International Mine Water Association Conference
6–11 July 2025 | Braga, Portugal & Oviedo, Spain
Conference Agenda
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Session Overview | |
Location: A3 Buildind 1 - CP1, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal |
Date: Monday, 07/July/2025 | |
11:20am - 1:00pm |
Ecology and Microbiology of Mining-influenced Water Location: A3 Bioremediation of uranium-contaminated water: magnetic bacteria as potential supporters Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany Phytoremediation Potential of Aquatic Plants in a Tropical River Basin: Metals Bioaccumulation and Translocation from Mine Water Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia Effective Uranium(VI) Reduction in Mine Water: Uncovering U(IV) and U(V) Formation and Stabilization through Glycerol-Based Biostimulation 1: Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany; 2: Rossendorf Beamline (BM20-ROBL), European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, France; 3: WISMUT GmbH, Germany; 4: University of Granada, Faculty of Science, Department of Microbiology, Spain Operation of a continuous sulfidogenic system for treating mine water with a high concentration of chloride Universidad San Sebastián, Chile Floating islands as a tool to promote aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity in pit lakes Mine Water and Environment Research Centre (MiWER), School of Science, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia |
2:20pm - 4:00pm |
Mine Closure and Associated Legacy Issues Location: A3 Radiological assessment of copper mining wastes from the Iberian Pyrite Belt 1: Universidad de Huelva, Spain; 2: Universidad de Cádiz, Spain Рost-closure water management of Chelyabinsk Coal Basin (Russia) The Institute of mining, Ural branch Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation Monitoring of Water Quality in Post-Mining Pit Lakes – Why, How and How Long? 1: Lausitzer und Mitteldeutsche Bergbau-Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH (LMBV), Leipzig, Germany; 2: Lausitzer und Mitteldeutsche Bergbau-Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, Senftenberg, Germany; 3: GFI Grundwasser-Consulting-Institut GmbH Dresden, Germany Surface Runoff Observations at Rock Covered Overburden Stockpiles and Implications to Hydrologic Modeling 1: Stantec; 2: Freeport McMoRan; 3: GeoSystems Analysis Brine migration from deep flooded abandoned salt mines and its influence on surface stability British Geological Survey, United Kingdom |
4:40pm - 5:40pm |
Ecology and Microbiology of Mining-influenced Water Location: A3 The Smolnik Mining Site in Slovakia: its Potential Use for the Production of Mineral Pigments Institute of geotechnics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak Republic Can Ecological Engineering Redefine Wetland Recovery in Mining? 1: University of the Free State, South Africa; 2: Centre for Mineral Biogeochemistry; 3: Ecological Engineering Institute of Africa Benthic Diatoms as Indicators of Groundwater-Surface Water Connectivity in Coal Mining Wetlands: Case of depression wetlands in Belfast, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa 1: CSIR, Water Center, Smart Water Use research group, 11 Jan Cilliers Rd, Stellenbosch, 7599, Western Cape Province, South Africa.; 2: Department of Earth Science, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, Cape Town 7535, South Africa.; 3: Centre for Environmental Management, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Science, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa |
Date: Tuesday, 08/July/2025 | |
9:40am - 10:40am |
Mine Drainage of Abandoned Mines Location: A3 Coal Acid Mine Drainage – Passive Treatment Lime Compost Drains – Three abandoned coal mined sites in Southern Illinois Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources - Abandoned Mined Lands Reclamation Division Geo-Environmental Characterization of Coal Mine Waste Rock: Assessing its Potential to Generate Acid Mine Drainage 1: Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco; 2: Mohammed VI Polyetechnic University, Geology sustainable mining laboratory institute (GSMI), Morocco Diffusive Gradients in Thin Films (DGT) as an aid to risk assessment in watercourses affected by mine drainage 1: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, ETS de Ingenieros de Minas y Energía, 28003 Madrid, Spain; 2: University of Oviedo, Escuela Politécnica de Mieres, 33600 Mieres, Asturias, Spain |
11:20am - 1:00pm |
Mine Drainage of Abandoned Mines Location: A3 Setting locally relevant Water Quality Objectives for the Rum Jungle Legacy Site, Northern Territory (NT) Australia, and designing rehabilitation strategies to meet them 1: Hydrobiology, Australia; 2: Robertson Geoconsultants, Canada; 3: Northern Territory Dept Business and Industry; 4: DR Jones Environmental Excellence The importance of the Inorganic Carbon analysis in Active Mine Water Treatment Sand Separation Systems, United Kingdom Novel Developments in High-Shear Degassing Using Carbon Dioxide-Depleted Air to Precipitate Metal Contaminants: Sustainable Active Treatment Strategies for Circum-neutral Mine Water 1: Cambrian Environmental Technologies, UK; 2: Geochemic Ltd., UK; 3: Natural Resources Wales, UK Environmental Challenges And Remediation Operations at The Former Sb-mine of Le Cetine (Tuscany, Italy): Monitoring And Innovative Water Treatment Solutions 1: University of Florence, via La Pira 4, Florence , Italy; 2: CNR-IGG Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources, Via G. La Pira, 4, Florence, Italy; 3: S.B.C., Geologi Associati, Via XX Settembre n. 78, Florence , Italy; 4: Regione Toscana - Via di Novoli, 26, Florence, Italy; 5: INGEGNO P & C s.r.l. Projecting and Consulting, Ponte a Egola (PI), Italy Release of uranium from a former iron mine, 30 years after flooding. 1: Örebro University, Sweden; 2: Remedy by Sweden AB |
2:20pm - 4:00pm |
Mine Closure and Associated Legacy Issues Location: A3 Constructed wetlands for treatment of alkaline bauxite residue leachate: ten years of monitoring a single cell system and optimising designs for a multi-cell approach. University of Limerick, Ireland Deep physico-chemical profiling in a flooded mine shaft: Understanding water dynamics in Gardanne lignite mine (France) 1: BRGM, French Geological Survey, 1 rue Jean Zay, 54500 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France; 2: RING, GeoRessources, Université de Lorraine, CNRS, ENSG, rue du doyen Marcel Roubault, 54500 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France System and process understanding of mine gas release of closed hard coal mines in the context of EU methane regulation Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola - University Bochum, Germany Flooding of an underground mine during closure – Analytical vs numerical model estimations WSP UK, United Kingdom Mine Closure Strategy for Pit Lakes Formation in Indonesia: Initial Framework for Open Pit Coal Mine Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia |
4:40pm - 5:40pm |
Mine water and water resources management Location: A3 Tailings Management in Iron Ore Mining: A Comprehensive Hydrogeochemical Modeling Protocol for Dry Stacking 1: Water Services and Technologies, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; 2: Samarco Mineração, Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil Hydrodynamic modelling of rising lower Triassic sandstone groundwater in the Lorraine coal basin (France) 1: GEODERIS, France; 2: BRGM, France; 3: BRGM/DPSM, France; 4: DREAL Grand-Est, France ESG and Mine Water Stewardship – A benchmarking approach to targeted investment and project decision making 1: WSP UK Ltd, Chancery Lane, NG12 5BL, UK; 2: WSP Canada Ltd. 6925 Century Avenue Mississauga, Ontario, L5N 7K2 Canada |
Date: Thursday, 10/July/2025 | |
9:40am - 10:40am |
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 |
11:20am - 1:00pm |
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 |
2:20pm - 4:00pm |
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 |
4:40pm - 5:40pm |
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 |
Date: Friday, 11/July/2025 | |
9:40am - 10:40am |
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 Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), South Africa Geochemical monitoring to use waste rock in mine component construction 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 WSP, United Kingdom |
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