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Coal Tailings Impoundments: Risks, Responses and AlternativesSydney, New South Wales, May 2008 ACG Course Number: 0804 Presenters: A. Fourie (Australian Centre for Geomechanics), A. Garvie (SRK Consulting), J. Hives (Runge Ltd), D. Holmes (Department of Primary Industries, NSW), N. Mattes (URS Australia Pty Ltd), T. Martin (NSW Mine Safety Operations), R. McConnell (Environmental Protection Agency, Queensland), M. Nolan (Department of Primary Industries, NSW), P.J.N. Pells (Pells Sullivan Meynink Pty Ltd), K. Seddon (MPA Williams / Australian Tailings Consultants), G. Swarbrick (Pells Sullivan Meynink Pty Ltd). Readership: The two-day seminar addressed issues facing owners, operators and designers of coal tailings storage facilities and their obligation to comply with the relevant operating standards and closure requirements. Special emphasis was placed on decommissioning issues and problems of water management on coal tailings storage sites. The seminar included case studies, specialist presentations and discussion sessions.
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Mine Water Management SeminarPerth, Western Australia, June 2007 ACG Course Number: 0704 Presenters: B. Bates (CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research), K. Berry (Nickel West BHP Billiton), T. Campbell (Geoforce), R. Evans (University of Queensland), A. Fourie (ACG), A. Garvie (SRK Consulting), S. Gregory (Outback Ecology), J. Hall (Aquaterra), E. Hauck (Department of Water (WA)), G. Hookey (Golder Associates Pty Ltd), G. Humphreys (Department of Water (WA)), R. Humphries (Water Corporation of WA), G. McPhail (Metago Environmental Engineers (Australia) Pty Ltd), S. Muller (SRK Consulting), V. Piper (Aquaterra), J. Vermaak (Golder Associates Pty Ltd), A. Wright (Metago Environmental Engineers). Readership: The seminar discussed techniques and procedures that can help a mining operation reduce water consumption and minimise the impacts of mining on ground and surface water resources. Issues such as stormwater management, basic hydrology, pit lake management, use of constructed wetlands, acid drainage, seepage monitoring, dewatering, and the incorporation of uncertainty in predicting water demand were covered.
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Rheology WorkshopPerth, Western Australia, March 2007 ACG Course Number: 0701 Presenters: A. Beveridge ( Ciba Specialty Chemicals), R. Cooke (Paterson & Cooke Consulting Engineers), A. Fourie (ACG), A. Paterson (Paterson & Cooke Consulting Engineers), F. Sofra (Rheological Consulting Services), R. Triglavcanin (Outokumpu Technology (Aust) Pty Ltd). Readership: This highly sought after workshop dealt with the complexities of paste preparation and the resulting rheology – to further understanding of how slurry operations and minerals processing benefit from this rapidly evolving technology. It was of particular interest to those who are responsible for the design, selection, operation and maintenance of mineral processing, slurry handling and tailings operations.
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Tailings & Paste Management, and Decommissioning & Water ManagementPerth, Western Australia, November-December 2005 ACG Course Number: 0509 Presenters: D. Glenister (Environ Australia P/L), H. Jones (Golder Associates), D. Elias and J. Phillips (GHD), G. Bentel (BHP Billiton), J. Dwyer (BHP Billiton), A. Fourie (ACG), R. Triglavcanin (Outokumpu), H. Hutcheson (Bemax Resources), S. Masterson and P. Williams (Australian Tailings Consultants), G. McPhail (Metago), B. Biggs (Valback EMS), R. Watkins (Curtin Uni), R. Langford (DoIR). Readership: Site supervisory personnel and environmental officers. This seminar addressed the issues facing site personnel involved in the day-to-day management and operation of tailings storage facilities and the requirement to comply with the relevant operating standards and environmental and closure requirements. Special emphasis was placed on water management and decommissioning issues that are of increasing importance to mine site personnel.
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Tailings Management and DecommissioningPerth, Western Australia, November 2003 ACG Course Number: 0307 Presenters: H. Jones (Golder Associates), B. Biggs (Dept of Industry & Resources of W.A.), D. Elias (GHD Pty Ltd), R. Watkins (Curtin University), J. Dwyer (WMC Resources), H. Lacy (Outback Ecology), P. Scott (Sons of Gwalia), C. Hinz (UWA Soil Science), C. Lane (Soil & Rock Engineering), J. Phillips (GHD Pty Ltd), E. Cooksen (Newmont Australia), S. Jarvis (Alcoa World Alumina Australia), R. Jewell (ACG). Readership: Site supervisory personnel and environmental officers. The course was structured around different case studies to adress the conditions encountered in different mining operations and environments.
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First Minerals Processing and Tailings Rheology WorkshopMelbourne, Victoria, May 2003 ACG Course Number: 0304 Presenters: R. Jewell (ACG), M. Coghill, N. Vagias & C. Middleton (Rio Tinto), D. Boger & P. Scales (PFPC), B. Garraway (Outokumpu), L. Pullum (CSIRO), P. Griffin & T. Kealy (Rheology Solutions). Readership: The seminar was well attended by mine design, management, environment and operating staff as well as consulting engineers, equipment and product suppliers. The workshop program was designed to provide a sound understanding of mineral slurry and tailings rheology and question operating issues. The agenda included:
The workshop was in high demand and was of particular interest to operators, researchers, superintendents and engineers responsible for the design, selection, operation and maintenance of mineral processing, slurry handling and tailings operations. Seminar Proceedings include a CD Rom.
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International Seminar on Paste and Thickened TailingsMelbourne, Victoria, May 2003 ACG Course Number: 0303 Presenters: R. Jewell (ACG), B. Watts, D. Luke & B. Smith (BHP Billiton), D. Glenister & D. Cooling (Alcoa World Alumina), G. Bentel (WMC), T. Lord (Syncrude Canada), J. Doucet (Alcan Int), D. Boger, B. Ruse & P. Scales (Univ. of Melbourne), A. Paterson & G. Johnson (Paterson & Cooke Consulting), L. Pullum (CSIRO), M. Harrison (Valvtechnologies), G. Shou (Pipeline Systems), J. Houman (De Beers Kimberley Mines), M. Coghill (Rio Tinto), S. Slottee & D. Bedell (Dorr-Oliver EIMCO), R. Smart (Univ. of South Aust.), B. Dymond (Ciba Specialty Chemicals), S. Gregory (Newmont Aust.), D. Williams (GL & V Aust.), T. Grice (Aust. Mining Consultants), C. Lee (Golder Paste Technology), J. Coxon (St. Ives Gold), J. Blum (Albian Sands), K. Seddon (Aust. Tailings Consultants), A. Fourie (Univ. of Witwatersrand). Readership: The seminar was well attended by mine design, management, environment and operating staff as well as consulting engineers, equipment and product suppliers. The 2003 International Seminar on Paste and Thickened Tailings provided an insight into the important worldwide technological advances in the safe and environmentally sound disposal of tailings as well as the latest developments in this field. Two of the case studies presented explored the challenges being addressed in the commissioning of new high capacity thickened tailings plants for above ground deposition. Seminar Proceedings include an accompanying CD Rom.
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Tailings Management and DecommissioningPerth, Western Australia, December 2001 ACG Course Number: 0107 Presenters: Hugh Jones (Golder Associates), Bill Biggs (MPR), Stuart Masterson (Australian Tailings Consultants), Ron Watkins (Curtin University), David Elias (GHD), Chris Lane (Soil & Rock Engineering), Bob Allen (Homestake), Christoph Hinz (UWA Soil Science), Harley Lacy (Outback Ecology), Richard Jewell (ACG), David Williams (Golder Associates), Lee-Anne Stewart (Kundana Gold), Gary Bentel (WMC Resources), Steve Rusbridge (Paddington Gold), Bill Lyon & Bruce Hardy (BHP Billiton). Readership: This was a practical course for mine managers, site supervisory personnel, environmental officers and operators. This two-day course addressed the issues facing site personnel involved with the day-to-day management of tailings storage facilities and the requirement to comply with the relevant operating standards and closure requirements. Special emphasis was placed on the discussion of decommissioning issues that are of increasing importance to mine site personnel. The course consisted of case studies, specialist presentations and discussion sessions. It was structured around a number of case studies to address the conditions and challenges encountered in day-to-day mining, and innovative solutions utilised in different mining operations and environments. An introduction to thickened and paste tailings was included, a technique being considered increasingly as a means of expediting rehabilitation and mine closure activities.
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Paste Technology 2000 - An International Seminar on the Production and Disposal of Thickened/ Paste Tailings for Mine Backfill or on the SurfacePerth, Western Australia, April 2000 ACG Course Number: 2004 Presenters: Jane Aberdeen (CME), Jack Barrett (Barrett Partners), Garry Bentel (WMC), David Boger (Univ. Melbourne), Chris Colbourne (Goldfields Ltd), David Cooling (Alcoa), Martin Fahey (UWA), John Farrow (CSIRO), Andy Fourie (Univ. Witswatersrand), Mike Gowan (Golder Associates), Heather Hutcheson (Cable Sands), David Landriault (Golder Associates), Ted Lord (Syncrude), Richard Jewell (ACG), Hugh Jones (Golder Associates), Bruce Regensburg (Univ. Alberta), Keith Parker (CIBA), Angus Paterson (Paterson & Cooke), Lionel Pullum (CSIRO), Mathew Revell (BHP Cannington), Andrew Vietti (De Beers), Paul Williams (Australian Tailings Consultants). Readership: The seminar featured a series of technical presentations, case studies and discussion sessions to be of value to operators in the mining industry involved with, or interested in, the production or disposal of thickened tailings: consultants, equipment suppliers, reagent suppliers, environmental managers. Paste Technology 2000 was developed to address the issues of thickening, transporting and disposing of tailings for both surface disposal and underground backfill purposes. Peripheral, but vitally important issues such as the cost of tailings disposal, were also addressed in order that a comparison of the whole of life cost of conventional versus thickened tailings disposal could be made. In simple terms, Paste Technology 2000 provided the opportunity to be informed of issues such as;
The seminar proceedings include an accompanying CD Rom
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Tailings – Corporate Risk and ResponsibilitySydney, New South Wales, March 2000 ACG Course Number: 2001 Subseries: rehabilitation, tailings management, decommissioning, paste technology Presenters: Neil Jaycock (Richard Oliver Underwriting Managers), Jim Joy (University of Queensland (MISHC), Gavin Murray (Placer Dome Asia Pacific), Keith Ferguson (Placer Dome Canada), John Phillips (GHD), Tony Pooley (DMQ Consulting), Greg Sinclair (North Limited), Lloyd Townley (Townley and Associates), and Garry Willgoose (University of Newcastle). Readership: Senior executives and mine management personnel. This seminar was developed to increase the awareness of senior executives and mine management personnel as to the risks involved in tailings disposal, economic considerations, and the extent to which external stakeholders are becoming involved in strategic planning. The seminar presented and addressed the following questions;
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