AMD 2011 Program
Leading edge practice across resource cycles
The program for the 7th Acid and Metalliferous Drainage Workshop will include plenary discussions, keynote presentations, and technical presentations.
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Monday 20 June 2011
The Fundamentals of Acid and Metalliferous Drainage
Welcome and Introduction
Understanding the Nature of AMD Generation – Causes and Impacts
Prediction and Identification
Managing AMD from Mine Waste Materials
Treatment Options
Case studies
The Importance of Mine Planning
Managing Mine Waste Materials
Legacy Issues
INAP’s Global Acid Rock Drainage (GARD) Guide
Welcome to the Short Course
Introduction to the GARD Guide
Structure and Content of the GARD Guide
The Business Case for ARD Development
Characterisation and Sampling: Case Study
Mine Water Treatment and Case Study
Conclusions and Closure: Future of the GARD Guide
Tuesday 21 June 2011
Implementing AMD Risk Reviews Across GlobalOperations
Economic Pre-Feasibility Work – Linking AMD Hazardsand Risks to Operations and Closure
INAP’s GARD Guide – An Update on Implementation andRollout
The 8th ICARD Update on Global Progress
CNAMD – Progress in Asia
Appropriate Geo-Cover Systems for Different Climates
Acidification of a Sandy Aquifer with Declining Rainfall and Increasing Abstraction: Implications for Groundwater Management with Climate Change
Applicability of Cover Designs in Different Climates of Australia
Design Considerations for Active Treatment of Acid Rock Drainage in a High Rainfall Equatorial Region
Understanding the Long-term Seepage Chemistry of Base
Metal Mine Tailings in a Semi-Arid Tropical Climate, Mount Isa, Australia
The Benefits of Kinetic Testwork Using Oxygen
Consumption Techniques and Implications for the Management of Sulfidic Materials
Improved Results Using New AMD Material Classification Criteria
Geochemical Risk Assessment Process for Rio Tinto’s
Pilbara Iron Ore Mines
Wednesday 22 June 2011
Emerging Trends in the Development of Stable Mine Waste Landforms and Cover Systems for Reactive Materials
Monitoring of Cadia’s “Store and Release” Covers Over a Potentially Acid Forming Trial Waste Rock Dump: Four Years On
State-of-the Art Performance Monitoring of Cover Systems – Moving from Point Scale to Macro Scale Approaches
Waste Rock Dump Rainfall Infiltration and Base Seepage
Development and Implementation of a Remediation Plan for Small Scale Uranium Mining Activities
Integrated Acid Rock Drainage Management at the Phu Kham Copper Gold Operation in Lao PDR
Assessment of Alkaline Cover Performance for Abatement of ARD from Waste Rock Dumps at Savage River Mine
Demonstrating Leading Practice in AMD Planning for Mine Closure: Why Does Understanding Tailings Geochemistry Matter?
AMD & Ephemeral Creeks in NW Queensland – Case Study: Page Creek MMG Century Mine
Mitigation and Control of the World’s Most Acidic Mine Drainage: A Case Study of Iron Mountain Mine, California, USA
The Formation, Fate, and Effects of “Floc” from Acid Mine Drainage in Stream Waters
Acidity Load Contributions from Highwall Sources at the Brukunga Mine
Friday 24 June 2011
Waste Rock Hydrology and Oxygen Transport - An Overview of Full Scale Excavations and Scale-up Experiments Conducted over the Last Two Decades
A New Approach to Integration of Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Texture for Improving Prediction of Acid Metalliferous Drainage from Abandoned Mines
The Maghemite Sludge Process: a Potential New Method for Active Neutralisation of AMD
Rapid On Site Screening (ROSS) Technology and its Practical Applications for Acid and Metalliferous Drainage Studies
A Novel Approach to Management of Waste Rock and Tailings Sulfidic Waste
State-of-the-Practice of Mine-Impacted Water Restoration in the U.S.
Passive Treatment of Mine Drainage Arsenic and Antimony through Adsorption by AMD Precipitates, West Coast, New Zealand
A Sulphate Reducing Bioreactor – Part of Strategic Stormwater Drainage at Nyrstar's Hobart Smelter
Passive Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage using Waste Mussel Shell, Stockton Coal Mine New Zealand
Factors Influencing Inland Acid Sulfate Soil Formation in South-Eastern Australia
Invited Panel Discussion Workshop Review