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AMD Short Courses, Sunday, 19 October

UQ Brisbane City, 308 Queen Street, Brisbane

Short course start times TBC - see webpage for details
Welcome Reception, The Atrium, UQ Brisbane City 5pm (after the short courses)
See venues webpage for directions and transport information
 

AMD Workshop Day 1, Monday 20 October

Customs House, 399 Queen Street, Brisbane
See venues webpage for directions and transport information
 
8.00 - 8.30amRegistration
8.30 - 9.00am
Opening Remarks: SMI & CRC-TiME & INAP
9.00 - 9.30amWhy ML/ARD is such an intractable issue and some solutions – Bill Price
9.30 - 9.40amQ&A
9.40 - 10.05amManaging mine wastes – what should be the focus? – Paul Brown (Rio Tinto)
10.05 - 10.30amAMD management through mine planning and selective material handling – Marilena Stimpfl (BHP)
10.30 - 11.00amMorning tea
11.00 - 11.25amImplementing leading practice geochemical design and construction – observations from McArthur River mine, Northern Territory, Australia – Pyramo Marianelli (Glencore)
11.25 - 11.50amClearing the hurdles of mine water management for greenfield sites – Rosalind Green (Rio Tinto)
11.50 - 12.15pmElk River Source control case study - Vanessa Mann (Elk Valley) 
12.15 - 12.40pmSource Control for AMD Risk Management using Cover System and Landform Design: Lessons from a Quarter Century of Practice - Mike O’Kane
 
12.40-1.25pmLunch
 Case Studies
1.25 - 1.45pm
Design of Engineered Landforms to Improve Closure Outcomes - Paul Weber
1.45 - 2.05pmSource Control for Acid and Metalliferous Drainage (AMD) at the Rum Jungle Legacy site – Paul Ferguson
2.05 - 2.25pmWater Quality Performance Objectives and Geochemical Characterisation for the Rum Jungle, Northern Territory (NT), Australia – David Jones
2.30 - 3.30pmParallel Session1Parallel Session 2 
 Bridging Mine Planning and Waste Management: Optimizing Early-Stage ARD Prediction through Integrated Characterization and Monitoring - Rishika Sharma
Assessing Large Static Geochemical Datasets for AMD Risk - Sophie Pape
 Assessing Large Mineralogical Datasets for Potential Geochemical Hazards - John WatersImproved predictions of acid and metalliferous drainage for greenfield projects - Wenqiang Zhang
 Turning the Tide: Advanced Monitoring at AMD Creek's Closed Mine using CSIRO’s Vesi™ technology- Daniella CarusoFrom Microstructure to Macro impact: The Critical Role of
Permeability–Tortuosity–Porosity Model in Predicting Acid Mine Drainage from Mine Waste - Wenran Cao
 
 Electrochemical treatment of acid mine drainage to manage rehabilitation and recover resources - Luke BerryKey parameters for assessing the chemical stability of coal tailings storage facilities using laboratory kinetic tests - Abdulraheem O Anumah
 
 Integrated pH elixir premium solutions for AMD control - Todd VacherCO2 Emissions from AMD Treatment at Mt. Morgan Mine: Implications for Legacy Pit Lake Water Quality Management - A Febriana
 Q&AQ&A
3.30 - 3.55pmAfternoon tea
3.55 - 4.15pmAMD management at a legacy arsenic-tin mine in Eastern Australia - Ashton Soltys
4.15 - 4.35pmA Standardised Method to Assess the AMD Source Hazard and Associated Geochemical Risks – Karan Jain 
4.35 - 4.55pmTBD
4.55 - 5.35pmPanel discussion on source control, comprising representatives from Industry, INAP, SMI / CRC TiME, Specialist Consultants
5.35 - 5.45pmSummary
5.45 - 7.30pmNetworking event (River Room, Customs House)

AMD Workshop Day 2, Tuesday 21 October

8.30 - 8.35amProgram update
8.35 - 9.10amGaps in ML/ARD knowledge that are obstacles to successful practices -Bill Price
 
9.10 - 9.30amModern Tools, Better Predictions: Advancing from PAF/NAF to Provide Refined Water Quality Insights – Hugh Davies (Newmont)
9.30 - 9.50amMitigating AMD risk from active and legacy underground mines – Jeff Taylor
9.50 - 10.10amMachine Learning methods applied to ARD mine water management - Tom Muezelaar
10.10 - 10.30amThe Tool for Acid Rock Drainage and Metal Leaching Prevention and Management: Transforming Global Leading Practices into Asset-Level Decision Support - Rebecca Paisley
10.30 - 11.00amMorning tea
11.00 - 12.40pmParallel Session 1Parallel Session 2
 CRC TiME Acid and Metalliferous Drainage Test Handbook – Sarah HarmerDevelopment of alternative kinetic leach test method for non-free draining coal mine wastes - Alex Watson
 A leading practice approach for field-scale cover system trials in Queensland, Louisa Nicolson (Office of the Queensland Mine Rehabilitation Commissioner)A case study assessment of the failure of net acid generation testing in the presence of Mn-containing phases - Andrea Gershon
 Water Quality Modelling of Backfilled Pits in Australasia - Leo Navarro Use of X‐ray fluorescence, thermogravimetric analysis and hyperspectral airborne survey to support and supplement geochemical mine waste characterisation - Colleen Burges 
 Understanding the sulfide oxidation behaviours in two AMD waste rocks from a gold mine - Gujie QianEarly Prediction of AMD through Integration of Hyperspectral and XRF Core Scanning- Based Geoenvironmental Indices in Queensland Mineral Systems - Enrique Sáez Salgado 
 Establishing water quality criteria for protection of AMD-impacted rivers using biological and chemical monitoring datasets: Hercules Mine case study - Tom RobsonField and Laboratory Scale Investigations of AMD Potential in Mine Waste at Three Coal Mines in the Bowen Basin - Andrew Garvie
12.40 - 1.25pmLunch 
1.25 - 3.05pmParallel Session 1Parallel Session 2
 The geochemical evolution of mine void water chemistry over 25 years at the Mt Lyell Copper mine, Tasmania, Australia - Lois KoenkhenGeochemical study of pyrrhotite and pyrite reactivity in tailings Eloise copper mine, Queensland, Australia
 Monitoring and Modelling of Hydrological and Geochemical Processes in Large in-situ Waste Rock Leaching Columns- Chenming Zhang Iron ore mine AMD management - hey people, its not just about acid rock drainage! - Andrew Botfield
 Improved Mining Sulfur Management through Biological Strategies - Lesley Warren Impacts of AMD on TSF Seepage Pathways and Physical Stability - Jennifer Durocher
 Combining Genomics and Kinetic Leaching Tests to Quantify Microbial Influence on Sulfide Oxidation - Nick FalkInnovations in Advanced Real-Time Continuous Monitoring of Acid Mine Drainage - Annete Nolan
 TBDGeochemical and Mineralogical Behaviour of Spontaneously Combusting Metalliferous Mine Waste Rocks – Dipanshu Sharma
3.05 - 3.30pmAfternoon tea
3.30 - 4.15pmSpecial session: Mineral waste processing
 Reprocessing of Mine Wastes – The circular economy providing opportunities to improve the management of sulfidic materials – Pascal Defferrard (New Century Resources) 
 
Assessing Waste Critical Metals Potential and Acid and Metalliferous Drainage Risks at an Abandoned Gold Lode Mine in Normanby, Southeast Queensland - Francesco Columbi
 Finding value in mining waste: towards development of an international standard - Artem Golev (Geological Survey of Queensland) 
4.15 - 5.00pmCRCTiME panel discussion: No enduring pollution: Residual AMD risk, asset transfer, and post-mining land use
5.00 - 5.20pmSummary and Workshop close
Posters
Pyrite microencapsulation by composite inorganic coatings in acidic conditions for acid mine drainage mitigation: A one-year experimental study - Misbah Fatima Hussaina
Spatial and temporal (annual and decadal) trends of metal(loid) concentrations and loads in an acid mine drainage-affected river - Elin Jennings
Scale up AMD predictions for cold and dry climates – Sheyla Palomino 
Application of drones in mine waste and AMD assessments - WH Bryan Mining Geology Research Centre, Sustainable Minerals Institute, UQ

Wednesday 22 October

 
This 5-year project is funded through CRCTiME and is conducted by a collaborative research team based at Flinders University and the Sustainable Minerals Institute. 

The project involves the University of Windsor, eight mining and METS companies, Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia (MRIWA), the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE), International Network for Acid Prevention (INAP), and Blue Minerals Consultancy.
Link to the project brief 
 
This workshop is in the Level 4 Seminar Room, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus