Tailings 2012

IIR's 6th Annual Tailings conference focuses on finding cost effective, environmentally progressive, and safe tailings solutions to ensure your mining operation remains ecologically sound to prevent negative opinion or compromise your mine's financial position.

Tailings 2012 provides you with invaluable insights into the latest developments and innovations in tailings management, through practical seminars, presentations, panel sessions & workshops.

Featuring a range of expert contributions including:

Douglas Bacon, Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Division of Environmental Response & Remediation (DERR), State of Utah, US
- Addressing his experience overseeing the CERCLA response actions at the Kennecott Utah Copper Mine operations which have been performed in conjunction with the active mining operations, and his work with the Interstate Technology Regulatory Council's Mine Waste Team.

Professor Pavel Danihelka, Laboratory of Risk Research and Management, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
- Pavel will discuss risk management principles, including risk prevention, consequence mitigation and emergency preparedness strategies, touching upon his experience as part of the Working Group on Tailing Facility Safety under the United Nations Ad-hoc Joint Expert Group on Transboundary Accidents.

Featuring expert commentary and analysis from:

Dr Phil Gorey, Executive Director Environment, Department of Mines and Petroleum, WA
- Examining implications of the new WA mine closure plan guidelines on tailings management

Ryan Vogwill, Supervising Hydrologist, Department of Environment and Conservation, WA
- Understanding off site environmental impacts from tailings storage facilities and mine sites

Neil Dickinson, Superintendent - Civil, Rio Tinto Alcan
- Strategies for tailings transport - pipeline and distribution management employed at Rio Tinto Alcan’s Weipa mine

Kugan Kuganathan, Metallurgist - George Fisher Mine, Xstrata Zinc
- Utilising old tailings deposits to create pastefill mine backfill – experiences at Xstrata Zinc's George Fisher Mine.

John Farrow, Theme Leader, Creating Wealth Through Advanced Processing Technologies, CSIRO Minerals Down Under Flagship
- Looking at integrated approaches to tailings management utilising Paste and Thickened Tailings (PTT) methods

David Williams, Director and Principal, Global Leader, Mine Tailings Services, Golder Associates Pty Ltd
- Tailings storage facility expansion - best practice strategies for dam wall lifting and impound expansion

Dr Gotz Bickert, Senior Lecturer, UNSW
- Examining the latest techniques for water reclamation and filtration - maximising water recovery

Harley Lacy, Managing Director, Outback Ecology
- Presenting examples of best practice TSF closure planning and rehabilitation processes

Plus many more...

Featuring an exclusive POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP:
Life of mine tailings storage facility management
Wednesday 28 September 2011 | Led by Keith Seddon, Technical Manager/Principal Engineer, ATC Williams

Click here to view workshop details...

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