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Closure Planning (46)
Techniques for reconformation of mined areas Paragominas Mining SA Edil Pimentel, Edison Silva, Hozanan Felizardo, Leonardo Martins and Ronan Candido, Minerao Paragominas S.A., Brazil Economically viable procedure for mine waste water cleaning and purification by a DIX (dual ion exchange) technology and application Branko Tomaevi, Branislav Gazibari, Milo Mitch Bulaji, Milo Karovi and Branko Kecman, Clarendon Resources Ltd, Serbia Planning for mine shutdown aimed at sustainable usage Ricardo Manoel de Oliveira, Vale Fertilizantes, Brazil Dewatering of industrial clay wastes, sludge, and other mine tailings using electrokinetic (EK) techniques Victor M. Damasceno and James Wang, Geosyntec Consultants, Inc., USA Mine closure strategies to optimize capping of spoils stockpiles and tailing lagoons Lucas de Melo and Ranjiv Gupta, Geosyntec Consultants, USA Pilot-scale bioremediation of hexavalent chromium-contaminated water comparative study of different reactor designs Mary DeFlaun, Geosyntec Consultants, USA; Jim Howell and Robert Borch, The Boho Group, LLC, USA; Maleke Maleke, Vickey Diedericks, Errol Cason, Peter Williams, Wally van der Hoven and Esta van Heerden, University of the Free State, South Africa The mine closure in the region of Quadriltero Ferrfero Minas Gerais Jardel Dias, National Department of Mineral Production, Brazil Designing for closure and avoiding the bath tub effect Peter Chapman, Golder Associates Pty Ltd, Brazil Regional closure plans for iron ore mines: A new approach Alessandro G. Resende, Simone Picarelli, Gersonito Vieira, Flavio Luiz and Brbara Chiodeto, Vale S.A., Brazil Mine waste covers: Design vs. performance the devil is in the details Maritz Rykaart and Iozsef Miskolczi, SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc., Canada Methodology applied in the closing of Crrego Do Meio Iron Ore Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil Gersonito Vieira, Alessandro Resende, Flvio Luiz and Simone Picarelli, Vale S.A., Brazil; Makoto Namba, Bureau de Projetos, Brazil Mine closure management in Vale Richardson Faria, Vale S.A., Brazil Integrated management experience of AngloGold Ashanti Brazil Irany Braga, and Fadwa Andrade, AngloGold Ashanti, Brazil

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Engineering solutions applied for mine closure Robson S.F. dos Santos, Fernando P.M. Saliba and Isabela N.A. Diniz, TEC3 Engenharia, Brazil The importance of a database for the closure mine plan Isabela N.A. Diniz, Robson S.F. dos Santos, Fernando P.M. Saliba and Larissa S. Carvalho, TEC3 Engenharia, Brazil The opportunities and risks in the use of water in the post-closure of a mine Robson S.F. dos Santos, Aloysio P.M. Saliba, Larissa S. Carvalho and Isabela N.A. Diniz, TEC3 Engenharia, Brazil Probabilistic assessment of open pit slope failures on the post-closure phase Fernando P.M. Saliba, Aloysio P.M. Saliba, Jhoan S.P. Panitz, Rodrigo P. de Figueiredo and Fernanda B.S. Duarte, TEC3 Engenharia, Brazil Probabilistic assessment of waste piles performances on the post-closure phase Fernando P.M. Saliba, Aloysio P.M. Saliba, Jhoan S.P. Panitz and Aline C. Rodrigues, TEC3 Engenharia, Brazil Responsibility transfers of geotechnical structures within the company Gersonito Vieira, Alessandro Resende, Flvio Luiz and Simone Picarelli, Vale S.A., Brazil; Makoto Namba, Bureau de Projetos, Brazil Methodological guide for risk evaluation for the closure of mining works in Chile Luis A. Valenzuela, Alexandra M. Belande and Rodrigo Cdiz, ARCADIS, Chile; Jorge Campos and Lilian Valdevenito, Sernageomin, Chile Closure planning for artisanal processing plants in Portovelo, Ecuador Brandon Nichols, Dirk Van Zyl and Marcello Veiga, University of British Colombia, Canada Re-establishment potential for native vegetation on open-pit mine landscapes in the Cerrado region of Brazil Neeltje Slingerland, University of Alberta, Canada; Sean Kelly and Karen Landman, University of Guelph, Canada Innovative approach for reclamation in Yukon, Canada K. Glavas, M. Piorecky and N. Jacques, Summit Environmental, Canada; R. Korpela, Associated Engineering, Canada Case study of mine closure of an underground coal mine from Brazil Camila Lamonato Centeno and Hlder Abel Pasti, National Department of Mineral Production, Brazil Integrated mine closure plan and the optimization arising from this approach Mariana Mata-Machado and Rodrigo C. Barbosa, TEC3 Recursos Hdricos e Geotecnia, Brazil; Maria C. Schindler, Independent Consultant, Brazil Rehabilitation and closure plan for UTM-Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil Antnio Freitas, Eduardo Chapadeiro, Roy Lopes and Celso O. Loureiro, Golder Associates, Brazil; Ron Barsi and Ernest Becker, Golder Associates, Ltd., Canada; Rens Verburg and David Banton, Golder Associates, Inc., USA; Heraldo Rangel Jnior, Indstrias Nucleares do Brasil, Brazil The value of the managerial flexibility temporary shutdown in mine management in times of risk and uncertainty Gabriel A. Costa Lim and Albert T. Magno, Aremas, Brazil Water treatment technologies for rehabilitation purposes Claudia Ortiz, Jaime Pizarro, Diego Veliz, Hector Rioseco, Ximena Castillo, Hctor Cid and Daniel Barros, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile

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Closure of tailings disposal system Galego Dam Wilson G. Lugo, Brasileu A. Pereira, Paulo R.B. Franca and Jos M.Q. Mafra, VOGBR, Brazil; Paulo A. Lemos, Vale S.A., Brazil The use of geotextiles for surface water drainage control a solution used for proper closure of a waste rock pile Christ J.B. Paria and Hernani M. Lima, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Brazil The evolution of filling in metal underground mines at Minas Gerais Brazil Jos M. da Silva and Amilton Filho, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Brazil The landscape potentialities of the Apa Carste de Lagoa Santa Fernanda Lima Bandeira de Mello, Brazil Conceptual mine closure plan "Solution applied to the Juruti Project" Aline Lacerda, Caroline Zaparoli, Edson Santos, Henrique Santos, Hernani Lima, Luanna Di Guimares, Volnei Tenfen and Wesley Andrade, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Brazil Evaluation of risks as a tool for decision making to approach the closure and post closure of mines Luis A. Valenzuela, Alexandra M. Belande, Anne M. Thatcher and Keith Smith, ARCADIS Chile, Chile Case study: Updating mine closure normative documents at Vale Nei Rivello and Daniel Ruas, Vale S.A., Brazil Efficacy of cover systems in high elevation tropical Andes Michael Milczarek, GeoSystems Analysis, Inc., USA; William Ludwick, Raul Orellana and Francisco Quevedo, Minera Barrick Misquichilca S.A., Peru; Guosheng Zhan, Barrick Gold Corporation, USA; Tzung-mow Yao and Jason Keller, GeoSystems Analysis, Inc., USA Slope stability radar for managing rock fall risks in open cut mines Antonio Carlos Rocha, GroundProbe, Brazil Development of cover system and landform design objectives / criteria for the giant mine tailings remediation project application of the cover systems in cold regions guidance document Mike Nahir, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Canada; Mike OKane, OKane Consultants Inc., Canada; Jim Cassie, BGC Engineering Inc., Canada Revegetation of mining sites in Argentinean arid regions Mariano Cony and J. Pez, IADIZA-CONICET, Argentina; Cinzia Loi and Jose Ferretti, Ausenco Vector, Argentina Instrumented field experiments of cover systems for tailings and waste rock piles of a gold mine Gustavo Silva and Ney Amorim, Geoestavel, Brazil; Roberto Azevedo, Universidade Federal de Viosa, Brazil; Eurpedes Vargas; Leonardo Bissacot; Gil Frana, Geoestavel, Brazil Importance of tailings properties for closure Roger Knutsson, Lule University of Technology, Sweden; Annika Bjelkevik, Tailings Consultants Scandinavia, Sweden; Sven Knutsson, Lule University of Technology, Sweden Anglo American holistic mine closure planning approach: Social, biophysical, physical and financial Ricardo Camargo, Rogrio Botha and Livia Mello, Anglo American Iron Ore, Brazil A systematic approach to mine closure planning and design

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Ian P.G. Hutchison and Thomas L. Patterson, SLR International Corporation, USA; Gordon McPhail, SLR Consulting, Australia Advanced data processing of ground-based synthetic aperture radar for slope monitoring in open pit mines A. Michelini, N. Coli, F. Coppi, P. Farina and L. Leoni, IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi Spa, Italy; G. S and T. Costa, Vale S.A., Brazil Integrated surface/subsurface models in support of mine closure planning R. McLaren, J. Randall, B. Reiha and Y-J. Park, Golder Associates, Canada; S. Berg, Aquanty, Canada Study of storage-release soil cover efficiency under different hydrological conditions using an unsaturated flow climate coupled model in SvFlux C. Milad, J. Gonzalez and B. Weeks, Golder Associates, Chile

Environmental/Geochemical (6)
Studies and measures of control to reduce the potential of formation of acid drainage and subsidize plans closing of mine Flvia C. Murta, Italo M. Alves and Alexandre A.S. Matos, Kinross Brasil Minerao S.A., Brazil Demonstrating environmental amelioration and economic value by extracting ore from waste rock dumps Andrew Csinger, Andrew Bamber and Ganesh Ramanathan, MineSense Technologies Ltd., Canada Barrel testing acid drainage potential in covers design Felipe Vsquez and Andrs Lpez, Golder Associates S.A., Chile; Julius Benavides, Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde S.A.A., Peru Ard-generating waste piles closure: Guidelines for construction of test cells for evaluation of soil cover alternatives Fernando Junqueira, Golder Associates Ltd., Canada; Eduardo Chapadeiro, Fernando Pantuzzo, Thiago T. Moreira and Ricardo F. Almeida, Golder Associates, Brazil Environmental liabilities: The case of the bowl of mining waste of lead in semi-arid Baiano Jos Angelo Anjos, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil; Fernanda Cunha; Eduardo Pligio; Cassio Cunha Metal leaching and waste mine environmental impact assessment Flavio de M. Vasconcelos, Amplo Engenharia Ltda, Brazil; Thomas Wildeman, Colorado School of Mines, USA

Financial Assurance and Closure Costs (7)

Financial assurance for mine closure in Chile Alfonso Olivari, Servicio Nacional de Geologa y Minera, Chile Costs of recovering of a conceptual plan for deactivation of a gold mine in the state of Bahia Jos Baptista de Oliveira Jnior and O.P. Furquim, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil Closure tailings dams vs. environmental liabilities: A comparative analysis of the costs aspects Dbora do Vale Schaper, Giani Arago and Joaquim Pimenta de vila, Pimenta de vila Consultoria Ltda, Brazil 4

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Multi-criteria decision-making to support future land use selection in mine closure plans Antnio Freitas, Eduardo Chapadeiro, Maria L. Aguiar, Luan Cervantes and Ricardo F. Almeida, Golder Associates, Brazil A national guide for the estimation of closure costs: The Chilean experience Andrs Lpez and Bjrn Weeks, Golder Associates S.A., Chile; Jorge Campos and Ricardo Lpez, Sernageomin, Chile A judicial and risk analysis of the financial assurance instrument in order to comply with legal mine closure requirements according to the new Brazilian mining regulatory framework Ana Cndida P.R.A. Campos, Hermman Advogados Associados, Brazil; Gabriel A. Costa Lima, Aremas, Brazil Closure cost estimating an engineered approach Scott Stebbins, Aventurine Engineering, Inc., USA

Legislation and Regulation (9)

Legal and environmental aspects on the decommissioning of dams used on mineral activity in the state of Minas Gerais Rodrigo Tonidandel, Total Meio Ambiente Ltda, Brazil; Maria G. Parizzi, UFMG, Brazil; Hernani M. de Lima, UFOP Ambiente Ltda, Brazil Developing mine closure guidance in Brazil Luis E. Snchez, Ana C. Neri and Solange Silva-Snchez, University of So Paulo, Brazil The legal and financial structure of closure plans: Difficulties, experiments and challenges Leonardo A. Gandara, Samarco Minerao S.A., Brazil The closure plan and its permeability with the principles of environmental Law Leonardo A. Gandara, Samarco Minerao S.A., Brazil Legal and environmental aspects of mine closure in the state of Minas Gerais Patrcia Fernandes, Sabrina Accioly and Sueli Ferreira, Fundao Estadual do Meio Ambiente, Brazil The relevance of Brazilian legal regulations on mine closure Mariana Mata-Machado, TEC3 Recursos Hdricos e Geotecnia, Brazil; Maria C. Schindler, Independent Consultant, Brazil; Rodrigo C. Barbosa, TEC3 Recursos Hdricos e Geotecnia, Brazil Mine closure in Brazil have the international guidelines of mine closure been internalized by the Brazilian legal framework? Marina Gutierrez Brando Scalon, Brazil An assessment of the mine closure regulations in Brazil Hernani M. Lima, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Brazil; C. Dias Jardel, National Department of Mineral Production, Brazil; Jos Cruz C. Flores, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Brazil Mine closure in the prosecutors view Marta Sawaya, Analyst Prosecutors of Minas Gerais State, Brazil

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Long-Term Performance (6)

Management criteria and tools for paralyzed iron mines Vale/Brazil Simone Picarelli, Filipe Silveira, Jeanne Castro, Germano Arajo, Gersonito Vieira, Ana Carla Cota, Alessandro Resende and Elder Antnio Beirigo, Vale S.A., Brazil Evaluating performance of land rehabilitation towards meeting post-closure goals Ana C. Neri and Luis E. Snchez, University of So Paulo, Brazil Valuation of post closure costs and liabilities under a performance-based model David Espinoza and Jeremy W.F. Morris, Geosyntec Consultants, USA On the assessment of climate change effects on the post-closure phase of tailings dams Aloysio P.M. Saliba, Robson S.F. dos Santos, Larissa S. Carvalho and Isabela N.A. Diniz, TEC3 Engenharia, Brazil Guidelines for future use of mined areas Barbara Chiodeto, Bureau de Projetos e Consultoria Ltda, Brazil The evaluation on water yield from a newly established forest developed by PT Newmont Minahasa Raya Berty O.A. Sompie, Sam Ratulangi University, Indonesia; David Sompie, PT Newmont Minahasa Raya, Indonesia

Sustainable Development and Socio-Economics (11)

Incorporating public health and epidemiological interventions that promote social license and financial backing into mine closures and reclamation projects in South America Michael T. Jewell, Jackson Kelly PLLC, USA Public governance, corporate social responsibility and institutional building in remediation practices for lead contaminated areas Francisco Fernandes, Centro de Tecnologia Mineral, Brazil Local entrepreneurial development as a tool to support community development and minimize the socioeconomic consequences of mine closure Suzette McFaul and Andre Xavier, University of British Columbia, Canada Opportunities for future use in mine closure Simone Picarelli, Alessandro G. Resende, Gersonito Vieira, Flavio Luiz and Jos Antonio Gonalves, Vale S.A., Brazil Capturing local citizens perceptions of mine closure in Mongolia and assessing the socio-economic mine closure (SEMC) framework Andr Xavier, Dirk van Zyl and Marcello Veiga, University of British Columbia, Canada The relevant socio-environmental question of abandoned areas of small miners and garimpo areas Luciana G. Tibiri, Universidade Federal de Gois, Brazil Political risk and cultural corporate management or lack of thereof in mine closure: The case of Cerro Chorcha, Panama City, Panama Hernn Ruiz and Veiga Marcello, University of British Columbia, Canada 6

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Social aspects to be considered in mine closure plans: A social, environmental and economical alternative Eliane S.F. Almeida, Universidade FUMEC, Brazil; Daniela A. Menezes, AECOM, Brazil; Fabrcio C.A. Penido, ICF International, Brazil Mapping and assessment of ancient mines of Ouro Preto social and environmental solutions Hernani M. Lima, Frederico G. Sobreira, Luiz Antnio F. Salles and Pedro C.P. Gonalves, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Brazil Monitoring criteria for mining assets in the post-closure Makoto Namba, Bureau de Projetos e Consultoria Ltda, Brazil Partnerships, early planning with good science, the key to long term ecological and socio-economic success R. Camargo and L. Mello, Anglo American, Brazil