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!
Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 23rd Aug 2025, 05:27:07am WEST
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Location: A4 Buildind 1 - CP1, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal |
| Date: Monday, 07/July/2025 | |
| 2:20pm - 4:00pm |
S07 - Mine water and water resources management Location: A4 Chair: Kym Lesley Morton 🎓 Treatment of Leachate with Pipe Freeze Crystallization Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa, Private Bag X6, Science Campus, Florida, Johannesburg, 1709, South Africa 2:40pm - 3:00pm Improving Early Mine Design using Reference Class Forecasting of Mine Water Quality MineraLogic LLC, United States of America 3:00pm - 3:20pm 🎓 Solar evaporation of brine University of South Africa, South Africa 3:20pm - 3:40pm Mining: The value of creating a lasting legacy of water resources within unsurmountable challenges Water Hunters, South Africa |
| Date: Tuesday, 08/July/2025 | |
| 9:40am - 10:40am |
S14 - Geothermal Energy and Mine Water Location: A4 Chair: Florian Hahn Unlocking the Geothermal Potential of Abandoned Mines: A Path to Renewable Energy and Regional Revitalization in Wallonia – Methodology and Modeling approaches 1: VITO, Boeretang 200 2400 Mol, Belgium; 2: Geology & Applied Geology, Faculty of Engineering, University of Mons, Rue de Houdain, 9, 7000 Mons, Belgium; 3: Hydrogeology & Environmental Geology, Urban & Environmental Engineering Unit, University of Liège, Quartier Polytech 1, Allée de la Découverte, 9, Bât. B52 - Sart Tilman 4000 Liège, Belgium; 4: LEMA, Urban & Environmental Engineering Unit, University of Liège, Quartier Polytech 1, Allée de la Découverte, 9, Bât. B52 - Sart Tilman 4000 Liège, Belgium; 5: Town and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Mons, Rue d'Havré,88 7000 Mons, Belgium 10:00am - 10:20am Comparison of Optimised Models for the Investigation of Heating Potentials in Abandoned Mines Using Mine Water TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany 10:20am - 10:40am Exploring Geothermal Applications in Flooded Underground Mines with an Analogue Model Mine 1: TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany; 2: Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa; 3: Fraunhofer IEG, Germany |
| 11:20am - 1:00pm |
S18 - Geothermal Energy and Mine Water Location: A4 Chair: Maria Almudena Ordóñez Alonso Influence of Mine Geometry and Working Type on Groundwater Flow and Heat Transport for Geothermal Exploitation 1: British Geological Survey, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom; 2: Durham University, Durham, England, UK 11:40am - 12:00pm Occurring challenges in the development process of geothermal mine water projects and possible solutions Fraunhofer IEG, Germany 12:00pm - 12:20pm Feasibility study: Geothermal local heating with mine water for the foreseen development area Richtericher-Dell in Aachen, Germany 1: Fraunhofer IEG; 2: STAWAG 12:20pm - 12:40pm Challenges and Opportunities for High-Temperature Mine Thermal Energy Storage with Focus on Regulatory Barriers for Implementation 1: British Geological Survey, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; 2: Geothermal Engineering Ltd., Cornwall, United Kingdom; 3: Fraunhoffer IEG, Bochum, Germany; 4: British Geological Survey, Keyworth, United Kingdom |
| 2:20pm - 4:00pm |
S22 - Active Mine Water Treatment Location: A4 Chair: Magdalena Worsa-Kozak Electrochemical Treatment for Cyanide and Heavy Metal Removal from Gold Processing Wastewater Colorado School of Mines, United States of America 2:40pm - 3:00pm Biologic treatment of acid mine drainage: A perspective of two decades of research, challenges and opportunities 1: Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR/CIMAR LA), University of Algarve, Gambelas Campus, building 7, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal; 2: Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Algarve, Gambelas Campus, building 8, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal 3:00pm - 3:20pm Modelling of mine water discharges with integrated pump management 1: DMT GmbH & Co. KG, Germany; 2: RAG AG, Essen, Germany 3:20pm - 3:40pm Settling Characteristics and Treatment Strategies for Open-Cast Coal Mine Water in South Sumatra, Indonesia 1: Water and Wastewater Research Group, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology; 2: Environmental Engineering Master Program, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology; 3: Environmental & Forestry Planning Department, PT Bukit Asam Tbk |
| Date: Thursday, 10/July/2025 | |
| 9:40am - 10:40am |
S29 - Mine Closure and Associated Legacy Issues Location: A4 Chair: Rens Verburg The Enviromental and Financial Aspects for the Use of Pitlakes for Sustainable Mine Closure GCS (Pty) Ltd, South Africa 10:00am - 10:20am Geochemical modelling applied to the study of arsenic mobilization in abandoned mines. Universidad de Oviedo, Spain 10:20am - 10:40am Analysis of mine closure practices and the regulatory mining framework in the Córdoba province – Colombia National University of Colombia, Colombia |
| 11:20am - 1:00pm |
S33 - Mine water and water resources management Location: A4 Chair: Linda Figueroa 🎓 Guidelines for mine water irrigation of rehabilitated opencast mine land University of Pretoria, South Africa 11:40am - 12:00pm Integrated Water Balance, Streamflow and Quality Model for Holistic Determination of Security of Water Supply and Ecological Flow Requirements at a West African Mineral Sands Mine Jones & Wagener (Pty) Ltd, South Africa 12:00pm - 12:20pm 🎓 Integrating Hydrogeological and Geophysical Modeling for Sustainable Water Management in Phosphate Mining: A Case Study of the Beni Amir Deposit, Morocco University Mohammed VI Polytechnic, Morocco 12:20pm - 12:40pm Five Years of Hydrogeological Consulting for a Mining Company: Lessons Learned for Successful Work Itasca, Chile 12:40pm - 1:00pm 🎓 Irrigation with Witwatersrand Goldmine Waters University of Pretoria, South Africa |
| 2:20pm - 4:00pm |
S37 - Active Mine Water Treatment Location: A4 Chair: Ritva Muhlbauer 🎓 A Comprehensive Approach to Fluoride Treatment in Mine Drainage: Chemical Precipitation and Adsorption 1: Sangji University, Republic of Korea; 2: Korea University, Republic of Korea; 3: Environment Energy & Chemical Solution, Republic of Korea; 4: Korea Mine Rehabilitation and Mineral Resources Corporation, Republic of Korea; 5: Geukdong Engineering, Republic of Korea 2:40pm - 3:00pm Partners in Sustainability: The Benefits of a Collaborative Relationship Between a Mine, Consultant, and Supplier in Water Management 1: Envidan, Sweden; 2: Veolia Water Technologies Canada, Canada 3:00pm - 3:20pm Active treatment experiments including coprecipitation-adsorption of arsenic for mine drainages in Peru 1: Sangji University, Korea, Republic of (South 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 3:20pm - 3:40pm Water-Quality Modeling Tools to Evaluate Attenuation of Dissolved Constituents by Precipitation and Adsorption Reactions During Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage Cravotta Geochemical Consulting, LLC 3:40pm - 4:00pm Breaking the Toxicity Barrier: A Gold Mine's Journey to Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Veolia Water Technologies Canada, Canada |