LATEST NEWS!We are delighted to announce that Golder Associates have come onboard as the principal sponsor for Mine Waste 2010.
The ACG has developed a training DVD that provides TSF workers with an overview of the geomechanics principals associated with tailings disposal and the signs to identify high risk situations. |
BackgroundWhether the mining industry is in a boom period or a downturn, the universal truth is that there is rarely money to be made out of tailings management. The reality is that it is invariably solely a cost to a company. An understandable management approach is one in which cost minimisation is the sole criterion for successful tailings management. However, as has occurred time and time again, decisions based purely on minimising costs have let to major structural failures and disastrous environmental releases. Within the past three years there have been at least three failures of tailings storage resulting in fatalities, as well as many more minor incidents, all of which serve to tarnish the image of the mining industry. At a time when media and public scrutiny of incidents such as this is becoming more intense, the continuing licence to operate, as well as obtaining clearance for new developments, is being threatened by stakeholder perceptions of the dangers posed by mine waste storage facilities. |
Seminar ObjectivesThis seminar will tackle the full range of issues that constitute risks in the management of mining wastes, particularly tailings and waste rock. It will provide a forum where practitioners, researchers and regulators can debate key shortcomings in our current understanding of the performance of mine waste storage facilities and associated risks faced by owners and operators of these facilities. Aside from presentation of papers by selected authors, there will be a series of workshop sessions tackling specific issues of relevance, as well as a number of keynote lectures from international speakers to ensure the state-of-the-art is presented at this seminar. |
Seminar ThemesAbstracts are now invited for consideration for presentation at the seminar, which has the following broad themes:
When considering submission of an abstract, authors are reminded of the overall theme of the seminar; reducing risk in the mangement of tailings and mine waste. The driving goal of this seminar is that delegates come away with a number of new ideas and potential solutions to dealing with their mining waste issues in a way that minimises the impacts of these facilities on communities and the environment. |
Call for Papers - Submission of AbstractsIntending authors are requested to prepare and submit their abstracts before 1 March 2010. The abstracts are to be submitted in a Word document and should be limited to less than 500 words. The abstract is to provide a general scope of the work and applications. It should also include the title, authors, authors' affiliations and contact author's telephone and fax numbers, and email addresss. All accepted papers will be included in the Mine Waste 2010 seminar proceedings hardbound publication. Maximum paper length is 14 A4 size pages. Authors will be notified of abstract acceptance in March 2010. Please forward your abstract to the ACG via bel@acg.uwa.edu.au |
Key DatesSubmission of Abstracts - 1 March 2010 Submission of Papers - 31 May 2010 ACG TSF Workshop - 28 September 2010 Mine Waste 2010 Seminar - 29 September - 1 October 2010 |
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Australian Centre for GeomechanicsPhone: (+61 8) 6488 3300
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