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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
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1:00pm
Ecology and Microbiology of Mining-influenced Water
Location: A3
 

Bioremediation of uranium-contaminated water: magnetic bacteria as potential supporters

Evelyn Krawczyk-Bärsch, Björn Drobot, Johannes Raff

Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany



Phytoremediation Potential of Aquatic Plants in a Tropical River Basin: Metals Bioaccumulation and Translocation from Mine Water

Ibtisani Farahnaz, Muhammad Sonny Abfertiawan, Mindriany Syafila, Marisa Handajani

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

Antonio M. Newman Portela1, Kristina Kvashnina1,2, Elena Bazarkina1,2, André Roßberg1,2, Frank Bok1, Andrea Kassahun3, Johannes Raff1, Mohamed L. Merroun4, Evelyn Krawczyk-Bärsch1

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

Marjory Lopez, Ivan Nancucheo

Universidad San Sebastián, Chile



Floating islands as a tool to promote aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity in pit lakes

Rachele Bernasconi, Mark Lund, Melanie Blanchette

Mine Water and Environment Research Centre (MiWER), School of Science, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia

2:20pm
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4:00pm
Mine Closure and Associated Legacy Issues
Location: A3
 

Radiological assessment of copper mining wastes from the Iberian Pyrite Belt

Juan Antonio Ramírez Pérez1, Juan Pedro Bolívar Raya1, Alejandro Barba Lobo1, Manuel Jesús Gázquez González2

1: Universidad de Huelva, Spain; 2: Universidad de Cádiz, Spain



Рost-closure water management of Chelyabinsk Coal Basin (Russia)

Liudmila S. Rybnikova, Petr A. Rybnikov, Alexander Yu. Smirnov

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?

Anne Weber1, Katja Kunze2, Susann Wilhelm2, Felix Bilek3, Elke Kreische-König1

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

Jared Erickson1, Made Mahayasa2, Nathan Haws3

1: Stantec; 2: Freeport McMoRan; 3: GeoSystems Analysis



Brine migration from deep flooded abandoned salt mines and its influence on surface stability

Kieran Parker, Rebecca Ní Chonchubhair, Alessandro Novellino

British Geological Survey, United Kingdom

4:40pm
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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

Zuzana Bártová

Institute of geotechnics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak Republic



Can Ecological Engineering Redefine Wetland Recovery in Mining?

Yolandi Schoeman1,2,3, Paul Johan Oberholster1,3

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

Tebogo Eugene Madlala1,2, Thokozani Kanyerere2, Paul Oberholster3, Harrison Pienaar1,3

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
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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

Olga Moya Aranzubia

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

Ayoub El Aallaoui1, Mustapha El Ghorfi1,2, Abellatif El Ghali2, Yassine Taha2, Mostafa Benzaazoua2, Rachid Hakkou1,2

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

Miguel Izquierdo-Díaz1, Almudena Ordóñez2, Humberto Serrano-García1, Rodrigo Álvarez2, Carmen Covadonga García-Fernández2, Efrén García-Ordiales2, Eduardo De Miguel1, Fernando Barrio-Parra1

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
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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

Ross Edward William Smith1, Paul Ferguson2, Jackie Hartnett3, Anna Wilkins3, David Jones4

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

Richard Morgan, Richard Coulton

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

Victoria Smyth1, Max Gerke1, Ryan Schultz1, Julia Dent1, Steve Pearce1, Ben Gersten2, Tom Williams3, Andrew Barnes2

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

Federica Meloni1,2, Giordano Montegrossi2, Barbara Nisi2, Jacopo Cabassi2, Francesco Bianchi3, Stefano Mirri4, Andrea Profeti5, Orlando Vaselli1,2

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.

Viktor Sjöberg1,2, Bert Allard1,2

1: Örebro University, Sweden; 2: Remedy by Sweden AB

2:20pm
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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.

Ashlene Hudson, John Murnane, Ronan Courtney

University of Limerick, Ireland



Deep physico-chemical profiling in a flooded mine shaft: Understanding water dynamics in Gardanne lignite mine (France)

Bastien Morin1,2, Laurent Vaute1, Pauline Collon2

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

Sebastian Westermann, Barbara M.A. Teichert, Stefan Möllerherm

Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola - University Bochum, Germany



Flooding of an underground mine during closure – Analytical vs numerical model estimations

Thomas Booth, Jessica Cammack

WSP UK, United Kingdom



Mine Closure Strategy for Pit Lakes Formation in Indonesia: Initial Framework for Open Pit Coal Mine

IK Dwika Paramananda, Sarah Hasanah, Lerian Nisa, Ginting Jalu Kusuma, Rudy Sayoga Gautama, Abie Badhurahman, Salmawati Salmawati, Sendy Dwiki, Intan Nurul Rizki

Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia

4:40pm
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5:40pm
Mine water and water resources management
Location: A3
 

Tailings Management in Iron Ore Mining: A Comprehensive Hydrogeochemical Modeling Protocol for Dry Stacking

Carolina Bittencourt de Abreu1, Mariana Werle1, Bruno Mortatti1, Thais de Paula Marteleto1, Rafael Albuquerque1, Pablo Vinicius Silva Santos2, Daniela Alcantara Machado2, Eduardo Costa1, Lara Lange1

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)

Pauline Galas1, Bastien Morin2, Laurent Vaute2, Olivier Lefebvre1, Marsia Joder3, Maxime Hirsch4

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

Grace Yungwirth1, Bailey Simone2, Sean Capstick2, Mattia Lanzani1, Givarn Singh1, Alex Russell1, Pamela Phanouvong1, Linda Mazzoni2, Erin Jerome2, Madeleine MacIsaac-Sun2, Emily Cline2

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
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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

Rita Maria Ferreira Fonseca1,2,3, Joana Fonseca Araújo1,2, Roberto da Silva1,2

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

Mengfang Chen, Hongping Chen, Yulu Ai, Yudong Feng, Jing Li

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

Ayanda Nomaswazi Shabalala, Monica Pinky Ngomane, Nokuthula Khanyile

University of Mpumalanga, South Africa

11:20am
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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)

Catarina Diamantino, Carlos Martins, Edgar Carvalho

EDM - Empresa de Desenvolvimento Mineiro S.A., Portugal



Batch leaching to enhance dissolution of siliceous secondary materials for controlling AMD formation

Dantie Claudia Butar Butar1, Hanna Kaasalainen1,2, Lena Alakangas1, Erik Ronne3

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

Neil Allan Wolfe, Robert S. Hedin, Benjamin C. Hedin, Olivia J. Weaver

Hedin Environmental, United States of America



Treatment of copper-containing acid mine drainage by combined use of multiple technologies

Xingjie Wang, Ling Liu, Liyuan Ma, Rui Deng, Yuxuan Yang, Jianwei Zhou

China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China

2:20pm
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4:00pm
Mine Water and Climate Dynamics
Location: A3
 

Carbon Footprinting of Mine Water Treatment for Future CO₂ Emission Reduction

Oliver Totsche1, Katja Kunze1, Felix Bilek2

1: LMBV, Germany; 2: GFI Groundwater Consutling Institute, Germany



Physicochemical Characterization of Nickel Mine Wastewater in South Sulawesi, Indonesia: Seasonal Variations and Treatment Potential

Muhammad Sonny Abfertiawan, Wahyu Sasangka Jati, Mindriany Syafila, Marisa Handajani

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

Jacob Paul Erickson, J Larry Breckenridge

Global Resource Engineering, United States of America



Practical Guidance for Adjusting Rainfall Annual Exceedance Probability Estimates for Climate Change

Scott Jackson, Colin Fraser, Okan Aygün

Lorax Environmental Services Ltd., Canada

4:40pm
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5:40pm
Acid Mine Drainage – Prevention, Monitoring and Control
Location: A3
 

Assessment of Superabsorbent Polymers Capability in the Treatment of Metal Mining Effluent

Abdelkabir Maqsoud, Nor El hoda Addi, Tikou Belem, Mamert Mbonimpa

Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada



Improved mine water quality predictions using available international hydrochemical datasets

Chazanne Long, Phil Burris

Wardell Armstrong a part of SLR



Geochemical evaluation of mine water quality in the adjacent basin of a polymetallic open pit mine – South America

Edward Gonzales

Coeur, United States of America

Date: Friday, 11/July/2025
9:40am
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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

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


 
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