Technical Program for the 10th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage and the International Mine Water

Association Annual Meeting

Monday, April 20, 2015
Time

08:30
17:30

Grand Ballroom A
GARD Guide Short Course
Instructors: Terrance Chatwin,
INAP, USA; Rens Verburg, Cheryl
Ross and Fe, Golder Associates,
USA

Grand Ballroom B

Loa

Elqui

Rapel

Aysn

INAP Meeting

SANAP Meeting

Acid Mine Drainage Modeling: From Progressive and Sustainable Closure

Characterization to Mitigation
of Mine Waste Storage Facilities
Measure Assessment
Instructors: Mike OKane, OKane
Instructors: David Arcos, Jorge
Consultants, Canada; Justin Straker,
Molinero, Jordi Guimer and Zsofia
Integral Ecology Group, Canada;
Waczek, Amphos 21, Spain
Peter Scott, OKane Consultants,
Australia; Paul Weber, OKane
Consultants, New Zealand

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

08:30
17:30

12:30
17:00
18:00

19:00
20:00
20:00
22:00

Sulfate Water Treatment

Instructors: Terrence Chatwin,
INAP, USA; Raymond Philippe,
MWH Global, Chile; Scott
Benowitz, Water Engineering
Technologies, USA; Linda
Figueroa, Colorado School of
Mines, USA; Lisa Kirk, Montana
State University, USA;
Christopher Howell, Veolia
Environment, USA; and Eberhard
Janneck, G.E.O.S.
Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH,
Germany

Acid Mine Drainage Modeling: From Progressive and Sustainable Closure

Characterization to Mitigation
of Mine Waste Storage Facilities
Measure Assessment
Instructors: Mike OKane, OKane
Instructors: David Arcos, Jorge
Consultants, Canada; Justin Straker,
Molinero, Jordi Guimer and Zsofia
Integral Ecology Group, Canada;
Waczek, Amphos 21, Spain
Peter Scott, OKane Consultants,
Australia; Paul Weber, OKane
Consultants, New Zealand

Mine Water Management for

Closure
Instructors: Bernard Aub, David
Bleiker, Vikram Khera, Doug Lee and
Steve Sibbick, AMEC Foster Wheeler,
Canada; Carlos Barrantes, AMEC
Foster Wheeler, Peru

Author and Session Chair Meeting

Inaugural Ceremony
Welcome Cocktail, Foyer

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Time

Grand Ballroom A

Grand Ballroom B

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Session 03: ARD Active Treatment (I)

Chair:

Session 04: Water Balance in Waste

Rocks and Soils
Chair:

Session 05: Reliable Mine Water

Operation (I)
Chair:

Plenary Session 1
08:20
08:30
08:30
09:00
09:00
09:30

Conference update and news

09:30
10:00
10:00
10:50

Conga Mining Project (Cajamarca, Peru). International Expertise of the Water Component, Rafael FernandezRubio, Madrid Polytechnic University, Spain

International Network for Acid Preventions Path Forward, Terrence Chatwin, INAP, USA

Acid Rock Drainage Best Management Practices. A Great Success Story at the Margajita River, Pueblo Viejo Gold
Mine, Dominican Republic, Carlos Tamayo. Barrick Gold Corporation, Dominican Republic

Poster Session & Coffee Break

Foyer
Session 01: ARD Prediction - Static Tests
Chair:

10:50
11:10

70
Lessons Learned in the Interpretation of Mine Waste
Static Testing Results
Cheryl Ross and Rens Verburg, Golder Associates, USA

11:10
11:30

31
Difficulties of Interpretation of NAG Test Results on Net
Neutralizing Mine Wastes: Initial Observations of
Elevated pH Conditions and Theory of CO2
Disequilibrium
Jessica Charles, Andrew Barnes, Julien Declercq, Ruth
Warrender, Christopher Brough and Robert Bowell,
SRK Consulting and Cardiff University, United Kingdom

11:30
11:50

Session 02: Geomicrobiology,

Biogeochemical Cycles and Biomining (I)
Chair:
200
Chemical Transformations of Metals Leaching from
Gold Tailings
Bronwyn Camden-Smith, Nicole Pretorius, Anthony
Turton, Peter Camden-Smith and Hlanganani Tutu,
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
232
Characterization of U and REE Mobility Downstream
of a U Tailings Impoundment near Bancroft, Ontario
Allison Laidlow, Michael Parsons and Heather
Jamieson, Queens University, Golder Associates,
Geological Survey of Canada (Atlantic), Canada

59
The Feasibility of Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage
with Seawater
Devin Sapsford, Lawrence de Leeuw, James Phillips
and Peter Brabham. Cardiff University, United
Kingdom
94
Acid Drainage Treatment using Phyllite Rock in an
Underground Mine
Jos Santos, Alejandrina Castro, Anglica Cervantes,
ngeles Neri, Juan Goslinga, and Guadalupe Isidro,
Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico

244
Applicability of a New and More Efficient Approach to
the ABCC Test
Carla Caldern Rosas, Natalia Farfn and Carolina Soto,
Fundacin Chile

18
Copper Toxicity and Organic Matter: Resiliency of
Watersheds in the Duluth Complex, Minnesota, USA
Nadine Piatak, Robert Seal, Perry Jones and Laurel
Woodruff, U.S. Geological Survey

113
Evaluation of Nanofiltration and Reverse Osmosis in
the Treatment of Gold Acid Mine Drainage
Alice Aguiar, Laura Andrade, Wadson Pires and Miriam
Amaral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil

11:50
12:10

209
Estimation of Immediate Acid and Neutralization Rates
within ARD Waste Rock Storage Facilities
Jun Li, Andrea Gerson, Nobuyuki Kawashima, Rong Fan
and Roger Smart, University of South Australia

139
Solving Mine Water Problems with Peat-based
Sorption Media
Paul Eger, Peggy Jones and Doug Green, Global
Minerals Engineering and American Peat Technology,
USA

12:10
12:30

5
Effective Field-Based Testing Tools for Rapid ARD
Prediction
Anita Parbhakar-Fox, John Aalders and Bernd
Lottermoser

264
Assessment of As and Hg in Mine Tailings and
Indigenous Grass: A Case Study of Non-functional
New Union Gold Mine, South Africa
Tsedzuluso Mundalamo, Jabulani Gumbo, Confidence
Muzerengi and Francis Dacosta, University of Venda,
South Africa
22
Removal of Metals from pH Circum-Neutral Mine
Water by Biologically-Induced Diurnal pH Cycling
David Jones, Robert Jung and Bernard Chapman
DR Jones Environmental Excellence, CSIRO Land and

167
Diffusive Exchange System with Internal Precipitation
for Acid Mine Drainage Treatment
Gustavo Chaparro, Norma Prez and Alex Schwarz,
Universidad de Concepcin, Chile

2
The Calculation of Actual Evaporation from an
Unsaturated Soil Surface
Murray Fredlund, Dat Tran and Delwyn Fredlund
SoilVision Systems Ltd., Thruber Engineering Ltd., and
Golder Associates, Canada
277
Near-Surface Water Balances of Coal Waste Rock
Dumps
Mike OKane, Tyler Birkham, Amy Goodbrand, Lee
Barbour, Sean Carey, Justin Straker, Trevor Baker, and
Robert Klein
O'Kane Consultants, University of Sakatchewan,
McMaster University, Integral Ecology and Teck
Resouces, Canada
185
Water Balance Modeling of Preferential Flow in Waste
Rock Material
Jason Keller, Michael Milczarek and Guosheng Zhan,
GeoSystems Analysis, Inc, and Barrick Gold Corporation,
USA
93
Prediction of Seepage from a Platinum-Group Metals
Tailings Storage Facility
Koovila Naicker and Keretia Lupankwa, Golder
Associates, South Africa

173
Mine Water Balance for a Semi-Arid Climate:
Overcoming Challenges to Maintain Operations
Scott Davidson and Emily OHara, New Gold Inc.,
Canada

276
Resistivity Tomography with Hydraulic and
Geotechnical Data to Conceptualize Weathered
Hydrogeology
Paul Hubbard and Anthony Rex, SRK Consulting, United

284
Mine Water Disaster Issues of Carboniferous and
Permian Coalfields at Eastern China and Their
Technical Countermeasures- A Case Study on Wanbei
Mining Areas

63
Use of Cemented Paste Backfill Based on Arsenic
Rich Tailings from Cyanidation
Roger Hamberg, Christian Maurice and Lena Alakangas,
Lule University of Technology, Sweden

44
From Salt Balance to Contaminant Flux: Managing
Water Quality Risk Using a Systems Approach
Terry Harck, Solution[H+], South Africa

21
Innovative Mine Waste Management Planning at a
Site with Multiple Waste Streams
Brent Johnson, Gary Parkison and William Cincilla,
Hatch, USA

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Grand Ballroom A
University of Tasmania, University of Exeter, Australia,
United Kingdom

12:30
14:00

Grand Ballroom B

Loa

Water and Insight Trading Pty Ltd., Australia

Elqui
Kingdom

Rapel
Yuhua Wu, Zhongwen Duan, Benkui Sun and Rongjie
Hu, Wanbei Coal-Electricity Group, China

Lunch
Session 06: ARD Prediction - Kinetic Tests
Chair:

Session 07: Geomicrobiology,

Biogeochemical Cycles and Biomining
(II)
Chair:

Session 08: ARD Active Treatment (II)

Chair:

14:00
14:20

50
Weathering and Oxidation Rates in Black Shales A
Comparison of Laboratory Methods
Claire Linklater, Alex Watson, John Chapman, Rosalind
Green and Steven Lee, SRK Consulting and Rio Tinto Iron
Ore, Australia

123
Fulfilment of EPA Discharge Requirements for ARD
Using Co-Precipitation Iron Process at Neutral pH
David Pascual and Michael McPhee. Ecorpreneur Chile
and Unipure Corp, USA

83
Alberta Oil Sands Cover System Field Trial:
Development, Construction, and Results Two Years In
Larisa Barber, David Christensen and Lindsay Tallon
OKane Consultants, Canada

138
Water Management in the Closure of Tailings Storage
Facilities
Carlos Cacciuttolo and Kathia Tabra, Delfing Ingeniera,
Chile and Pontificia Universidad Catlica, Peru

14:20
14:40

121
Kinetic Tests to Evaluate the Relative Oxidation Rates
of Various Sulfides and Sulfosalts
Aurlie Chopard, Mostafa Benzaazoua, Benot Plante,
Hassan Bouzahzah and Philippe Marion, Universit du
Qubec en Abitibi-Tmiscamingue, Canada and
Universit de Lorraine, France
79
A Kinetic Approach to Assessing the Risk of
Groundwater Acidification from Sulfidic Soils
Karen Mackenzie, Hannah Dannatt, Andrew
Barker, Chris Wendt and Christian Wallis, Golder
Associates, Theiss Degremont Services Joint Venture,
Australia
85
Comparison of Actual and Calculated Lag Times in
Humidity Cell Tests
Kelly Sexsmith, Dylan MacGregor and Andrew Barnes
SRK Consulting, Canada and United Kingdom

212
Acid Rock Drainage in Antarctica: An Important
Source for Trace Elements in the Southern Ocean
Bernhard Dold, Elena Gonzalez-Toril, Angeles Aguilera,
Maria Eugenia Cisternas, Enrique Lopez-Pamo and
Ricardo Amils
Universidad de Concepcin, Centro de Astrobiologia
(INTA-CSIC), Instituto Geolgico y Minero de Espaa
(IGME), Chile, Spain
6
In Situ Attenuation of Selenium in Coal Mine Flooded
Pits
Alan Martin, Robert Goldblatt and Justin Stockwell,
Lorax Environmental Services Ltd., Canada

117
Effect of Feed pH in the Nanofiltration of Gold Acid
Mine Drainage
Alice Aguiar, Laura Andrade, Wadson Pires and Miriam
Amaral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil

191
Rheology and Hydrogeological Behavior of Thickened
Tailings Disposal Using Field Experimental Cell
Abdelkabir Maqsoud, Mamert Mbonimpa and Bruno
Bussire
Universit du Qubec en Abitibi-Tmiscamingue, Canada

160
Minimizing Life Cycle Costs at High Flowrates
Joseph Tamburini and H.C Liang, Tetra Tech, USA

12
Biogeochemical Selenium Sequestration in
Unsaturated Coal Reject Piles
Chris Kennedy, Stephen Day, Daniel Mackie and Nicole
Pesonen, SRK Consulting and Walter Energy Inc.,
Canada

20
Commercial Case Studies of Life Cycle Cost Reduction
of ARD Treatment with Sulfide Precipitation
David Kratochvil, Songlin Ye and Oscar Lopez, BioteQ
Environmental Technologies, Canada and BioteQ
Water Chile

217
Experimental Analysis on Soil-Water Characteristic
Curve of CH3COO- Contaminated Clay
Liwen Cao, Tianyu Xu, Yong Wang and Pan Huo, School
of Resource and Earth Science, China University of
Mining and Technology

257
Acid Rock Drainage (ARD) Inhibition by Sulfite Used as
Part of the Inco Process for Cyanide Removal
Leslie Hardy and Paul Morton, AMEC Foster Wheeler
Environment & Infrastructure, Canada

25
Biogeochemical Cycle of Mercury in Wetlands
Ecosystem Affected by Gold Mining in a Semi-arid
area
Ewa Cukrowska, Julien Lusilao-Makiese, Hlanganani
Tutu, Luke Chimuka and Isabel Weiersbye, University
of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
216
Case Study: 19 Years of Acid Rock Drainage
Mitigation after a Bactericide Application
James Gusek and Van Plocus, Sovereign Consulting
and Diamond Engineering, USA

64
Best Available Technologies Economically Achievable
(BATEA) to Manage Effluent from Mines in Canada
Kristin Pouw, Kathryn Campbell and Lisa Babel, Hatch,
Canada

218
Simulation of Contaminant Transportation in Saturated
Transparent Rock Fractures
Wanghua Sui and Hao Qu, School of Resource and Earth
Science, China University of Mining and Technology

142
Conceptual Project on Eliminating Acid Mine
Drainage (AMD) by Directed Pumping
Craig Sheridan, Ricky Bonner, Lenke Bruyns, Jo
Burgess, Deanne Drake, Jon Paul Janet, Kevin Harding,
Karl Rumbold and Nabeela Saber, University of the
Witwatersrand and Water Research Commission,
South Africa

195
Groundwater in the Chilean North: A Brief Synopsis
Sven Renner and Igor Aguirre, Federal Institute for
Geosciences and Natural Resources, Germany and
Independent Consultant, Chile

151
Case study of Geita Gold Mine: An Example of
Proactive AMD Mitigation Performance
Bonnie Dobchuk, Peter Scott, Paul Weber, Dave
Christensen and Yusuph Mhando, OKane Consultants,
Canada, Australia and New Zealand; Anglogold Ashanti,
Tanzania
Submarine Tailings Placement: The Science and
Allegations
Ali Sahami, Lorax Environmental

14:40
15:00

15:00
15:20

15:20
15:40

15:40
16:10

246
Pyrite Oxidation in Well-Constrained Humidity Cell
Tests
Mark Williamson, Geochemical Solutions, USA

Poster Session & Coffee Break

Foyer

Session 09: Hydrogeological Studies

Chair:

Session 10: Reliable Mine Water

Operation (II)
Chair:

Time

16:10
16:30

16:30
16:50
16:50
17:10

17:10
17:30

17:30
17:50

18:00
20:00

Grand Ballroom A

Grand Ballroom B

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Session 11: ARD Prediction - Modeling (I)

Chair:

Session 12: Applied Mineralogy and

Geoenvironmental Units (I)
Chair:

Session 13: Sulfate Treatment

Chair:

Session 14: Impact Prediction,

Assessment and Mitigation
Chair:

Session 15: Mine Dewatering

Chair:

4
Coupled Modeling of Iron Loads from Lignite Mining
Dump Groundwater to the Pleie River
Heike Bttcher, Holger Mansel and Lutz Weber,
Ingenieurbro fr Grundwasser GmbH and Lausitzer und
Mitteldeutsche Bergbau-Verwaltungsgesellschaft,
Germany
82
Simulating the Performance of a Dry Stack Tailings
Design for Water Control Permitting
Amy Hudson, April Hussey, Andrew Harley and Timothy
Dyhr, Tetra Tech and Nevada Copper Corp, USA
193
Using PhreePlot to Calibrate Mining Related
Geochemical Models: A Users Perspective
John Mahoney, Mahoney Geochemical Consulting, USA

3
Setting ARD Management Criteria for Mine Wastes with Low
Sulfide and Negligible Carbonate Content
Stephen Day and Chris Kennedy, SRK Consulting, Canada

188
The High Density Sludge (HDS) Process and
Sulphate Control
Bernard Aub and Douglas Lee, AMEC Foster
Wheeler Environment & Infrastructure, Canada

128
Using Spatially Explicit Data and Modeling to Inform
Ecological Risk Assessment at Mining Sites
Brad Parks, Sean Kosinski, Les Williams, and Andrew Nicholson
Integral Consulting
301
Mobility of Strategic Elements in Chilean Tailings in the
Context of Secondary Mining Processes
Maria Ussath, Corinne Wendler, Nils Hoth, Ursula Kelm, Frank
Haubrich, Michaela Hache, Gerhard Heide, Marlies Grimmer
and Carsten Drebenstedt, TU Bergakademie Freiberg,
Universidad de Concepcin, Erz & Stein Gesellschaft fr
Lagersttten, GFI Grundwasserforschungsinstitut GmbH,
Germany and Chile

175
Designing a Mine Water Treatment Facility to
Remove Sulfate
H. C. Liang, Joseph Tamburini and Frank Johns, Tetra
Tech, USA
250
Biomass Retention and Recycling to Enhance
Sulfate Reduction Kinetics
Robert van Hille, Tynan Marais and Susan Harrison,
University of Cape Town, South Africa

#
Dewatering of Opencast Mines Using Model-Based
Planned Horizontal Wells
Holger Mansel, Michael Struzina, Richard Eichler and
Peter Jolas, Ingenieurbro fr Grundwasser GmbH and
Lausitzer und Mitteldeutsche BergbauVerwaltungsgesellschaft, Germany
194
Removing of High Flows of Acid Water from Disused
Mines in Johannesburg
Axel Dring , ANDRITZ Ritz GmbH, Germany

134
Hydrogeochemistry Tailing Model to Evaluate Future
Water Quality Mina Vazante MG, Brazil
Flvio de Morais Vasconcelos, Caroline Zanetti, Debora
Almeida and Adelson de Souza, Hidrogeo Assessoria
Ambiental Ltda, Amplo Engenharia e Gesto de Projetos
Ltda and Votorantim Metais, Brazil
33
Reaction Modeling of Drainage Quality in the Duluth
Complex, Northern Minnesota, USA
Robert Seal, Kim Lapakko, Nadine Piatak and Laurel
Woodruff
U.S. Geological Survey and Minnesota Department of
Natural Resources, USA

181
Effluent Chemistry of Closed Sulfide Mine Tailings: Influence
of Ore Type
Pivi Kauppila and Risnen Liisa, Geological Survey of Finland

203
An Innovative Process to Reduce Sulfate in
Membrane Concentrate Enhances Mine Water
Recovery
Kashi Banerjee, Charles Blumenschein, Herve
Buisson and Chris Howell, Veolia Water
Technologies, USA
35
Established and Emerging Passive and Hybrid
Biological Sulphate Removal from Mining Effluents
Michael Bratty, Tom Rutkowski, Eric Blumenstein,
Kevin Conroy and Andre Van Niekerk, Golder
Associates. Peru, USA and South Africa

286
Leachability of Suspended Particles in Mine Water
and Risk of Water Contamination
Elvis Fosso-Kankeu, Frans Waanders, Antoine
Mulaba-Bafubiandi and Sibusio Sidu, North West
University, University of Johannesburg, Gold One
International Limited, South Africa
182
Release of Explosives Originated Nitrogen from
the Waste Rocks of a Dimension Stone Quarry
Teemu Karlsson and Tommi Kauppila, Geological
Survey of Finland
16
Manganese Mining Impacts on Water Quality in
the Caucasus Mountains, Republic of Georgia
Brian Caruso, Merab Mirtskhulava, Michael
Wireman, William Schroeder, Boris Kornilovich,
and Susan Griffin
University of Canterbury, New Zealand, National
Center for Disease Control and Public Health,
Republic of Georgia, US Environmental Protection
Agency and Technical University of Ukraine
206
Assessment of Acid Neutralization Rates from Site
Rock for AMD Control
Roger Smart, Joseph Ciccarelli, Shengjia Zeng, Rong
Fan, Jun Li, Nobuyuki Kawashima, Andrea Gerson
and Russell Schumann, University of South
Australia
290
Geochemical Study of the Interaction of Acid and
Alkaline Mine Drainage with BaCO3
Julio Castillo, Alba Gomez-Arias, Jan Posthumus
and Esta Van Heerden, University of the Free State,
South Africa

236
Tracking the Fate of Metals in Mining Waste Rock Using
Metal Stable Isotopes
Elliott Skierszkan, K. Ulrich Mayer, Roger Beckie and
Dominique Weis, University of British Columbia, Canada

IMWA Executive Council Meeting, Aysn Ballroom

273
Dewatering of a Deep Shaft in a Complex
Hydrogeologic Setting
Michael Gabora, Phillip Brown, Hank Ohlin ,Korin
Carpenter and Greg French, Ausenco, Independent
Consulting and Nevada Copper Inc., USA

278
Comparison of Borehole Testing Techniques and Their
Suitability in the Hydrogeological Investigation of
Mine Sites
Michael Palmer and Houcyne El-Idrysy, SRK Consulting,
United Kingdom
314
Review of the Environmental Critical Levels in the
mines of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Henk Coetzee, Council for Geoscience and Department
of Geosciences/Africa Earth Observatory Network,
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Time

Grand Ballroom A

Grand Ballroom B

Loa

07:0008:45

Elqui
Global Alliance Breakfast

Plenary Session 2
08:5009:00
09:0009:30
09:3010:00

Conference update and neww

10:0010:50

Poster Session & Coffee Break, Foyer

A Global Mining Industry Perspective on Water Stewardship

Ross Hamilton, ICMM, United Kingdom
Mine Planning and Acid Rock Management
Dean Williams, Jim Fowler; Kinross Gold, USA; and Dirk van Zyl, University of British Columbia, Canada

Session 16: ARD Prediction - Modeling (II)

Chair:

Session 17: Applied Mineralogy and

Geoenvironmental Units (II)
Chair:

Session 18: Mine Water And Drainage Physical/Chemical Active Treatment

Chair:

10:5011:10

242
Modeling Humidity Cell Experimental Data by Making Use of the
PHREEQC Code
Nicolaus van Zweel, Rainier Dennis and Ingrid Dennis, North-West
University, South Africa

148
Geochemical Characteristics of Oil Sand Tailings and Bitumen
Upgrading By-Products, Alberta, Canada
Bronwen Forsyth, Stephen Day and Oladipo Omotoso, SRK
Consulting and Suncor Energy Inc., Canada

11:1011:30

186
Investigation of Pore Gas Oxygen and Internal Temperature in a Waste
Rock Dump, Antamina Mine, Peru
Maria Eliana Lorca, Ulrich Mayer and Roger Beckie, University of British
Columbia, Canada

205
Pyrite Oxidation Rates from Laboratory Tests on Waste Rock
Kim Lapakko and Edward Trujillo, Minnesota Department of Natural
Resources and University of Utah, USA

11:3011:50

299
Final Outcome of Sulfate Transport Modelling and a Prediction of
Ground and Surface Water Quality in Aquifers Influenced by Lignite
Mining in Germany
Anne Walther, Nils Hoth, Heike Bttcher, Anne Weber, Marion Geiler,
Michael Struzina and Beate Lucke, TU Bergakademie Freiberg,
Ingenieurbro fr Grundwasser, Dresdner
Grundwasserforschungszentrum, GEOMONTAN GmbH Freiberg,
Mitteldeutsche, Braunkohlengesellschaft mbH, Lausitzer und
Mitteldeutsche Bergbau-Verwaltungsgesellschaft, Germany
49
Acid Mine Drainage Risk Assessment Utilizing Drill-Hole Data and
Geological Modelling Tools
Claire Linklater, Alison Hendry and John Chapman, SRK Consulting,
Australia

201
Iron Sulfides Aint Iron Sulfides. A Comparison of Acidity Generated
During Oxidation of Pyrite and Pyrrhotite in Waste Rock and
Tailing Materials
Russell Schumann, Alan Robertson, Andrea Gerson, Rong Fan,
Nobuyuki Kawashima, Jun Li and Roger Smart, Levay & Co
Environmental Services, University of South Australia, RGS
Environmental Pty Ltd, Australia

303
Evidences of Effective Treatment of Alkaline Mine Drainage with
BaCO3
Alba Gomez, Julio Castillo, Jan Posthumus and Esta van Heerden,
University of the Free State, South Africa

14
Prediction of Acid Rock Drainage (ARD) from Calculated
Mineralogy
Julie Hunt, Ron Berry, Anita Parbhakar-Fox, Bernd Lottermoser
University of Tasmania, Australia and University of Exeter, United
Kingdom
71
Characterization of Weathering Products and Controls on Metal
Mobility at a Cu-Ni-PGE Deposit
Paul Fix, Tamara Diedrich, Chris Kennedy, Stephen Day
University of Minnesota, USA, Barr Engineering Company, USA and
SRK Consulting, Canada

114
Sorption/Oxidation of Manganese in Aqueous System
Fernanda Camargo, Henrique de Leucas and Ana Cludia Ladeira,
Center of Development of Nuclear Technology, Brazil

98
Geo-environmental tools to identify ARD and sulphate in
groundwater at a former processing site
Jennifer Cole, Albert Stoffers and Valrie Bertrand, Golder Associates
and Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, Canada

226
Clean up Strategy for Queensland Worst Mine Water Spill
Gary Thorne, WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff, Australia

40
Environmental Assessment for the Decommissioning of a Uranium
Waste Rock Pile
Carolina de Abreu, Peter Fleming, Dina Lpez, Virginia Ciminelli and
Marcelo Mansur, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, National
Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN), Brazil and Ohio University, USA

11:5012:10

12:1012:30

12:3014:00

72
Predicting Water Quality for a High Altitude Mine Waste Facility in
Peru
C. James Warren, Dawn Kaback, Gokhan Inci and Daniel Neff
AMEC Foster Wheeler Environment & Infrastructure, Canada and USA,
M3 Engineering and Technology Corporation, USA

215
Development of an Adsorbent Comprising Schwertmannite and its
Utilization in Mine Water Treatment
Eberhard Janneck, Diana Burghardt, Elisabeth Simon, Stefan Peiffer,
Michael Paul and Tomas Koch, G.E.O.S. Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH,
Institute for Groundwater Management, Wismut GmbH, Vattenfall
Europe Mining AG, Germany
223
Investigation and Strategy on Iron Removal from Water Courses in
Mining Induced Areas
Friedrich Carl Benthaus, Wilfried Uhlmann and Oliver Totsche,
LMBV, Germany

Session 19: Mine Water Management for Closure (I)

Chair:

Lunch

150
Practices in Setting Sustainable Water Management Closure
Performance Criteria
Henning Boshoff, ATC Williams, Australia

115
Mine Water Management for Closure Mine Reclamation and
Surface Water Balances
Justin Straker , Mike OKane, Sean Carey, Dan Charest and Lee
Barbour, Integral Ecology Group, O'Kane Consultants, McMaster
University, Teck Resources Limited and University of Saskatchewan ,
Canada
78
Acid-Generating Waste Rock Encapsulation in a Subalpine
Environment
Larry Breckenridge, Fred Bickford and Amy Livingston , Global
Resource Engineering, USA

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Session 20: ARD Guides and Programs

Chair:

Session 21: Biological Active Treatment

Chair:

Session 22: Mine Water Management for Closure

(II)
Chair:

Session 23: Applied Mineralogy and

Geoenvironmental Units (III)
Chair:

14:0014:20

265
The Canadian MEND Program The First Twenty-Five Years
Gilles Tremblay and Charlene Hogan , Natural Resources Canada, MEND
Secretariat

42
Sulfidogenic Diffusive Exchange System for the Treatment of Acid
Mine Drainage
Alex Schwarz and Norma Prez, Universidad de Concepcin, Chile

14:2014:40

34
The ADTI/SME Prediction Volume: Techniques for Predicting Metal
Mining Influenced Water: The Consensus Process and Whats New
R. David Williams, Lisa Kirk, Linda Figueroa and Sharon Diehl, U. S.
Department of Interior, Enviromin, Colorado School and Mines and U.S.
Geological Survey, USA

68
Mitigating Acid Rock Drainage with Land-Applied Biochemical
Reactor Effluent
James Gusek, Sovereign Consulting Inc., USA

14:4015:00

176
Development of Technical Criteria for the Chemical Stability in Mining
Facilities
Maria Carolina Soto, Raquel Charte, Angela Oblasser, Lilian Valdebenito
and Jorge Campos, Fundacin Chile, SERNAGEOMIN, Chile

15:0015:20

228
National Assessment of Sediment-Related Diffuse Mining Pollution in
England and Wales
William Mayes, ron Anton, Carl Thomas, Hugh Potter, Sian Rudall,
Jaime Amezaga, catherine Gandy and Adam Jarvis, University of Hull,
Environment Agency, United Kingdom, Schlumberger Water Services,
Chile and Newcastle University, United Kingdom
241
A Source Apportionment Methodology for South African Gold Mines
Ingrid Dennis and Rainier Dennis, North-West University, South Africa, 2.
DMT GmbH & Co. KG, Germany

15:2015:40

15:4016:10

69
Prediction of Drainage Water Quality from Mining Waste with
Carbon Sequestration Potential
El-Hadji Kandji, Benot Plante, Bruno Bussire, Aku-Sylvette Awoh,
Bibi-Amiirah Ibrahim Sab and Pierre-Philippe Dupont, Universit du
Qubec en Abitibi-Tmiscamingue, Research Institute of Mines and
Environment, Universit Laval and Royal Nickel Corporation, Canada
280
A Management Plan towards the Flooding of an Open-Cast Mine
with Adjacent Underground Sections
Eelco Lukas and Danie Vermeulen, Institute for Groundwater
Studies, University of the Free State, South Africa

184
Mineralogically-Based Determinations of Neutralization and Acid
Potential Using Automated Mineralogy
Martha Buckwalter-Davis, Colin Lussier-Purdy and Heather Jamieson
Queens University, Canada, Golder Associates, Ireland and Arktis
Solutions Incorporated, Canada

168
The Utilization of Cellulosic Biomass in treating AMD and the
Subsequent Generation of Fermentable Sugars
Edzai Magowo, Karl Rumbold and Craig Sheridan, University of the
Witwatersrand, South Africa

202
Response to Increasing Rainfall and High Rainfall Events at Wheal
Jane, Cornwall, UK
Lee Wyatt, Arabella Moorhouse and Ian Watson, Coal Authority,
United Kingdom

88
Waste Rock Modelling to Improve ARD Prediction and Project
Economics: A Case Study
Emily Luscz, Global Resource Engineering, USA

253
Permeable Concrete with Bio-Reactive Layers to Target Heavy
Metals and Sulfates in Acid Mine Drainage
Steven Zaal and Craig Sheridan, Aurecon and University of the
Witwatersrand, South Africa

183
Simulation of Hydrological Processes in the Dump Slope of a
Mining Pit for Landslide Forecasting
Jinxing Guo, Ren Blankenburg and Peter-Wolfgang Graeberm,
Technical University of Dresden, Ingenieurbuero fur Grundwasser,
Germany

99
Meliadine Gold Project: Investigation of the Buffering Capacity of
Waste Rock
Valrie Bertrand, Jennifer Cole and Stphane Robert, Golder
Associates and Agnico-Eagle Mines, Canada

256
Bioreactor and In Situ Mine Pool Treatment Options for Cold
Climate Mine Closure at Keno Hill, YT
Jim Harrington, Joe Harrington, Eric Lancaster, Andrew Gault and Kai
Woloshyn, Alexco Environmental Group, USA and Canada

296
Passive Treatment of Toe Drain Discharges from a Tailings Storage
Facility using an Oxic Granite Bed
Robert Hedin, Jeffery Millgate, Brian Authurs, Ron Nunn Pattrick,
Vinath Khamsana and Neil Wolfe , Hedin Environmental, USA Phu
Bia Mining Company, Laos

189
A Metal Attenuation Study on Waste Rock Collected from the East
Dump, Antamina Mine, Peru: A Combined Mineralogical and
Geochemical Approach
Laura Laurenzi, K. Ulrich Mayer and Roger Beckie, University of British
Columbia, Canada

Poster Session & Coffee Break

Foyer

220
The Effect of Aluminium Source and Sludge Recycling on yhe
Properties of Ettringite Formed During Water Treatment
Devin Sapsford, Sandra Tufvesson, Richard Coulton, Tom Penny and
Keith Williams, Cardiff University, Siltbuster Process Solutions, United
Kingdom

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Session 24: ARD Prediction - Sampling and Campaign

Design
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Session 25: Reliable Mine Waste Management

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Session 26: Passive Treatment (I)

Chair:

Session 27: ARD Prediction - Case Studies (I)

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213
Pre-mining Characterization of Ore Deposits: What Information Do We
Need to Increase Sustainability of the Mining Process?
Bernhard Dold , SUMIRCO (Sustainable Mining Research & Consultancy),
Chile

171
Managing the Waste Rock storage Design, Can we Build a Waste
Rock Dump that Works?
Rebecca Barritt and Peter Scott, O'Kane Consultants, Australia

144
Passive Treatment of ARD Using Mussel Shells Part I: System
Development and Geochemical Processes
Paul Weber, Chris Weisener, Zach Diloreto and Mark Pizey
O'Kane Consultants, New Zealand, University of Windsor, Canada
and Solid Energy New Zealand Ltd.

30
A Detailed ABA Study of the Coal-Bearing Formations in the
Waterberg Coalfield, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Lorie Marie Deysel and Danie Vermeulen, University of the Free State,
South Africa

16:3016:50

46
Opportunistic AMD Sampling from Multi-Discipline Drilling Programs
for Large Mining Companies
Joshua Pearce and Juan Gutierrez, O'Kane Consultants and Golder
Associates, Australia

48
A Desulfurization Flotation Approach for the Integrated
Management of Sulfide Wastes and Acid Rock Drainage Risks
Jennifer Broadhurst and Susan Harrison, University of Cape Town,
South Africa

11
ARD Passive Treatment using Waste Mussel Shells- Part II: System
Autopsy and Biogeochemical Investigations
Chris Weisener, Zach Diloreto, Dave Trumm, James Pope and Paul
Weber
University of Windsor, Canada CRL Energy Ltd. and OKane
Consultants, New Zealand

16:5017:10

120
Effect of Geological Models on ML/ARD Characterization Program
Design at the KSM Project
Mark Nelson, Mike Lechner, Kelsey Norlund, Clem Pelletier and Brent
Murphy, ERM Rescan, Canada, Resource Modellin Inc., USA and
Seabridge Gold, Canada

259
Building Better Waste Landforms for Reactive Waste: A New Level
of Waste Assessment and Construction
Peter Scott, Ian Taylor, Paul Weber, Steven Pearce, Bonnie Dobchuk
and Andr Kemp, O'Kane Consultants, Australia

17:1017:30

187
Challenges in Prediction of Acid Rock Drainage Potential for Skarns
Use of Modified Testing
Felipe Vasquez, Jacob Waples and Javier Condor, Golder Associates, USA
and Compaa Minera Milpo S.A., Peru

125
Management of Spontaneous Combustion for Metalliferous Mines
Matt Landers and Brent Usher, Klohn Crippen Berger, Australia

23
The Sequential Experiments of Passive Treatment System Using
Bioreactor for Acid Mine Drainage in Japan
Takaya Hamai, Takuya Kodera, Yuki Sato, Kousuke Takamoto,
Manami Ikeda, Kazunori Hatsuya, Kentaro Hayashi, Hiroko Tendo,
Kazuya Sunada, Mikio Kobayashi, Masatoshi Sakoda,Takeshi Sakata
and Nobuyuki Masuda
Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, Akita University,
Japan
57
Passive Treatment of ARD Using Mussel Shells Part III:
Technology Improvement and Future Direction
Dave Trumm, James Ball, Jampes Pope and Chris Weisener, CRL
Energy Ltd., New Zealand and University of Windsor, Canada

29
Comparison between Long-Term Humidity Cell Testing and Static Net
Acid Generation (NAG) Tests: Potential for NAG Use in Preliminary
Mine Site Water Quality Predictions
Andrew Barnes, Robert Bowell, Ruth Warrender, Devin Sapsford, Kelly
Sexsmith, Jessica Charles, Julien Declercq, Marco Santonastaso and
Brian Dey
SRK Consulting, United Kingdom and Canada; Cardiff University,
United Kingdom
38
Management of Pyrrhotite Tailings at Savannah Nickel Mine: A
Decade of Experience and Learning
Alan Robertson, Nobuyuki Kawashima, Roger Smart and Russell
Schumann
RGS Environmental Pty Ltd., Australia and University of South
Australia

17:3017:50

45
Evaluation of Lag Times for Tailings in Extreme Arid Climates by LongTerm and Delayed-Rinse Kinetic Tests
Jacob Waples, Troy Jones, Guillermo Aguierre and Christian Wisskirchen
Golder Associates and Teck Resources, USA, Canada and Chile

214
On-Land or Submarine Tailings Disposal? Pros and Cons
Bernhard Dold , SUMIRCO (Sustainable Mining Research &
Consulting), Chile

18:0022:00

58
Antimony Passive Treatment by Two Methods: Sulfate Reduction
and Adsorption onto AMD Precipitate
Dave Trumm, James Ball, Jampes Pope and Chris Weisener, CRL
Energy Ltd., New Zealand and University of Windsor, Canada

Cocktail and Conference Banquet

243
The Effects of Preferential and Matrix Flow and Water Residence
Time on Seasonal Fluctuations in Mine Waste Rock Effluent Water
Quality
Holly Esther Peterson, K. Ulrich Mayer and Roger Beckie
Guilford College and University of British Columbia, Canada

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Conference update and news

Control of Water Pressure in Mine Slopes
Adrian Brown, International Mine Water Association, USA
Title to be Confirmed
Jorge Lobos, Andina Division, Codelco, Chile
Challenges Following the Transitional Phase of Implementing the New Mine Closure Law in Chile
Lilian Valdebenito, SERNAGEOMIN, Chile

Poster Session & Coffee Break, Foyer

Session 28: ARD Prediction - Case Studies (II)

10:5011:10

Loa

238
Diavik Waste Rock Project: Reactive Transport Simulation of Sulfide
Weathering
David Wilson, Richard Amos, David Blowes, Jeff Langman, David Sego
and Leslie Smith, University of Waterloo, Carlton University, Unviersity
of Alberta and University of British Columbia, Canada
174
Assessing the Robustness of Antaminas Site Wide Water
Balance/Water Quality Model over 5 Years of Implementation
James Tuff, Bevin Harrison, Sergio Yi Choy, Roald Strand and Brent
Usher
Klohn Crippen Berger, Australia and Compas Minera Antamina, Peru

Session 29: Covers (I)

Session 30: Passive Treatment (II)

Keynote
INAP Global Soil Cover Guidance Document
Mike O'Kane, OKane Consultants, Canada

152
Incorporating Climate Variability into Cover System Design
Lindsay Tallon, Mike OKane, Jason Song, and Amy Heidman , OKane
Consultants, Canada

127
Use of Anaerobic Reactors for AMD Passive Treatment from a
Waste Pile Jacobina Mine
Luz Loureno Fregadolli, Flvio de Morais Vasconcelos and Thomas
Wildeman , Yamana Gold, Brazil, Hidrogeo Assessoria Ambiental
Ltda, Brazil and Colorado School of Mines, USA
132
Start-Up of a Passive Remediation Bioreactor for Sulfate and
Selenium Removal from Mine Tailings Water
Susan Baldwin, Parissa Mirjafari, Maryam Rezahdebashi, Gaurav
Subedi, Jon Taylor, Luke Moger , Katie McMahen and Art Frye,
University of British Columbia and Mount Polley Mine, Canada

Session 31: Mine Water Geochemistry

103
Minewall Stations and Mass Loadings at an Epithermal High
Sulphidation Deposit What, No Scaling?
Claudio Andrade and Keith Mountjoy, Barrick Gold Corporation,
Canada and Klohn Crippen Berger, Peru
51
Establishing an Total Dissolved Solids:Electrical Conductivity ratio for
Mine Waters
Christian Wolkersdorfer and Elena Hubert, Tshwane University of
Technology, South Africa, Lappeenranta University of Technology,
Finland and Technische Universitt Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
170
Arsenic Mobility under a Neutral Mine Drainage Environment in a
Gold-Mine Tailings Dam
Leonardo Bissacot, Virginia Ciminelli and Mark Logsdon, Yamana Gold,
Brazil, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil and Geochemica,
USA

11:3011:50

104
The Evolution of Tailings Seepage Chemistry at One of Australias
Largest and Longest Operating Mines
Bronwen Forsyth, Mansour Edraki and Thomas Baumgartl, SRK
Consulting and The University of Queensland, Australia

166
Efficacy of Cover Systems in High Elevation Andean Climates
Michael Milczarek, Jason Keller, Tzung-mow Yao, Ernesto Prieto,
Carlos Venegas, William Ludwick, Raul Orellana, Francisco Quevedo
and Guosheng Zhan, GeoSystems Analysis, Inc, USA, Minera Barrick
Misquichilca, Peru and Barrick Gold Corporation, USA

221
Passive Removal of Iron from AMD Using VFRs
Devin Sapsford, Kay Florence, James Pope, and Dave Trumm,
Cardiff University, United Kingdom and CRL Energy Ltd / University
Canterbury, New Zealand

11:5012:10

274
Comparison of Pre-Mining Geochemical Predictions to Operating
Conditions at the New Afton Tailings Storage Facility
Emily OHara and Scott Davidson, New Afton Mine, Canada

247
Integration of Climate Analysis into a Framework for Cover Design
Thomas Baumgartl, Andrea Farioli and Sven Arnold , Centre for
Mined Land Rehabilitation, The University of Queensland , Australia

325
Mechanisms of Iron Removal during Passive Treat-ment of AMD in
a Vertical Flow Reactor
Kay Florence, Devin Sapsford and Christian Wolkersdorfer, Cardiff
University, United Kingdom, Tshwane University of Technology,
South Africa and Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland

283
Impacts of Artisanal Small-Scale Gold Mining on Water Quality of a
Tropical River (Surow River, Ghana)
Karunia Macdonald, Mark Lund and Melanie Blanchette, Edith Cowan
University, Australia

73
Design, Construction and Preliminary Results for an Inclined Storeand-Release Cover Experimental Cell Built on an Abandoned Mine
Site in Morocco
Jihane Knidiri, Bruno Bussire, Rachid Hakkou, Mostafa Benzaazoua,
Etienne Parent and Abdelkabir Maqsoud, Universit du Qubec en
Abitibi-Tmiscamingue, Canada

234
Characterization of Passive Treatment System Substrates and
Potential for Zinc Recovery
Matthew Bailey, Adam Jarvis and Catherine Gandy, Newcastle
University, United Kingdom

141
Predicting the Impact of Underground Coal Gasification on
Groundwater Chemistry
David Love and Gerhard van der Linde, Golder Associates, South Africa

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(I)

Session 33: Covers (II)

Session 34: Wetlands

14:0014:20

172
Waste Rock Dump Geochemical Evolution: Matching Lab Data, Models
and Predictions with Reality
Steven Pearce, Peter Scott, Paul Weber, O'Kane Consultants, Australia
and New Zealand

153
Evaluation of Cover System Field Trials with Compacted Till Layers
for Waste Rock Dumps at the Boliden Aitik Copper Mine, Northern
Sweden
Matt McKeown, David Christensen, Tami Taylor, and Seth Mueller
O'Kane Consultants, Canada and Boliden Mineral AB, Sweden

27
Prediction of Acid Neutralizing Potential of Wetlands Affected by
Gold Mining in a Semi-Arid Area
Julien Lusilao-Makiese, Ewa Cukrowska, Hlanganani Tutu, Luke
Chimuka, and Isabel Weiersbye, University of the Witwatersrand,
South Africa

156
Key issues in Mine Closure Planning Related to Pit Lakes
Jerry Vandenberg, Clint McCullough and Devin Castendyk
Golder Associates, Canada, 2.
Golder Associates/ Edith Cowan
University, Australia and State University of New York, USA

14:2014:40

92
Scaling Laboratory Sulfate Release Rates to Operational Waste Rock
Piles
Kim Lapakko and Mike Olson, Minnesota Department of Natural
Resources, USA

262
A Field-Scale Performance Evaluation of Erosion Control Measures
for Slopes of Mine Tailings Dams
Francis Amponsah-Dacosta , University of Venda, South Africa

145
Metal Retention Mechanisms in Pilot-Scale Constructed Wetlands
Receiving Acid Mine Drainage
Karine Dufresne, Carmen Neculita, Jacques Brisson and Thomas
Genty, Universit du Qubec en Abitibi-Tmiscaming, Canada

91
Designing Meromictic Pit Lakes as a Mine Closure Mitigation Strategy
in Northern Canada
Michael Herrell, Jerry Vandenberg and John Faithful, Golder
Associates, Canada

14:4015:00

76
Scaling Geochemical Loads in Mine Drainage Chemistry Modelling: An
Empirical Derivation of Bulk Scaling Factors
Timo Kirchner and Bruce Mattson , Lorax Environmental Services Ltd.,
Canada

165
Performance of a 16 ha Engineered Wetland for the Treatment of
Neutral-pH Gold Mine Effluents (Ontario, Canada)
Alan Martin, Connor McNee, James Russell and David Gelderland
Lorax Environmental Services Ltd, Goldcorp Inc., Red Lake Gold
Mines, Canada

75
Variable-Density Transport Modeling in Hypersaline Pit Lakes
Guy Roemer, Colleen Burgers and Sonya Cadle, Tetra Tech, USA

15:0015:20

54
Scaling Leach Column Experiment from Laboratory Bench to Mine Site
for Coal Mine Overburden
Rudy Gautama, Sonny Abfertiawan, Ginting Kusuma, and Fireman
Gunawan
Bandung Institute of Technology and PT Berau Coal, Indonesia

192
Mine Water Treatability Studies for Passive Treatment of Coal
Mine Drainage
Alexander Sutton, Devin Sapsford and Arabella Moorhouse, Cardiff
University and Coal Authority, United Kingdom

204
Selecting Pit Lake Model Approaches Based on Data Availability
Jan Vanhooydonck, John Mahoney, Rebecca Stephen and Gordon
Maclear
Artois Consulting, Chile, Mahoney Geochemical Consulting, USA,
African Barrick Gold, Tanzania and AngloGold Ashanti, Continental
Africa

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Improving Till by Adding Green Liquor Dregs in Sealing Layers to
Control AMD A Pilot Study
Maria Mkitalo, Josef Mcsik, Christian Maurice and Bjrn hlander
Lule University of Technology, Ecoloop AB and Rambll Sverige
AB,Sweden
41
Evaluating the Benefits of Water Covers as a Rehabilitation
Strategy in Temperate Climates: A Tasmanian Perspective
Laura Jackson, Anita Parbhakar-Fox, Dan Gregory, Alison Hughes,
Janelle Agius, Tony Ferguson and Daniel Lester,
University of Tasmania, Department of Primary Industries, Parks,
Water and Environment and Grange Resources Ltd., Australia

Poster Session & Coffee Break

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Session 35: Pit Lakes (I)

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Session 37: Metal removal

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Session 38: Pit lakes (II)

129
Construction, Instrumentation and Preliminary Results of Field Leach Pads for Scaling Reaction Rates and Assessing Field Performance
Keith Mountjoy, Annetta Markussen-Brown, Vivian Ferrera and Tyson Kaemffer, Klohn Crippen Berger, Peru and Canada; BC Hydro, Canada

312
Investigation of Microbial In-Situ Remediation of Uranium Mine
Site Pollutants in the Flooded Mine Knigstein
Andrea Kassahun, Ulf Jenk and Michael Paul, Wismut GmbH,
Germany

255
Predicting Pit Lake Formation and Water Quality
David Arcos, Jordi Guimer, Salvador Jordana, Eduardo Ruiz and Jorge
Molinero, Amphos 21 Consulting, Spain

16:0016:20

302
Up-Scaling from Trial to Operation: Practicalities of Construction and Permitting, Force Crag Mine
Arabella Moorhouse, Rachel Harris, Lee Wyatt, Stephen Hill and Hugh Potter
Coal Authority and Environment Agency, United Kingdom

321
Low-Cost Carbon-Based Materials for Selective Removal of As(III)
from Waste Waters
Yiannis Deligiannakis, Yiannis Georgiou, Eleftherios Mouzourakis and
Ioannis Konstantinou, University of Patras, Greece

199
Riverine Flow-Through of Mine Pit Lakes: Improving both Mine Pit
Lake and River Water Quality Values?
Clint McCullough and Martin Schultze
Golder Associates/Mine Water and Environment Research Centre
(MiWER), Edith Cowan University, Australia and UFZ Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research, Germany

16:2016:40

219
Using Oxygen Consumption Rates as a Guide to Scale Up Laboratory Kinetic Data to Field Conditions
Ted Eary, Hatch, USA

322
Functionalized Pyrolytic Carbon from Recycled Tyres: A Hybrid
Material for Selective Removal of Pb, Cd from Waste Waters
Maria Louloudi and Aleksandra Mavrogiorgou, University of
Ioannina, Greece

74
Nucleation Seeding to Promote Chemical Precipitation of Hardness
and Alkalinity from Mine Pit Lakes
Allison Haus and Mehgan Blair, Barr Engineering, USA

147
The Diavik Waste Rock Project: Heat Transfer in a Large Scale Waste Rock Pile Constructed in a Permafrost Region
Nam Pham, Richard Amos, David Blowes, Leslie Smith and Dave Sego
University of Alberta, University of Waterloo and University of British Columbia,Canada

235
Metal Removal and Secondary Contamination in a Passive Metal
Mine Drainage Treatment System
Adam Jarvis, Catherine Gandy, Matthew Bailey, Jane Davis, Patrick
Orme, John Malley, Hugh Potter and Arabella Moorhouse
Newcastle University, National Trust, National Land and Water
Quality and Coal Authority, United Kingdom

52
Addition of Bulk Organic Matter to Acidic Pit Lakes May Facilitate
Closure
Mark Lund and Clint McCullough, Edith Cowan University and Golder
Associates, Australia

15:4016:00

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17:0018:00

Closing Ceremony: Awards and Future ICARD and IMWA bids

Posters:
Geomicrobiology, Biogeochemical Cycles and Biomining
Use of Genomic Methods to Characterize Microbial Community in Assessment of ARD Impacts and Mine Closure Activities
Melanie Blanchette, Mark Lund and Lisa Kirk, Edith Cowan University, Australia and Montana StateUniversity, USA
Comparative Analyses of Metagenomes from Acid Mine Drainages
Ana Moya-Beltrn, Francisco Issotta, Harold Nuez, Francisco Ossandn, David Holmes, Raquel Quatrini, Fundacin Ciencia y Vida and Universidad Andrs Bello, Chile
Targeted Metagenomic Analysis of Mynydd Parys Acid Mine Drainage Microbial Communities
Harold Nuez, Juan Pablo Cardenas, Ana Moya-Beltrn, Francisco Issotta, Mnica Gonzalez, D. Barrie Johnson, Raquel Quatrini, Fundacin Ciencia y Vida and Universidad Andrs Bello, Chile; National Center of Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics,
University of Wales, United Kingdom
Bioaccessibility Testing of Sulphidic Rocks and Wastes
Eleanor van Veen, Anita Parbhakar-Fox and Bernd Lottermoser, University of Exeter, United Kingdom and University of Tasmania, Australia

Removing Heavy Metals from Acid Mine Drainage through the Biological Beneration of High-Value Metal Nanoparticples
Giovanni Ulloa, Bernardo Collao and Jos Manuel Prez, University of Andres Bello, Chile
Trace Elements of Economic Value and Environmental Concern in Acidic Drainage, Biofilms and Mineral Precipitates
Lori Manoukian, Bryn Kimball, Danielle Fortin, Heather Jamieson and Claudio Andrade, Queens University, University of Ottawa and Barrick Gold, Canada
Applied Mineralogy and Geoenvironmental Units
Evolution of a Waste Rock Dump Management Plan for a Metalliferous Mine
Matt Landers and Brent Usher, Klohn Crippen Berger, Australia
Deportment of Sulfide and Neutralization Potential by Particle Size Distribution in Limited Buffering Mine Wastes
David Tait, Andrew Barnes, Claudio Andrade, Matt Dey, Robert Bowell and Carl Williams, SRK Consulting, United Kingdom and Barrick Gold Corporation, Canada
Prediction of Drainage Flow
Using Instrumentation Data to Develop Detailed Conceptual Models for Waste Rock Geohydrology
Steven Pearce and Bonnie Dobchuk, O'Kane Consultants, Australia
Prediction of Drainage Chemistry
Distinctive Estimation of Stored Acidity Forms in Acid Mine Wastes
Andrea Gerson, Jun Li, Rong Fan, Nobuyuki Kawashima, Roger Smart and Russell Schumann, Minerals and Materials Science and Technology, Mawson Institute, University of South Australia, Levay & Co Environmental Services, Australia
Humidity Cell Test with Pyrite Concentrate from Tailings Flotation
Refugio Gonzlez, Antonio Barrera, Liliana Lizrraga and Carmen Durn, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico
Mine Water Quality Prediction Over the Long Term - A 15 Year Column Test For a Flooded Uranium Mine
Ulf Jenk, Jrgen Meyer, Marcus Frenzel and Michael Paul, Wismut GmbH Chemnitz, Germany
Leachability of Metals from Gold Tailings: A Modeling and Experimental Approach
Bronwyn Camden-Smith and Hlanganani Tutu, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa and SM Stoller Corporation, USA
Mine Water Drainage Collection and Treatment
Performance of Organic and Inorganic Polymers for the Removal of Suspended Solids from Mine Water
Elvis Fosso-Kankeu, Frans Waanders, I.O Ntwampe and Hermant Mittal, North West University, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa
Outotec Ettringite Process for Sulfate Removal from Mining and Metallurgical Waters
Laura Nevatalo, Tuomas van der Meer, Mika Martikainen and Cristian Montes, Outotec Industrial Water Treatment, Outotec, Finland and Chile
Heavy Metal Removal and Partitioning In Sulfate-Reducing Bioreactors Treating Mine Influenced Water
Benjamin Uster, Mark Milke, Jennifer Webster-Brown, Aisling OSullivan, James Pope and Dave Trumm, University of Canterbury and CRL Energy Ltd., New Zealand
Evaluation of Biological Diffusive Exchange System Prototypes for Acid Mine Drainage Treatment
Norma Prez, Gustavo Chaparro and Alex Schwarz, Universidad de Concepcin, Chile
Passive Limestone Treatment of Mining Influenced Water with Low PH and High Concentrations of Ferric Iron
Linda Figueroa, Colorado School of Mines, USA

Bio-Remediation of Acid Mine Drainage using Charcoal Based Constructed Wetlands

Ileshree Moodley, Craig Sheridan and Karl Rumbold, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Development of a Linear Channel Reactor for Simultaneous Sulfate Reduction and Sulfide Oxidation
Robert van Hille, Tynan Marais and Susan Harrison, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Recovery of River Systems Affected by the Hungarian Bauxite Processing Residue (Red Mud) Spill
William Mayes, ron Anton, Viktria Feigl, Orsolya Klebercz, Katalin Gruiz, Ian Burke and Adam Jarvis, University of Hull, United Kingdom, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary, University of Leeds and Newcastle University, United
Kingdom
Scaling from Laboratory to Field Studies
Approach to Scaling up from Laboratory Humidity Cells through a Field-Scale Unit to a Waste Rock Dump
Carla Caldern Rosas, Mara Carolina Soto, Natalia Farfn and Angela Oblasser, Fundacin Chile
Reliable Mine Waste Management
A Holistic Framework for Progressively Constructing Stable Waste Storage Facilities
Andrew Baisley, Mike OKane, Paul Weber, Peter Scott and Steven Pearce, OKane Consultants, Australia, New Zealand, Canada
Mine Water Management for Closure
Characterizing Abandoned Mining Dams by Geophysical Methods (ERI) and Sounding: La Carolina District (Southern Spain)
Julin Martnez, Javier Rey, Mara Carmen Hidalgo, Jess Garrido, Diego Rojas, Claus Kohfahl and Jos Benavente, University of Jan, University of Granada, Spain
Ten Years Later: The Ronneburg Waste Rock Relocation Project in the Light of Performance Monitoring and Sustainability Analysis
Michael Paul and Silvia Jahn, Wismut GmbH, Germany
Mine Water Geochemistry
Use of Oxygen Sensors and TDR Probes for In Situ Monitoring of Tailings Impoundments (Jaen, Spain)
Mara Carmen Hdalgo, Diego Rojas, Claus Kohfahl, Javier Rey, Julin Martnez, Mara Jos de la Torre and Jos Benavente, University of Jaen, Instituto Geolgico y Minero de Espaa and University of Granada, Spain
Electrical Resistivity Imaging in Abandoned Mining Dams: The Influence of Measurement Conditions (La Carolina District, Southern Spain)
Javier Rey, Julin Martnez, Mara Carmen Hidalgo, Jess Garrido, Diego Rojas, Claus Kohfahl and Jos Benavente, University of Jan, University of Granada, Spain
Pit Lakes
Pit Lake Rebound Modeling, a Fully Integrated Approach Using FEFLOW
Alexia Carpentier and Robin Dufour, DHI Group, Peru
Use of Pit Lake Water Quality Prediction as a Tool to Support Management of Mine Closure Decisions
Luciano Santos, Pimenta de vila Consultoria e Projetos Ltda, Brazil

Saturday, April 25, 2015

Technical Visits to:
Los Pelambres Mine
Codelco Andina Water Treatment Plant*
*Doctors approval required.