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 Kvashnina^1,2, Elena Bazarkina^1,2, André Roßberg^1,2, 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

🎓 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 Madlala^1,2, Thokozani Kanyerere², Paul Oberholster³, Harrison Pienaar^1,3

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

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

🎓 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

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

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

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

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 Schoeman^1,2,3, Paul Johan Oberholster^1,3

1: University of the Free State, South Africa; 2: Centre for Mineral Biogeochemistry; 3: Ecological Engineering Institute of Africa

Operation of a continuous sulfidogenic system for treating mine water with a high concentration of chloride

Marjory Lopez, Ivan Nancucheo

Universidad San Sebastián, Chile

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 Ghorfi^1,2, Abellatif El Ghali², Yassine Taha², Mostafa Benzaazoua², Rachid Hakkou^1,2

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

Possible value recovery from abundant gold mine dumps and waterbodies in Krugersdorp, South Africa

Alseno Kagiso Mosai, Mildred Phasha

University of Pretoria, South Africa

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 Meloni^1,2, Giordano Montegrossi², Barbara Nisi², Jacopo Cabassi², Francesco Bianchi³, Stefano Mirri⁴, Andrea Profeti⁵, Orlando Vaselli^1,2

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 Sjöberg^1,2, Bert Allard^1,2

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

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 Morin^1,2, 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

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

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 Fonseca^1,2,3, Joana Fonseca Araújo^1,2, Roberto da Silva^1,2

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

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 Kaasalainen^1,2, 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

🎓 Exploring the Potential of Hydrochar for the Removal of Toxic Metals from Mining-Influenced Waters: A Case Study on Arsenic

Álvaro Amado², Antonio Luis Marqués¹, Begoña Fernandez¹, Julia Ayala¹, Teresa A. Centeno²

1: Universidad de Oviedo, Spain; 2: INCAR-CSIC

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

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

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

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

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 Arcos^1,2, Pablo Quesada², Alonso Huamán², Emilie Coene¹, Ersan Demirer¹

1: Amphos 21 Consulting S.L.; 2: Amphos 21 Consulting Perú S.A.C.