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Final Program
Note: A list of all authors and their talks/posters is here.
You can also download the final program as a spreadsheet here.
| Sunday 30 September 2012 | Monday 1 October 2012 | Tuesday 2 October 2012 | Wednesday 3 October 2012 | Thursday 4 October 2012 | Friday 5 October 2012 | Saturday 6 October 2012 | Sunday 7 October 2012 | ||||||||||||||
| ECU | BEC | 6.102 | 6.101 | 5.113/114 | 3.119AB | 6.102 | 6.101 | 5.113/114 | 3.119AB | BEC | 6.102 | 6.101 | 5.113/114 | 3.119AB | |||||||
| 8:00 | - | 8:10 | Registration | Transport from Bunbury to ECU | Post Conference Tour | Post Conference Tour | |||||||||||||||
| 8:10 | - | 8:20 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8:20 | - | 8:30 | Site-wide Mine Water Management Session Plenary: Exemplar mine-site water management A necessity in an era of climatic variability. Geoff Pettifer 0122 | AMD - Processes and treatment Session Plenary: Where do we need to go to in mine water management. C. Wolkersdorfer | Mine Dewatering Session Plenary: Mine dewatering and depressurisation: Industry experiences and challenges Jon Hall | ||||||||||||||||
| 8:30 | - | 8:40 | Welcome to Country | Keynote 7: Paul Vogel, EPA strategies to address current mining issues in Western Australia, in particular as they pertain to water | |||||||||||||||||
| 8:40 | - | 8:50 | Organiser Welcome | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8:50 | - | 9:00 | President Welcome and Mayoral address | Forensic analysis of mine water impacts - A mass balance approach. C. Gimber 0016 | Review of sulphate reduction based bioprocesses for the treatment of acid mine drainage and recovery of metals. A. Kaksonen 0033 | Shallow anthropogenic aquifers may provide a solution to reduce nitrate in dirty mine water? F.Botha 0132 | |||||||||||||||
| 9:00 | - | 9:10 | John Finlay Jones welcome |
Technical Tours & Tourist Tour in Bunbury |
Keynote 6: Sue Vink, Mine water management in variable climate regimes 0142 | Post Conference Tour | |||||||||||||||
| 9:10 | - | 9:20 | What is a representative pan factor value for the eastern Pilbara? A. Jha 0067 | Approaches to predetermine the variables affecting the efficiency for the design of mining effluents and acidic drainage treatment systems. N.H. Nora H. Panos 0031 | Mine of the Future™: The automated mine dewatering design module of PBMO™. E.Lim 0039 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9:20 | - | 9:30 | Housekeeping | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9:30 | - | 9:40 | Keynote 1: David Jones, Water in mining challenges for the Australian and international mining industry. 0141 | Advances in hydrogeologic testing for mineral exploration. J. Adams 0071 | Research and development on passive mine drainage treatment using anaerobic bioreactor. H. Furuya 0085 | Dewatering of opencast mines using horizontal wells. H. Mansel 0082 | Keynote 7: Adrian Brown, Bankable mine inflow and impact determination 0052 | Bus transfer Bunbury to Perth | |||||||||||||
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| 9:50 | - | 10:00 | Hydraulic performance of liners in tailings management and heap leach facilities. J. Waterhouse 0022 | Stream sediment geochemistry of the Olifants catchment, South Africa: Implication for acid mine drainage. R. Netshitungulwana 0073 | Ecotoxicology of actively treated mine waters. A. Harford 0020 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10:00 | - | 10:10 | Keynote 2: Phil Gorey, Key issues/challenges to the industry including water supply, AMD and mine dewatering, and DMP’s expectation | Keynote 8: Maximising use of waters produced by mining M.Schultze 0103 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10:10 | - | 10:20 | Mt Leyshon gold mine automated monitoring network: Meeting environmental and social commitments. R. Haymont 0054 | Biological sulphate reduction of acid mine drainage using primary sewage sludge. J. Poinapen 0102 | An alternative approach to managing dewatering in an open pit mine. S. Trott 0065 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10:20 | - | 10:30 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10:30 | - | 10:40 | Morning Tea | Morning Tea | Morning Tea | ||||||||||||||||
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| 10:50 | - | 11:00 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11:00 | - | 11:10 | Keynote 3: Pandey Sanjeev, Coal seam Assessment and management of cumulative groundwater impacts from CSG extraction | Abandoned Mine Issues Session Plenary: The Collie Pit Lake District, Western Australia: An overview. Mark Lund 0142 | Mine Water Management: A Department of Water Perspective: Water management associated with the mining industry in Western Australia. M. Leybourne | Treatment and Disposal of Mine Waters Session Plenary: Treatment and disposal of mine waters J.Taylor | Transport to ECU | ||||||||||||||
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Keynote 4: Andrew Moser, Coal Seam Gas Water Management Exceeding Australia’s Most Stringent Water Conditions |
The status and implications of the AMD legacy facing South Africa. M.Makgae 0030 | Mine dewatering in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. H. Mohsenzadeh & G. Humphreys | The impact of co-disposal of sulphate brines on a fly-ash dam, a study of the physical-chemical influence on drainage patterns G. Steyl 0014 | |||||||||||||||
| 11:40 | - | 11:50 | Mine Closure: Chair: P. Rousseau. Pit lakes as terminal sinks: a new approach to best available practice mine closure. C. McCullough 0010 Session sponsored by Aditya Birla | Treatment and disposal of mine waters: Chair: O. Novhe. Zero Discharge Desalination (ZDD) technology – Achieving maximum water recovery. A. Dal-Corobbo 0088 | Acid mine drainage - processes and treatment: Chair: G. Steyl.Treatment plant to allow mine water release, Morro Da Mina, Brazil. S. Hawker 0107 | Coal mines - managing groundwater and impacts for open pit and underground mines: Chair: W. Timms. Managing groundwater impacts at Loy Yang coal mine Latrobe Valley, Victoria. G. Foley 0116 | |||||||||||||||
| 11:50 | - | 12:00 | Revegetation of historic acidic mine waste with Agrostis capillaris – Remediation strategy. S. Karlsson 0090 | Collie Basin (Optimising water resource use). B. Thurlow | Strategies to reduce AMD liability treatment costs at Stockton Coal Mine, New Zealand D. Thomas 0064 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12:00 | - | 12:10 | Transport | Deriving surface water quality closure criteria for natural waterbodies adjacent to an Australian uranium mine. C. Humphrey 0068 | Membrane based water and wastewater treatment solutions. T. Lilley 0006 | Mineralogical and geochemical studies on pyrite and chalcopyrite oxidations in the Sarcheshmeh copper mine tailings. S. Malakooti 0113 | Simulation of water balance in dump slopes of open-cast mining pits for geo-mechanical stability prognosis. P. Graeber 0135 | ||||||||||||||
| 12:10 | - | 12:20 | Antimony contamination at abandoned mine sites. R. Cidu 0036 | Novel salt extractor system for Tailings, Mine Run-off, and the International Space Station. B. Sparrow 0133 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12:20 | - | 12:30 | The importance of having an agreed plan. J. Robertson 0108 | Novel application of membrane distillation for acid and water recovery of mining waste waters. U. Kesieme 0017 | Assessing the acid and metalliferous leaching potential of a mineral sands deposit: From field to laboratory. M. Landers 0119 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12:30 | - | 12:40 | Lunch | Lunch | |||||||||||||||||
| 12:40 | - | 12:50 | Lunch | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 14:00 | - | 14:10 | Geochemistry of mine waters Session Plenary: Geochemical assessment of mineral waste through the mine life cycle. Rosalind Green 0041 | Pit Lakes Session Plenary: Water and mining issues for mine closure in Western Australia. Xuan Nguyen. Session sponsored by Premier Coal | Chair: John Waterhouse. Is water conservation and water demand management a real option? F. Botha 0131 | Chair: Bob Kleinmann. Groundwater-surface water interaction; implications for the closure of open pit mines, Pilbara region. S. Dogramaci 0136 | Chair: Jennifer Geroni. A novel approach to exploit indigenous mining algal-microbes in a photo-rotating biological contactor for heavy metal removal from acid mine drainage. S. Orandi 0043 | Mine water and climate change: Chair: M. Worsa-Kozak. Heat potential of a flooded mine in the Siegerland-Wied District, Germany. G. Wieber 0021 | Chair: Rosa Cidu. Removal of lead and zinc from a neutral mine water using iron tailings and iron oxyhydroxide coated iron tailings. M. Backstrom 0060 | Chair: Andrew Harford. Concomitant removal of iron and NAPLs within a mine water treatment system. J. Geroni 0025 | |||||||||||
| 14:10 | - | 14:20 | Uranium Mining and Water: Chair: Danie Vermeulen. Characterisation of hydrogeological conditions and solute transport pathways in the region of the Ranger Uranium Mine tailings storage facility, Northern Territory, Australia. A. Puhalovich 0062 | Groundwater and coal seam gas developments: Chair: D. Bringemeier. A South African perspective on shale gas hydraulic fracturing. D. Vermeulen 0013 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14:20 | - | 14:30 | The future of water in the mining industry. J. Rowe 0105 | Best left to leach? Geochemical understanding of waste tips at abandoned metal mines. A. Turner 0028 | Treatment of acidic and neutral metal-laden mine waters with bonemeal filters. M. Backstrom 0035 | Climate science in mine water system design. J. Ahern 0111 | Study on mine-influenced water and the possibility to extract copper metal from tailings deposition in Bor, Serbia. N. Masuda 0063 | Oxidation process and hydrology of tailings storage facilities (TSFs): Implication for acid mine drainage from TSFs management - The Witwatersrand experience, South Africa. B. Yibas 0077 | |||||||||||||
| 14:30 | - | 14:40 | A critical review of static geochemical test methods applied to mining wastes, including their applicability to field conditions. P. Rousseau 0121 | Improved calculation of groundwater heads for environmental management in the Great Artesian Basin, Australia. G. Bekesi 0042 | The implications of redox conditions for the perpetual management of mine pit lakes. P. Whittle 0032 | Leading practices for assessing the integrity of confining strata: application to mining and coal-seam gas extraction. W. Timms 0095 | |||||||||||||||
| 14:40 | - | 14:50 | Management of mine and tailings seepage water discharge in an intensively used watershed. T. Metschies 0056 | Keeping the lid on it. J. Robertson 0109 | Effective desorption of metals from loaded biomass using response surface methodology based on Box-Behnken design. E. Fosso-Kankeu 0086 | The impact of climate change on future flows in the Hotham River. C. O'Hara 0024 | The next step in the bioremediation of heavy metal polluted water: development of suitable microbial-sorbent. E. Fosso-Kankeu 0087 | Application of a jet loop reactor to enhance removal of sulphates from mine water using coal fly ash, lime and aluminium hydroxide. W. Gitari 0080 | |||||||||||||
| 14:50 | - | 15:00 | Revegetation of historic acidic mine waste with Agrostis capillaris – Impact on leachate composition in pot experiments. S. Karlsson 0089 | Dewatering of a underground uranium mine in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada. R. Bashir 0008 | Upper and lower concentration thresholds for bioremediation of acid mine drainage using bulk organic substrates. N.Kumar 0140 | Hydrochemical compatibility assessments of aquifer injection of treated coal seam gas water into Surat Basin aquifers. M. Landers 0118 | |||||||||||||||
| 15:00 | - | 15:10 | Bus transfer Perth to Bunbury | Reducing capital expenditure using probalistic simulation for water management. A. Craven 0110 | One and three dimensional modelling of sub-surface solute transport processes in the region of Ranger Uranium Mine's tailings storage facility, Northern Territory, Australia. A. Puhalovich 0061 | Liming of acid surface waters: Effect of water constituents and material impurities on calcite dissolution kinetics. M. Schipek 0034 | Modeling the impact of a possible climate change on the water balance in post-mining areas R. Blankenburg 0081 | A case study of underground brine storage. T. Harck 0124 | Ettringite precipitation vs. nano-filtration for efficient sulphate removal from mine water. E. Janneck 0074 | ||||||||||||
| 15:10 | - | 15:20 | Zn-Al sulphate layered double hydroxide for Mo uptake. F.Frau 0019 | Conclusions from using an active production well for mine drawdown compliance. G. Bekesi 0044 | Riverine breach and subsequent decant of an acidic pit lake: evaluating the effects of riverine flow-through on lake stratification and chemistry. C. McCullough 0011 | Development of a management tool to optimize the beneficial reuse of associated (produced) water in eastern Australia. R. Jakubowski 0137 | |||||||||||||||
| 15:20 | - | 15:30 | POSTER SESSION | Afternoon Tea | |||||||||||||||||
| 15:30 | - | 15:40 | Afternoon Tea | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15:40 | - | 15:50 | Closing Ceremony | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15:50 | - | 16:00 | Chair: Chris Gimber. Groundwater modelling meets geochemistry: Building the bridge between FEFLOW and PHREEQC with IFMPhreeqc. E. De Sousa 0097 | Chair: Fanie Botha: Remediation strategy for a waste rock dump at a uranium leach operation. M. Frenzel 0075 | Chair: Jerry Vandenberg. Pit lake modelling - The total system approach. G. Roemer 0037 | Chair: B. Allard. Experience-based approaches to coal mine groundwater evaluation in Kalimantan, Indonesia. J. Waterhouse 0002 | Tailing dam management practices - A review of three case studies. G. Thorne 0139 | An evaluation on coal mining safety above high pressure confined aquifers in a deep coalmine. W. Sui 0096 | Treatment of acid mine drainage (AMD) using iron oxides. J. Navratil 0007 | Evaluation of the applicability of the passive treatment for the management of polluted mine water in the Witwatersrand Goldfields, South Africa. N.O. Novhe 0051 | |||||||||||
| 16:00 | - | 16:10 | Analysis of Pit Lakes Using Integrated Surface Water Groundwater Simulation. V. Guvanasen. 0156 | Investigation of phosphatic-vermiculite-heavy metal interaction and the implication to pollution of Solati River in Limpopo Province, South Africa. H. Mengistu. 0155 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16:10 | - | 16:20 | Getting rid of chemical analysis – Mine water management with indicator parameters. C. Wolkersdorfer 0101 | Review of solute selection for water quality and bioaccumulation monitoring at a Northern Australian uranium mine. A. Frostick 0104 | Post-Closure Mining Pit Lake Water Quality Modelling D. Dettrick 0045 | Water security and engineering innovation for the Southdown Project. D. Visser 0005 | Sustainable “zero discharge” approach – practical examples from active and ceased mining operations in South Eastern Europe. B. Tabakov 0125 | Manganese and vanadium uptake by Cynodon dactylon grass species: A case study in New Union Gold Mine tailings, Limpopo, South Africa. J. Gumbo 0076 | Removal of vanadium from neutralized acid mine drainage (AMD) by adsorption to saw dust. B. Allard 0091 | Influence of acid mine drainage on river water quality in the vicinity of the Osamu Utsumi uranium mine, Caldas Minas Gerais, Brazil. C. A. de Carvalho Filho 0083 | |||||||||||
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| 16:30 | - | 16:40 | Predicting the acid production potential of Mpumalanga coal mines. G. Steyl 0038 | Dispersion of heavy metals at Louis Moore gold tailings dam, Limpopo Province, South Africa. J. Ogola 0126 | Inrush and mine inundation - A real threat to Australian coal mines? D. Bringemeier 0047 | Role of private sector and national policy for rehabilitation of abandoned mines in Portugal. H. M. Anawar 0084 | Former pit mine dive parks. P. Buzzacott 0099 | Influence of mine water on surface water in Milek catchment (Sowie Mts., SW Poland). M. Worsa-Kozak 0098 | Evaluating the environmental impacts after the closure of mining activities, using remote sensing and GIS methods. The case study of Aliveri mine area. E. Vasileiou 0050 | Optimisation of a floating sulphur biofilm in a passive acid mine drainage treatment system. N. Mooruth 0069 | |||||||||||
| 16:40 | - | 16:50 | Transport back to Bunbury | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16:50 | - | 17:00 | Transport (to and from Bunbury) | Assessment of Lake Carey During Flood: A Temporary Aquatic System Subject to Mine Dewatering. F. Taukulis | A vertical flow reactor for removal of iron from zinc-rich AMD. K. Florence 0004 | Seawater desalination of the Chilean coast for water supply to the mining industry. F. Knops 0009 | Investigation of the quality of water samples in the entrance and effluents from the Sarcheshmeh copper mine tailings, Kerman, Iran. S. Malakooti 0112 | ||||||||||||||
| 17:00 | - | 17:10 | Bus transfer Bunbury to Perth | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17:10 | - | 17:20 | IMWA Executive Meeting | Transport back to Bunbury | |||||||||||||||||
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| 17:30 | - | 17:40 | Welcome Reception @ Koombana Bay Sailing Club | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 17:50 | - | 18:00 | Free Evening | Transport from Bunbury to Venue | |||||||||||||||||
| 18:00 | - | 18:10 | Aussie BBQ | Conference Dinner @ Southwest Italian Club | Transfer bus to Perth | ||||||||||||||||
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| 20:00 | - | 20:10 | Transport back to Bunbury | ||||||||||||||||||
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