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Session Overview
Location: Main Hall
Buildind 1 - CP1, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal
Date: Monday, 07/July/2025
8:30am
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Registration
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10:40am
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11:20am
COFFEE BREAK & POSTERS & EXHIBITION
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1:00pm
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LUNCH
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4:00pm
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4:40pm
COFFEE BREAK & POSTERS & EXHIBITION
Location: Main Hall
5:40pm
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6:00pm
EXHIBITION
Location: Main Hall
Date: Tuesday, 08/July/2025
8:30am
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9:00am
Registration
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10:40am
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11:20am
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1:00pm
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LUNCH
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4:00pm
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4:40pm
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Study of the flooding of coal mines in Asturias. Possibilities for the use of mining reservoirs

Almudena Ordóñez, Rodrigo Álvarez, Carmen García, Silverio García

University of Oviedo, Spain



Ion exchange to recover Rare Earth Elements from acid mine drainage

Elaine Felipe1, Luciano Bernado José2, Clauson Souza1, João Gabriel Niquini Cordeiro1, Ana Claudia Ladeira1

1: Centro de Desenvolvimento Da Tecnologia Nuclear; 2: Universidade Pungue



Experimental Study on the Damage Mechanism of Coal Pillars in Abandoned Mines under Immersion Conditions

Zhimin Xu1, Huiqing Yuan1, Weining Lu2, Yuhang Han1, Shijie Xiong1

1: China University of Mining and Technology, China; 2: China Railway No.6 Engineering Group Co., Ltd., China



A Novel approach to hydrogeochemical risk assessment based on short-term tests

Francisco Ruiz

Consultoria Geologica, SL (CONGEO), Spain



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



Key drivers of metal removal in constructed wetlands treating acid mine drainage revealed by machine learning

Jingkang Zhang, Xingjie Wang, Liyuan Ma, Jianwei Zhou

China University of Geosciences



From deep mineral exploration to mine closure: Why groundwater matters

Magdalena Worsa-Kozak

Politechnika Wrocławska, Poland



An approach to green corrosion inhibitors in acid mine drainage (AMD)

Iván Jares Salguero2, Efrén García Ordiales1, Luis González Genicio2, Guillermo Laine Cuervo1, Juan José del Campo2

1: Universidad Oviedo, Spain; 2: Instituto STEM Minestech, Spain



Experimental approach to designing a flushing system for SAPS pond

Dong-Kil Lee, Youngwook Cheong, Sangwoo Ji, Giljae Yim, Yong-chan Cho

KIGAM, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)



MCA – Water Quality Risk Assessment Tool

Paul Joël Havemann Lourens, Petrus Daniel Vermeulen

Institute for Groundwater Studies, University of the Free State, South Africa



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



Tracing current pollutants discharged into the environment from mining sources and the determination of interactions between surface and/or groundwater with pollutants. A case of Iron Duke Mine and surrounding active mines.

Patricia Sekina Chagonda1, Moses Souta2, Alexander Mhizha2, Shepherd N Misi2

1: University of Zimbabwe, Environmental Management Agency, Zimbabwe; 2: University of Zimbabwe



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



H₂-based membrane biofilm reactors for sulfate removal from mining process water

Jose Ignacio Suarez, Alex Schwarz

Universidad de Concepcion, Chile



Manganese(II) removal bioreactor system of mine drainage is dominated by chemolithotrophic manganese oxidizing microorganisms

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

1: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan; 2: Akita Prefectural University, Japan



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 Reis1,2, 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



Investigating the Effects of Storm Events on the Temporal Dynamics of Acid Mine Drainage Loads in Receiving Streams of the Lusatian Lignite Mining District (Germany)

Erik Nixdorf1,2, Maik Böhmeke1, Marcus Fahle1

1: Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Cottbus, Germany; 2: Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Leipzig, Germany



Depression and Dewatering Characteristics of Kaolinite in View of the Reprocessing of Ultrafine Colliery Waste

Malibongwe Manono

Centre for Minerals Research, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X03, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa



Improved Acidity Estimation by Integrating Comprehensive Dissolved Metal(oid)s Data: A Geochemical Modeling Case Study of Highly Mineralized Mine Waters

Ana Raquel Barroso1, Charles A. Cravotta III2, Patrícia Gomes1, Isabel Margarida Horta Ribeiro1, Amélia Paula Marinho Reis1,3, Teresa Maria Valente1

1: ICT – Institute of Earth Sciences, pole of University of Minho, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.; 2: Cravotta Geochemical Consulting LLC, Bethel, USA, cravottageochemical@gmail.com, ORCID 0000-0003-3116-4684; 3: GEOBIOTEC, Geosciences Department, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal



Sensible communication strategy in mine water related licensing processes

Thomas Manuel Walter

Ministerium für Umwelt, Klima, Mobilität, Agrar und Verbraucherschutz, Germany



Study of An Integrated Management Scheme for Acid Mine Drainage Generating Mine Tailings

Mariam El Adnani, Hassan Dahmouni

Resources Valorization, Environment and Sustainable Development Research Team (RVESD), Department of Mines, Mines School of Rabat, Ave Hadj Ahmed Cherkaoui, BP 753, Agdal, Rabat 10090, Morocco



Zinc Recovery from Abandoned Mine Drainage: Insights from the Freiberg Mining Region, Germany

Janith Tharanga Abeywickrama, Nils Hoth

Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany



Arsenate and chromate attenuation in acid mine drainage systems

Juan Antelo1, Sarah Fiol1, Ivan Carabante2, Isabela Filardi3, Ana Barroso4, Teresa Valente4

1: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain; 2: Luleå University of Technology, Sweden; 3: Federal University of Viçosa, Brasil; 4: University of Minho, Portugal



Acidic Affected by Acid Mine Drainage – A Case of Extreme Contamination

Patrícia Gomes, Teresa Valente

ICT, Institute of Earth Sciences, Pole of the University of Minho, Earth Sciences Department, Campus de Gualtar, 4710 Braga, Portugal



Influence of reactive media on microbial sulfate reduction at two distinct temperatures

Laura Nina Bettoni, Roger Herbert

Uppsala University, Sweden



Democratizing mine-water operations and modelling

Alexia Carpentier, Robin Dufour

DHI



Iber as a flood nowcasting and forecasting software suite for mine managers

Marcos Sanz-Ramos, Ernest Bladé

Flumen Research Institute, Spain



Metal(loid)s in sediments and assessment of environmental contamination in the Rumblar reservoir (La Carolina mining district, Spain)

Katheryn López-Lasserra1, M. Carmen Hidalgo1, Javier Rey1, M. José de la Torre1, M. José Campos1, José Benavente2, Mariam El Adnani3

1: Department of Geology and CEACTEMA, University of Jaen, Spain; 2: Water Research Institute, University of Granada, Spain; 3: Département Mines & Minéralurgie, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Rabat, Morocco



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



Hydrogeological and hydrological modelling of the impact of water resources on mineral resource production

Mariam Taki, Nicolas Flipo, Damien Goetz

Centre Géosciences, MINES PARIS - PSL, France



Multi-variable Analysis for Fault Identification and Hydraulic Characterization

Manuel Gutierrez, Laura Tapias

Itasca, Chile



Characterization of core samples and mechanisms of zinc leaching in a waste rock dump of abandoned mines

Miu Nishikata1, Yohey Hashimoto2, Tomoko Oguri1, Tetsuo Yasutaka1

1: Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, Japan; 2: Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan



Secondary Minerals from Evolved Mine Waters: A Detailed Survey in Almadén Historic Mercury Mine Gallery

Ana Raquel Barroso1, José Ignacio Barquero2,3, Efrén García‑Ordiales4, Judith L. Jaeger2,3, Pablo Higueras2,3, Teresa Maria Valente1

1: ICT – Institute of Earth Sciences, Pole of University of Minho, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal; 2: Instituto de Geología Aplicada, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Pl. Manuel Meca 1, 13400 Almadén, Ciudad Real, Spain; 3: Escuela de Ingeniería Minera E Industrial de Almadén, 13400 Almadén, Ciudad Real, Spain; 4: ISYMAResearch Group, Mining, Energy and Materials Engineering School, University of Oviedo, C/ Independencia 13, 33011 Oviedo, Spain



Electrochemical and biobased solutions in mine waste to facilitate the net zero-carbon transition

Denys Villa Gomez, Mansour Edraki, Yun Liu, Rosie Gillane, Luke Webster, Fernanda Soto

University of Queensland, Australia



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

Alseno Kagiso Mosai, Mildred Phasha

University of Pretoria, South Africa



Water Management in Iron Ore Mining: Regression Models for Optimizing Water Use in Mining Complexes

Renata Gaudereto Andries1, Renato Silva Júnior2, Guilherme Alves de Melo1

1: Vale, Brazil; 2: Vale Technological Institute (ITV), Brazil



An improved Acid Mine Drainage treatment aimed at decreasing lime cost

Xiaoyun Yi, Feng Jiang, Lijuan Zhang, Zhi Dang

South China University of Technology, China, People's Republic of



Competitive Adsorption of Toxic Metals Using Activated Carbon Derived from Sargassum for Polymetallic Acid Mine Drainage Treatment

Patricia I. Melendez-Torres1, Máximo E. Reynoso-Ortega1, Pamela R. Tejada-Tejada1, Teresa Maria Valente2, Ulises J. Jauregui-Haza1

1: Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic; 2: ICT, Institute of Earth Sciences, Pole of the University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710 Braga, Portugal



Groundwater Monitoring Technology in an Open-pit Coal Mine:Case Study from Eastern Inner Mongolia,China

Wenfeng Du, Suping Peng, Yinli Bi, Xiaoqin Cui

China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing



Phytoremediation of Mine Waters: comparing the efficiency of Alyssum, Pensylvania Mallow amd Giant Miscantus in removing heavy metals.

Martyna Marta Lalik

University of Silesia, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Będzińska 60 Sosnowiec, Poland



Removing toxic metals from acid mine drainage by in situ ε-MnO2 forming

Xiaoyun Yi, Yaozhong Wang, Lijuan Zhang, Zhi Dang

South China University of Technology, China, People's Republic of



Adapting Indigenous methods of water purification to restore access to clean drinking water in mining communities in Ghana

Godfred Williams-Nanyaa

Adom Mining Group, Ghana



Characterization of red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) as a bioindicator of mercury and metals pollution

José Ignacio Barquero Peralbo1, Pablo Higueras Higueras1, José María Esbrí2, Feliciano Mbomio1, Efrén García-Ordiales3

1: Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha - Instituto de Geología Aplicada, Spain; 2: Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Departamento de Mineralogía y Petrología, José Antonio Novais 12, 28040 Madrid, Spain; 3: Centro Universitario para la Investigación y el Desarrollo del Agua (CUIDA); Edificio de Investigación del Campus de Mieres; University of Oviedo; C/Gonzalo Gutiérrez Quirós, s/n, 33600 Mieres, Spain.



Electricity Generation from Low-Enthalpy Mine Water Using Enhanced Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) Systems

Antonio Luis Marqués Sierra

Instituto Universitario de Ciencias y Tecnologías Espaciales de Asturias (ICTEA). Universidad de Oviedo, Spain



Geochemistry of rare earth elements (REE) in acid mine drainage from the former Canal Caveira mine (southwest Portugal)

Nuno Durães, Carla Patinha, Luís Portela, Eduardo Ferreira da Silva

GEOBIOTEC - Department of Geosciences, University of Aveiro, Portugal



Groundwater Contamination associated to Phosphate Mines: Challenges and Sustainable Remediation Strategies

BIlel Abdelkrim1,2,3, Yahya Moumni4, Mohamed Haythem Msaddek5, Nabil Abaab2, Belgacem Agoubi2,3, Isabel Margarida Horta Ribeiro Antunes1

1: minho university, Portugal; 2: Institut Supérieur des Sciences et Techniques des Eaux de Gabès, Université de Gabès, Tunisia; 3: LR: Applied Hydro-Sciences Laboratory Research Campus Universitaire, 6072 Zrig, Gabes, Tunisia.; 4: Department of earth sciences, Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, University of Carthage, 7120 Bizerte, Tunisia,; 5: Département de Géologie, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunis, 2092, Tunisia



Innovative UAV-Based Multispectral Mapping of Contaminant Spread from Mine Tailings Spill

Ringo Maturana1, Alvaro Antonio Navarrete-Calvo1, Joaquín Quinteros2, Sofía Fernández1, Camilo Sánchez-Yáñez1

1: Universidad Mayor, Chile; 2: Geospectrom, Chile



Integrating remote sensing and analytical hierarchy process for soil erosion analysis in arid regions: Gabès, Southern Tunisia

Wassim Chwikhi1, Mounir Atoui2, Bilel Abdelkarim2, Abdelhakim Bouajila1, Salah Mahmoudi1

1: Laboratory of Geosystems, Georesources and Geo-environments, Faculty of Sciences of Gabès, University of Gabès, Tunisia; 2: University of Gabes, Tunisia Higher Institute of Water Sciences and Techniques, Laboratory of Applied Hydrosciences, LR23ES09, Campus Universitaire, 6072, Zrig, Gabes, Tunisia



Kinetic Column Evaluation of Potential Construction Options During Coal Mine Pit Restoration to Lessen Contaminant Mobility in Backfill Aquifers

Jeff Langman, Julianna Martin

University of Idaho, United States of America



Mine-stream sediments spatial distribution and mobility processes on U-Th enriched areas

Margarida Antunes1, Paula Carvalho2, Teresa Albuquerque3, Bilel Abdelkarim1, António Santos4

1: ICT | University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710 - 057 Braga, Portugal; 2: GeoBioTec-GeoBioSciences, GeoTechnologies and GeoEngineering Research Centre, Department of Geosciences, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; 3: CERNAS/Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Av. Pedro ÁlvaresCabral, n° 12, 6000‑084 Castelo Branco, Portugal; ICT| Universidade de Évora, Portugal; 4: University of Coimbra, Portugal



Utilizing Iron from AMD for Energy Efficient Wastewater Treatment and Nutrient Recovery

Katelyn Renee Pepe, Lian-Shin Lin

West Virginia University, United States of America



The mechanism of hydrochemical-microbial interaction in the formation and evolution of coal mine water quality

Li Zhang1, Zhimin Xu1, Yajun Sun1, Yating Gao1, Ge Chen1, Lulu Zhu2

1: School of Resources and geosciences, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China; 2: China Coal Aerial Survey and Remote Sensing Group Co., Ltd., Xi'an 710199, China



The “three-stages” and “three-zones” models of coal mine water quality formation and evolution

Yajun Sun1, Zhimin Xu1, Li Zhang1, Ge Chen1, Xianming Zhao2

1: China University of Mining and Technology, China; 2: Nanjing Center, China Geological Survey, China



Sustainable Immobilization of As and Se using Magnesium Precipitate derived from Seawater Electro-Chlorination Facility

Han Gyeol Jeon, Davy Thoeun, Kyoung-Woong Kim

Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)



Study on the influence mechanism of the “upper three zones” of coal seam roof on the overlying aquifer in the northwest coal mining area of China

Chao Xu1, Tao Wu2, Pingping Gong3

1: China University of Mining and Technology, Underground Space Technology Development Co., Ltd. of CNACG, China; 2: Hydrogeological Engineering Geological Environmental Geological Exploration Institute of CNACG, China; 3: Hydrogeological Bureau of CNACG, China



Spatio-temporal variations in hydrochemistry and water quality in old tungsten mining areas, central Portugal

Paula C.S. Carvalho1, Maria Manuela V. G. Silva2, Isabel Margarida H. R. Antunes3, António Santos4, Fernando T. Rocha5, Eduardo A. Ferreira da Silva6

1: Geobiosciences, Geotechnologies and Geoengineering Research Center (GeoBioTec), University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal, paulacscarvalho@ua.pt; 2: CITEUC, University of Coimbra, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Department of Earth Sciences, 3030-790 Coimbra, Portugal; 3: ICT | University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal; 4: Geobiosciences, Geotechnologies and Geoengineering Research Center (GeoBioTec), University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; 5: Geobiosciences, Geotechnologies and Geoengineering Research Center (GeoBioTec), University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; 6: Geobiosciences, Geotechnologies and Geoengineering Research Center (GeoBioTec), University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal



Responsible Mine Planning: Current utilization and challenges of mine water reuse

Mareike Schubert, Oliver Langefeld

Clausthal University of Technology, Germany



Feasibility of a new sulfur-disproportionating bacterium for acid mine drainage treatment

Feng Jiang

Sun Yat-Sen University, China

Date: Thursday, 10/July/2025
8:30am
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9:00am
Registration
Location: Main Hall
10:40am
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11:20am
COFFEE BREAK & POSTERS & EXHIBITION
Location: Main Hall
1:00pm
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2:20pm
LUNCH
Location: Main Hall
4:00pm
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4:40pm
COFFEE BREAK & POSTERS & EXHIBITION
Location: Main Hall
Date: Friday, 11/July/2025
8:30am
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9:00am
Registration
Location: Main Hall
10:40am
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11:20am
COFFEE BREAK & POSTERS & EXHIBITION
Location: Main Hall
12:40pm
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2:00pm
LUNCH
Location: Main Hall

 
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