover alternative for mine closure of waste dumps, Peru

Alfredo Gallardo, David Arcos, Eduardo Ruiz

Amphos21 Consulting Peru SAC, Peru

Passive treatment experiments including slag reactor and As adsorption reactor for mine drainages in Peru

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

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

Yuki Semoto¹, Takaya Hamai¹, Yusei Masaki¹, Manami Ikeda¹, Masao Okumura¹, Naoyuki Miyata², Tetsuo Yasutaka³, Taiki Katayama³

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

Chen Ge¹, Sun Yajun¹, Sui Wanghua¹, Xu Zhimin¹, Gao Liang²

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

Masataka Kondo, Yusei Masaki, Kana Hagihara, Koki Iguchi, Takaya Hamai, Yuki Semoto, Taro Kamiya, Nobuaki Ishikawa, Masao Okumura, Naoki Sato

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

Kevins Rhino, Jerome Jacob, Arnault Lassin, Frederic Dure, Jeremy Engevin, Justine Huron, Valerie Guerin

BRGM, France

Evaluating Climate Change Effects on Water Availability for a Proposed Mine in Eastern Canada

Okan Aygün, Scott Jackson, Colin Fraser, Justin Stockwell

Lorax Environmental Services Ltd, Canada

Autonomous Robotic Exploration in Flooded Mines

Richard Zoltan Papp, Mate Koba

UNEXMIN Georobotics Ltd., Hungary

Twenty-five years of evolution of integrated water management and integrated water balance modelling at mine sites

Lloyd Richard Townley^1,2

1: GW-SW Pty Ltd, Australia; 2: Nanjing Tech University, China

Carbonate Reactions that Dictate Drainage Chemistry and Carbonate Consumption Under Variable System Conditions

Cheryl Suzanne Ross¹, Jennifer Thompson², Ryan Jakubowski³

1: WSP USA Inc., Redmond, WA, USA; 2: WSP USA Inc., Denver, CO, USA; 3: Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Phoenix, AZ, USA

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

Kofi Moro, Nils Hoth, Marco Roscher, Carsten Drebenstedt

TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany, Institute of Mining and Special Civil Engineering

Remining for renewable energy metals

Ann Maest

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

Alexandra Roa, Julio López, José Luis Cortina

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

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

Mine Water in the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management

Kevin Leahy, Thomas Collin, Sia Tanhai, Simon Gibbons

ERM, United Kingdom

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

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

🎓 Probabilistic analysis of human health risks linked to Procambarus Clarkii consumption in Almadén Hg Mining District

Judith L. Jaeger-Collantes¹, José I. Barquero-Peralbo¹, Samantha T. Jiménez-Oyola², Feliciano M. Bacale-Mbengono¹, Efrén García-Ordiales³, Pablo L. Higueras¹

1: Instituto de Geología Aplicada, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. Pl. Manuel Meca, 1. 13400 Almadén (Ciudad Real), Spain; 2: Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Facultad de Ingeniería en Ciencias de La Tierra, Campus Gustavo Galindo km 30.5 vía Perimetral, P.O. Box 09‑01‑5863, Guayaquil, Ecuador; 3: Centro Universitario de Investigación del agua (CUIDA), Escuela Politécnica de Mieres. C/ Gonzalo Gutiérrez Quiros s/n. 33600 Mieres

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

Use of industrial by-products to prevent/reduce water contamination with As and Hg

Rafael Rodríguez, Efrén García, Begoña Fernández, Julia Ayala

University of Oviedo, Spain

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 Weiler^1,2, Ivo André Homrich Schneider¹

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

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 Remediation with Waste Products: Laboratory Findings and Field Model Applications

Joana F. Araújo^1,2,3, Charles A. Cravotta III⁴, Rita Fonseca^1,2,3, Roberto P. da Silva^1,2,3, Sergio Prats A.^5,6, Teresa Valente^3,7

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 Mahlohla^1,2, Vhahangwele Masindi^1,2, 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 Naidu^1,2, Craig Sheridan², Ed Hardwick³, Peter E. Holm¹

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