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Final Program

 

Note: A list of all authors and their talks/posters is here.

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      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
9:40 - 9:50  
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
10:40 - 10:50  
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
11:10 - 11:20    
11:20 - 11:30    
11:30 - 11:40   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      
12:50 - 13:00          
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13:50 - 14:00          
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        
16:20 - 16:30                  
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                  
17:20 - 17:30                          
17:30 - 17:40 Welcome Reception @ Koombana Bay Sailing Club                        
17:40 - 17:50                        
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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