The following 233 contributions were accepted for the IMWA 2025 conference. Student presentations (51) are marked with an 🎓, oral presentations (177) with the symbol and poster presentations (57) with the symbol.
Abdelkrim, BIlel; Moumni, Yahya; Msaddek, Mohamed Haythem; Abaab, Nabil; Agoubi, Belgacem; Antunes, Isabel Margarida Horta Ribeiro
🎓 Groundwater Contamination associated to Phosphate Mines: Challenges and Sustainable Remediation Strategies
Abeywickrama, Janith Tharanga; Hoth, Nils
🎓 Zinc Recovery from Abandoned Mine Drainage: Insights from the Freiberg Mining Region, Germany
Abfertiawan, Muhammad Sonny; Hasan, Faiz; Meutia, Raihannisa Rizqi; Al Fadhli, Rizky
Settling Characteristics and Treatment Strategies for Open-Cast Coal Mine Water in South Sumatra, Indonesia
Abfertiawan, Muhammad Sonny; Jati, Wahyu Sasangka; Syafila, Mindriany; Handajani, Marisa
Physicochemical Characterization of Nickel Mine Water in South Sulawesi, Indonesia: Seasonal Variations and Treatment Potential
Abrahams, Jamie-Leigh Robin; Carranza, Emmanuel John M.
🎓 Prediction and mapping of Pb content in overbank sediments affected by coal-mining using airborne hyperspectral imaging
Abrahams, Jamie-Leigh Robin; Okujeni, Charles D.; Abegunde, Oluseyi Ayokunle; Wu, Changhong; Williams, Adrian Sherman
🎓 Geochemical controls of potentially toxic element (PTE) release from the Gold One Tailings Dam Complex into the Randfontein area, Witwatersrand, South Africa
Abreu, Carolina Bittencourt de; Werle, Mariana; Mortatti, Bruno; Marteleto, Thais de Paula; Albuquerque, Rafael; Santos, Pablo Vinicius Silva; Machado, Daniela Alcantara; Costa, Eduardo; Lange, Lara
Tailings Management in Iron Ore Mining: A Comprehensive Hydrogeochemical Modeling Protocol for Dry Stacking
Ahumada-Vargas, Bárbara; Fernandez-Rojo, Lidia; Guedes, Ana; Vilanova, Eric; Echevarría, Carlos; Martínez-Santos, Tamara; Sevilla, Manuel
Innovative Circular Economy Approach for Recovering Valuable Metals from Acid Mine Drainage and Sulphuric Acid from Mining Waste
Alvarez, Rodrigo; Domínguez, José Manuel; Ordóñez, Almudena; Jorge, Loredo; Isidro, Diego
As, Sb and sulphate immobilization from flotation tailings of an intrusion-related gold mineralization
Amado, Álvaro; Marqués, Antonio Luis; Fernandez, Begoña; Ayala, Julia; Centeno, Teresa A.
🎓 Exploring the Potential of Hydrochar for the Removal of Toxic Metals from Mining-Influenced Waters: A Case Study on Arsenic
Andries, Renata Gaudereto; Júnior, Renato Silva; de Melo, Guilherme Alves
Water Management in Iron Ore Mining: Regression Models for Optimizing Water Use in Mining Complexes
Annandale, John George; Patoussias, Panayotis; Tanner, Phillip Dale
Guidelines for mine water irrigation of rehabilitated opencast mine land
Antelo, Juan; Fiol, Sarah; Carabante, Ivan; Filardi, Isabela; Barroso, Ana; Valente, Teresa
Arsenate and chromate attenuation in acid mine drainage systems
Antunes, Margarida; Carvalho, Paula; Albuquerque, Teresa; Abdelkarim, Bilel; Santos, António
Mine-stream sediments spatial distribution and mobility processes on U‑Th enriched areas
Aquino, Norberto Jr; Butar Butar, Dantie; Papadopoulou, Kyriaki; Cwirzen, Andrzej; Alakangas, Lena
🎓 Preliminary Leaching Performance of Slag-Blended Cement for the Stabilization of Pyrite-Bearing Waste Rock
Araújo, Joana F.; Cravotta III, Charles A.; Fonseca, Rita; da Silva, Roberto P.; Prats A., Sergio; Valente, Teresa
🎓 Acid Mine Drainage Remediation with Waste Products: Laboratory Findings and Field Model Applications
Arcos, David; Quesada, Pablo; Huamán, Alonso; Coene, Emilie; Demirer, Ersan
Geochemical monitoring to use waste rock in mine component construction
Arriagada, Isidora; Delgado, José Luis
Integrated Hydrogeological Fieldwork Campaign Design to Identify Infiltrations from Tailings
Aygün, Okan; Jackson, Scott; Fraser, Colin; Stockwell, Justin
Evaluating Climate Change Effects on Water Availability for a Proposed Mine in Eastern Canada
Barquero Peralbo, José Ignacio; Higueras Higueras, Pablo; Esbrí, José María; Mbomio, Feliciano; García-Ordiales, Efrén
Characterization of red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) as a bioindicator of mercury and metals pollution
Barroso, Ana Raquel; Barquero, José Ignacio; García‑Ordiales, Efrén; Jaeger, Judith L.; Higueras, Pablo; Valente, Teresa Maria
🎓 Secondary Minerals from Evolved Mine Waters: A Detailed Survey in Almadén Historic Mercury Mine Gallery
Barroso, Ana Raquel; Cravotta III, Charles A.; Gomes, Patrícia; Horta Ribeiro, Isabel Margarida; Marinho Reis, Amélia Paula; Valente, Teresa Maria
🎓 Improved Acidity Estimation by Integrating Comprehensive Dissolved Metal(oid)s Data: A Geochemical Modeling Case Study of Highly Mineralized Mine Waters
Barroso, Ana Raquel; Henriques, Renato; Cerqueira, Ângela; Gomes, Patrícia; Horta Ribeiro, Isabel Margarida; Marinho Reis, Amélia Paula; Valente, Teresa Maria
🎓 Advanced Monitoring of Abandoned Mining Sites with High-Resolution UAV Technology
Bártová, Zuzana
The Smolnik Mining Site in Slovakia: its Potential Use for the Production of Mineral Pigments
Bekesi, Gabor; Woods, Juliette; Teubner, Michael; Keppel, Mark; Inverarity, Kent; Thompson, Paul
Opportunities to improve groundwater models for mining assessments in South Australia: learnings from common shortcomings
Benedek, Kalman
Management of total system uncertainty in mine water projects
Benyo, Stephen Lars
Acid Mine Drainage-Background and Solutions-Global Edition
Bernasconi, Rachele; Lund, Mark; Blanchette, Melanie
Floating islands as a tool to promote aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity in pit lakes
Bettoni, Laura Nina; Herbert, Roger
🎓 Influence of different reactive media on microbial sulfate reduction at two distinct temperatures
Bittencourt de Abreu, Carolina; Werle, Mariana; Ninanya, Karen; Albuquerque, Rafael
Heterogeneous Oxidation and Hydrogeochemical Numerical Simulation in a Uranium Waste Rock Pile
Bogomolov, Andrey; Oputin, Maksim
🎓 Technical water supply of industrial enterprises under conditions of vertical stratification of water masses
Booth, Thomas; Cammack, Jessica
Flooding of an underground mine during closure – Analytical vs numerical model estimations
Botha, Frederik Stefanus
Mining: The value of creating a lasting legacy of water resources within unsurmountable challenges
Breckenridge, Larry; Blair, Mehgan; Subotskaya, Yuliya
Pit Lake Prediction Case Study: Managing Insecurity in the Dataset using Bracketed Inputs
Brown, Adrian
Water Driven Failure of Large Mine Slopes
Butar Butar, Dantie Claudia; Kaasalainen, Hanna; Alakangas, Lena; Ronne, Erik
🎓 Batch leaching to enhance dissolution of siliceous secondary materials for controlling AMD formation
Butlanska, Joanna; Oliva González, Aldo Onel; Fernandez-Merodo, Jose Antonio; Rodriguez-Pacheco, Roberto
Flow Failure of TSF Brunita in 1972, NE Spain
Carpentier, Alexia; Dufour, Robin
Democratizing mine-water operations and modelling
Carvalho, Paula C.S.; Silva, Maria Manuela V. G.; Antunes, Isabel Margarida H. R.; Santos, António; Rocha, Fernando T.; Ferreira da Silva, Eduardo A.
Spatio-temporal variations in hydrochemistry and water quality in old tungsten mining areas, central Portugal
Castendyk, Devin; Sorsby, Skyler; Sanchez Espana, Javier
Screening-level economic evaluation of Critical and Strategic Raw Materials stored in Iberian Pyrite Belt pit lakes, Spain
Chagonda, Patricia Sekina; Souta, Moses; Mhizha, Alexander; Misi, Shepherd N
🎓 Tracing current pollutants discharged into the environment from mining sources and the determination of interactions between surface and/or groundwater with pollutants. A case of Iron Duke Mine and surrounding active mines.
Chen, Mengfang; Chen, Hongping; Ai, Yulu; Feng, Yudong; Li, Jing
The treatment strategies of acid mine drainage based on resource utilization
Chikanda, Frances; Iwaki, Hajime; San, Hkaung Htut; Kikuchi, Ryosuke; Ohtomo, Yoko; Otake, Tsubasa; Sato, Tsutomu
Geochemical Processes in Iron-Rich Mine Drainages: Enhancing Passive Treatment Systems through Colloid Stability and CO₂ Reduction
Chwikhi, Wassim; Atoui, Mounir; Abdelkarim, Bilel; Bouajila, Abdelhakim; Mahmoudi, Salah
Integrating remote sensing and analytical hierarchy process for soil erosion analysis in arid regions: Gabès, Southern Tunisia
Clancy, Logan; Pearce, Steven; Schoen, Daniel; Gersten, Ben; Mouchos, Evangelos; Barnes, Andrew; Shiimi, Rosalia
🎓 From novel laboratory methodologies to field implementation: assessing CO₂ and O₂ flux in Northern Europe mine waste
Costa, Maria Clara; Palma, Tânia; Carlier, Jorge Daniel
Biologic treatment of acid mine drainage: A perspective of two decades of research, challenges and opportunities
Cravotta III, Charles A
Water-Quality Modeling Tools to Evaluate Attenuation of Dissolved Constituents by Precipitation and Adsorption Reactions During Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage
Cruz Barrientos, Damián Aníbal; Benavente Zolezzi, Oscar Matías; Navarrete-Calvo, Álvaro Antonio; Sánchez-Yáñez, Camilo Emmanuel
🎓 Physico-chemical characterisation of pit lakes using Google Earth Engine: Chilean case study.
da Silva, Roberto Pereira; Fonseca, Rita Maria Ferreira; Araújo, Joana Fonseca; Gmitrowicz-Iwan, Joanna
🎓 Reactive Barriers for Mine Waters Treatment: an Approach using Alternative and Nature-Based Materials
Damhuis, Matthew John; Shaw, Vicki; McCall, Chanel
Operational Benefits of Adaptive Water Management for Water Positive Mining Operations
Damhuis, Matthew John; Shaw, Vicki
Incorporating Climate Change into Proactive Mine Water Management Systems
De Ladurantaye-Noël, Myriam; Laliberté, Marc; Gadbois, Alain; Oliphant, David Scott
Breaking the Toxicity Barrier: A Gold Mine’s Journey to Sustainable Wastewater Treatment
del Olmo, Carlos; Montero, Jesus; Valls, David
Hydrogeological investigation and mine design to prevent the mining impact of the future exploitation of Lithium “Valdeflorez Project” to El Calerizo aquifer (Cáceres, Spain)
Diamantino, Catarina; Martins, Carlos; Carvalho, Edgar
An Overview of Active and Passive Mine Water Treatment at Urgeiriça Uranium Legacy Mine (Portugal)
Digges La Touche, Gareth; Nazaruk, Sofia; Booth, Thomas; Demmer, Thomas; Nickman, Alireza; Cammack, Jessica
The application of quantitative risk assessment to assessing the impact of tailings management facilities on groundwater resources
Digges La Touche, Gareth
Everyone goes home?
Dong, Donglin; Wu, Qiang
Comprehensive Study on the Electrical Characteristics and Full-Spectrum Tracing of Water Sources in Water-Rich Coal Mines
Du, Wenfeng; Peng, Suping; Bi, Yinli; Cui, Xiaoqin
Groundwater Monitoring Technology in an Open-pit Coal Mine:Case Study from Eastern Inner Mongolia,China
Durães, Nuno; Patinha, Carla; Portela, Luís; Ferreira da Silva, Eduardo
Geochemistry of rare earth elements (REE) in acid mine drainage from the former Canal Caveira mine (southwest Portugal)
Ebel, Tom; Krause, Willi; Oppelt, Lukas; Wunderlich, Timm; Raithel, Fritz; Grab, Thomas; Fieback, Tobias
Comparison of Optimised Models for the Investigation of Heating Potentials in Abandoned Mines Using Mine Water
El Aallaoui, Ayoub; El Ghorfi, Mustapha; El Ghali, Abellatif; Taha, Yassine; Benzaazoua, Mostafa; Hakkou, Rachid
Geo-Environmental Characterization of Coal Mine Waste Rock: Assessing its Potential to Generate Acid Mine Drainage
El Adnani, Mariam; Dahmouni, Hassan
Study of An Integrated Management Scheme for Acid Mine Drainage Generating Mine Tailings
El houfy, Fatima zohra; Dekayir, Abdelilah; Rouai, Mohamed; Ech-charef, Abdelmouiz
🎓 Geochemical characterization of tailing, pit lake sediment and waters using PHREEQC in Nador abandoned mine (Morocco)
Embile, Rodrigo Jr; Walder, Ingar
Groundwater and surface water quality around an existing mine: From current conditions to mine closure
Erickson, Jacob Paul; Breckenridge, J Larry
Investigation of a Heap Leach Facility leak using Finite Element Seepage Analysis
Erickson, Jared; Mahayasa, Made; Haws, Nathan
Impact of Mine Reclamation on Stormwater Runoff Rates
Farahnaz, Ibtisani; Sonny Abfertiawan, Muhammad; Syafila, Mindriany; Handajani, Marisa
🎓 Metals bioaccumulation in tropical river basin aquatic plant from nickel mining activity and its phytoremediation potential
Felipe, Elaine; José, Luciano Bernado; Souza, Clauson; Cordeiro, João Gabriel Niquini; Ladeira, Ana Claudia
🎓 Ion exchange to recover Rare Earth Elements from acid mine drainage
Feng, Chenxin; Zhou, Jianwei; Wang, Xingjie; Liu, Peng; Li, Wanyu; Pang, Xueyan
🎓 Response mechanism of antimony to sulfate in soil-water system of Xikuangshan mining area in Hunan Province
Figueroa, Linda
Electrochemical Treatment for Cyanide and Heavy Metal Removal from Gold Processing Wastewater
Flores, Hernan; Rudolph, Tobias; Benndorf, Jörg
🎓 Multi-Scale Characterization of Mine Waste in a Circular Economy: Challenges and Opportunities
Fonseca, Rita Maria Ferreira; Araújo, Joana Fonseca; da Silva, Roberto
Monitoring, Control, and Prevention of Excess Hg in Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) in an Abandoned Metal Sulfides Mine (SW Portugal), using Nature-Based Solutions
Fraser, Colin; Stockwell, Justin
Flow and water quality observations from three mine rock lysimeters constructed at a coal mine in north-eastern British Columbia, Canada
Gädeke, Anne; Gröschke, Maike; Koeniger, Paul
Preliminary analysis of stable water isotope patterns in the Lusatian lignite mining district (Germany)
Galas, Pauline; Morin, Bastien; Vaute, Laurent; Lefebvre, Olivier; Joder, Marsia; Hirsch, Maxime
Hydrodynamic modelling of rising lower Triassic sandstone groundwater in the Lorraine coal basin (France)
Gallardo, Alfredo; Arcos, David; Ruiz, Eduardo
🎓 Pilot of improved soils as a cover alternative for mine closure of waste dumps, Peru
Gallardo, Alfredo; Del Río, Juan; Melgarejo, John
🎓 The use of geomorphology as the basis of mining closure: a case of study in a waste rock facility in the Santa Bárbara mine (Peru)
Ge, Chen; Yajun, Sun; Wanghua, Sui; Zhimin, Xu
Mine water geological storage in Ordos basin, China
Gischia, Scott; Diedrich, Tamara; Li, Xiang
Improving Early Mine Design using Reference Class Forecasting of Mine Water Quality
Gomes, Patrícia; Valente, Teresa
Acidic Lagoon Affected by Acid Mine Drainage – A Case of Extreme Contamination
Gonzales, Edward
Geochemical evaluation of mine water quality in the adjacent basin of a polymetallic open pit mine – South America
Gonzalez Quiros, Andres; Receveur, Mylene; Monaghan, Alison; Starcher, Vanessa; Walker-Verkuil, Kyle; van Hunen, Jeroen
Influence of Mine Geometry and Working Type on Groundwater Flow and Heat Transport for Geothermal Exploitation
Gonzalez Quiros, Andres; Stewart, Margaret; Olver, Thomas; Klein, Stefan; Mugova, Elke; Abesser, Corinna
Challenges and Opportunities for High-Temperature Mine Thermal Energy Storage with Focus on Regulatory Barriers for Implementation
Gutierrez, Manuel; Tapias, Laura; Delgado, Jose Luis
Five Years of Hydrogeological Consulting for a Mining Company: Lessons Learned for Successful Work
Gutierrez, Manuel; Tapias, Laura
Using Geophysics Methods to Analyze Evolution of Infiltration from a Tailing Storage Facility
Gutierrez, Manuel; Tapias, Laura
Multi-variable Analysis for Fault Identification and Hydraulic Characterization
Hahn, Florian; Klein, Stefan; Verhoeven, René; Mannke, Kevin; Braun, Marco
Feasibility study: Geothermal local heating with mine water for the foreseen development area Richtericher-Dell in Aachen, Germany
Harcouët-Menou, Virginie; Dupont, Nicolas; Kaufmann, Olivier; Hernandez, Edgar; De Paoli, Caroline; Orban, Philippe; N’Depo, Yanick; Martin, Thierry; Moermans, Gert; Neven, Thomas; Schelings, Clémentine; Teller, Jacques; Dassargues, Alain; Waroux, Thomas
Unlocking the Geothermal Potential of Abandoned Mines: A Path to Renewable Energy and Regional Revitalization in Wallonia – Methodology and Modeling approaches
Heddoun, Ouissal; El Baroudi, Majid; Ait Lemkademe, Anasse; Benzaazoua, Mostafa
🎓 Integrating Hydrogeological and Geophysical Modeling for Sustainable Water Management in Phosphate Mining: A Case Study of the Beni Amir Deposit, Morocco
Hesketh, Alex; Thompson, Grahame
Turning a liability into an opportunity: water beneficiation in gold mining
Hudson, Ashlene; Murnane, John; Courtney, Ronan
Constructed wetlands for treatment of alkaline bauxite residue leachate: ten years of monitoring a single cell system and optimising designs for a multi-cell approach.
Hugman, Rui; Coulon, Cecile; Zwinger, Johanna; de Sousa, Eduardo
Optimization of Prediction-Driven Monitoring Programs
Hurtado-Cruz, Juan Pablo
Development of a design and planning methodology for the drainage of mines and deep underground works
Isinkaye, Matthew Omoniyi; Fasanmi, Paulinah Oyidamola
Health Risk Assessment of Norms and Potentially Toxic Metals in Mine Waters from Artisanal Mining Sites Within the Ife-Ilesha Schist Belt: a Monte Carlo Simulation Approach
Izquierdo-Díaz, Miguel; Ordóñez, Almudena; Serrano-García, Humberto; Álvarez, Rodrigo; García-Fernández, Carmen Covadonga; García-Ordiales, Efrén; De Miguel, Eduardo; Barrio-Parra, Fernando
Diffusive Gradients in Thin Films (DGT) as an aid to risk assessment in watercourses affected by mine drainage
Jackson, Scott; Fraser, Colin; Aygün, Okan
Practical Guidance for Adjusting Rainfall Annual Exceedance Probability Estimates for Climate Change
Jacob, Jerome; Pino Herrera, Douglas; Plat, Emmanuelle
Treatment of AMD liming sludge for metals recovery and mining site rehabilitation
Jaeger-Collantes, Judith L.; Barquero-Peralbo, José I.; Jiménez-Oyola, Samantha T.; Bacale-Mbengono, Feliciano M.; García-Ordiales, Efrén; Higueras, Pablo L.
🎓 Probabilistic analysis of human health risks linked to Procambarus Clarkii consumption in Almadén Hg Mining District
Jaramillo, Natalia; Restrepo, Oscar Jaime; Marqués, Antonio Luis; Fernandez, Begoña; Ayala, Julia
Recovery of sands from gold mining tailings for clinker manufacture
Jares Salguero, Iván; García Ordiales, Efrén; González Genicio, Luis; Laine Cuervo, Guillermo; del Campo, Juan José
🎓 An approach to green corrosion inhibitors in acid mine drainage (AMD)
Jeon, Han Gyeol; Thoeun, Davy; Kim, Kyoung-Woong
Sustainable Immobilization of As and Se using Magnesium Precipitate derived from Seawater Electro-Chlorination Facility
Jiang, Feng
Feasibility of a new sulfur-disproportionating bacterium for acid mine drainage treatment
Johnstone, Andrew Clifford
The Enviromental and Financial Aspects for the Use of Pitlakes for Sustainable Mine Closure
Katayama, Taiki; Watanabe, Miho; Miyata, Naoyuki; Komura, Yuto; Tum, Sereyroith; Yasutaka, Tetsuo
Manganese(II) removal bioreactor system of mine drainage is dominated by chemolithotrophic manganese oxidizing microorganisms
Kim, Duk-Min; Bottger-Gamarra, Joyce Carol; Rodriguez-Vasquez, Carmen; Jeon, Jong-Wook; Choi, Eun‑A; Im, Yeon-Jun; Kang, Seyoung
Active treatment experiments including coprecipitation-adsorption of arsenic for mine drainages in Peru
Kim, Duk-Min; Lee, Ki-Rim; Ko, Ju-In
Potential generation and consumption of carbon dioxide during treatment of mine drainages in South Korea
Kim, Duk-Min; Rodriguez-Vasquez, Carmen; Bottger-Gamarra, Joyce Carol; Jeon, Jong-Wook; Choi, Eun‑A; Im, Yeon-Jun; Kang, Seyoung
Passive treatment experiments including slag reactor and As adsorption reactor for mine drainages in Peru
Klinger, Christoph; Pollmann, Nele; Sunten, Julia Nicolina; von Kleinsorgen, Christine
Modelling of mine water discharges with integrated pump management
Komura, Yuto; Katayama, Taiki; Yasutaka, Tetsuo; Tum, Sereyroith; Watanabe, Miho; Miyata, Naoyuki
Factors controlling manganese(II) removal efficiency in a passive treatment bioreactor with Mn(II)-oxidizing microorganisms
Kondo, Masataka; Masaki, Yusei; Hagihara, Kana; Iguchi, Koki; Hamai, Takaya; Semoto, Yuki; Kamiya, Taro; Ishikawa, Nobuaki; Okumura, Masao; Sato, Naoki
Annual treatment performances of sulfate-reducing process under ethanol addition conditions with rice bran for zinc containing AMD in Japan
Kopačková-Strnadová, Veronika; Kýhos, Martin; Jelének, Jan; Zabokas, Giannis; Agali, Athina; Gounaris, Kostas
🎓 Multisensor-based surface water quality monitoring: a case study for the Chalkidiki peninsula, Greece
Kopačková-Strnadová, Veronika; Kýhos, Martin; Jelének, Jan
Efficient Earth Observation System for Acid Mine Drainage Monitoring
Krawczyk-Bärsch, Evelyn; Drobot, Björn; Raff, Johannes
Bioremediation of uranium-contaminated water: magnetic bacteria as potential supporters
Kusuma, Ginting Jalu; Febriana, Dian; Dwiki, Sendy; Badhurahman, Abie; Salmawati, Salmawati; Paramananda, IK Dwika; Gautama, Rudy Sayoga
Settling Characteristics and Physic-Geochemical Stability of Fly Ash for Acid Mine Drainage Neutralization in Pit Lakes: A Laboratory-Scale Study
Lalik, Martyna Marta
Phytoremediation of Mine Waters: comparing the efficiency of Alyssum, Pensylvania Mallow amd Giant Miscantus in removing heavy metals.
Langman, Jeff; Martin, Julianna
Kinetic Column Evaluation of Potential Construction Options During Coal Mine Pit Restoration to Lessen Contaminant Mobility in Backfill Aquifers
Leahy, Kevin; Collin, Thomas; Tanhai, Sia; Gibbons, Simon
Mine Water in the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management
Lee, Dong-Kil; Cheong, Youngwook; Ji, Sangwoo; Yim, Giljae; Cho, Yong-chan
Experimental approach to designing a flushing system for SAPS pond
Lee, Ki-Rim; Kim, Duk-Min; Kwon, Hye-Lim; Kim, Nam-Kyu; Kim, Young-Min; Im, Dae-Gyu; Kim, Shin-Dong; Koo, Seul-Ki; Ko, Ju-In; Mok, Jin-Ho
🎓 A Comprehensive Approach to Fluoride Treatment in Mine Drainage: Chemical Precipitation and Adsorption
Lefticariu, Liliana; Bowman, Rayn L.; Lewinski, Madeline; Specht, Jerome; Behum, Paul T.
The role of colloidal and particulate fractions in REEs enrichments in coal-based acid mine drainage systems
Lehmann, Jonas Enno; Verhoeven, Rene; Hahn, Florian; Klein, Stefan; Mannke, Kevin; Seidel, Torsten; Rolf, Tobias
Feasibility of Thermal Mine Water Use at the UNESCO World Heritage Site and Former Coal Mine Zollverein in Essen, Germany
Li, Wanyu; Zhou, Jianwei; Wang, Xingjie; Feng, Chenxin; Feng, Haibo; Zhou, Weiqing
🎓 New insights at the molecular level: the impact of DOM on antimony migration and enrichment in water environments of antimony mining areas
Long, Chazanne; Burris, Phil
Improved mine water quality predictions using available international hydrochemical datasets
Lopez, Marjory; Nancucheo, Ivan
Operation of a continuous sulfidogenic system for treating mine water with a high concentration of chloride
López-Lasserra, Katheryn; Hidalgo, M. Carmen; Rey, Javier; de la Torre, M. José; Campos, M. José; Benavente, José; El Adnani, Mariam
🎓 Metal(loid)s in sediments and assessment of environmental contamination in the Rumblar reservoir (La Carolina mining district, Spain)
Lorentz, Simon Antony; Reddy, Kyle Trent Cameron
Dewatering Copper Tailings for Re-mining
Lourens, Paul Joël Havemann; Vermeulen, Petrus Daniel
MCA – Water Quality Risk Assessment Tool
Madiseng, Lesego Elizabeth; Annandale, John George; Tanner, Philip Dale; van Aswegen, Corleen; Sukati, Sakhiwo
🎓 Irrigation with Witwatersrand Goldmine Waters
Madlala, Tebogo Eugene; Kanyerere, Thokozani; Oberholster, Paul; Pienaar, Harrison
🎓 Benthic Diatoms as Indicators of Groundwater-Surface Water Connectivity in Coal Mining Wetlands: Case of depression wetlands in Belfast, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Maest, Ann
Remining for renewable energy metals
Mahlangu, Mlungisi; Maree, Jahannes Philippus; More, Kagiso Samuel
🎓 Treatment of Leachate with Pipe Freeze Crystallization
Mahlohla, Mamile Belina; Masindi, Vhahangwele; Tekere, Memory; Foteinis, Spyros
🎓 Recovery of poly-cationic metal sulphate from acid mine drainage and its beneficiation as a coagulant for drinking water treatment
Mannke, Kevin; Hahn, Florian; Verhoeven, René; Klein, Stefan; Lehmann, Jonas Enno
Occurring challenges in the development process of geothermal mine water projects and possible solutions
Manono, Malibongwe
Depression and Dewatering Characteristics of Kaolinite in View of the Reprocessing of Ultrafine Colliery Waste
Maqsoud, Abdelkabir; Addi, Nor El hoda; Belem, Tikou; Mbonimpa, Mamert
Assessment of Superabsorbent Polymers Capability in the Treatment of Metal Mining Effluent
Marqués Sierra, Antonio Luis
Electricity Generation from Low-Enthalpy Mine Water Using Enhanced Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) Systems
Marqués, Antonio Luis; Fernandez, Begoña; Fernández, Angeles; Ayala, Julia
Geochemical modelling applied to the study of arsenic mobilization in abandoned mines.
Maturana, Ringo; Navarrete-Calvo, Alvaro Antonio; Quinteros, Joaquín; Fernández, Sofía; Sánchez-Yáñez, Camilo
🎓 Innovative UAV-Based Multispectral Mapping of Contaminant Spread from Mine Tailings Spill
Melendez-Torres, Patricia I.; Reynoso-Ortega, Máximo E.; Tejada-Tejada, Pamela R.; Valente, Teresa Maria; Jauregui-Haza, Ulises J.
Competitive Adsorption of Toxic Metals Using Activated Carbon Derived from Sargassum for Polymetallic Acid Mine Drainage Treatment
Meloni, Federica; Montegrossi, Giordano; Nisi, Barbara; Cabassi, Jacopo; Bianchi, Francesco; Mirri, Stefano; Profeti, Andrea; Vaselli, Orlando
🎓 Environmental Challenges And Remediation Operations at The Former Sb-mine of Le Cetine (Tuscany, Italy): Monitoring And Innovative Water Treatment Solutions
Mendonça, Raquel; Coura, Jamila; Assis, Franciane; Brovini, Emília; Mellito, Kátia; Lage, Ludmila; Azevedo, Talita; Junior, Abraão; Salomão, Gabriel; Ferreira, Tatiana; Pantuzza, Camila; Alves, Guilherme
Anthropogenic Geochemical Background for Assessment of Mine Drainage ImpactInfluence on Surface Water Systems: Insights from Itabira, Brazil
Meuzelaar, Tom; Nunez Fernandez, Pablo
Innovation in Characterization – Touro Copper Deposit – Galicia, Spain
Meuzelaar, Tom
Application of Unsupervised Machine Learning Methods to Mine Water Quality Data
Mogashane, Tumelo Monty; Maree, Johannes Philippus; Mokoena, Lebohang
Investigating Inhibitors to Prevent Calcium Sulfate Precipitation in Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Processes
Monreal, Patricio Ignacio; Cabrera, Maria José; Ramirez, Rainier
Integrated 3D Laser Scanning Implementation for Monitoring Tailings Dams
Morgan, Richard; Coulton, Richard
The importance of the Inorganic Carbon analysis in Active Mine Water Treatment
Morin, Bastien; Vaute, Laurent; Collon, Pauline
🎓 Deep physico-chemical profiling in a flooded mine shaft: Understanding water dynamics in Gardanne lignite mine (France)
Moro, Kofi; Hoth, Nils; Roscher, Marco; Drebenstedt, Carsten
Characterization of Old Tailings Materials for Li-Sn Extraction and Sustainable Environmental Management: A Case Study of the Bielatal Tailings Dam, Altenberg, Eastern Ore Mountains, Saxony, Germany
Morton, Kym Lesley; Bovim, Alastair
Advances in integrated performance monitoring of Tailings Storage Facilities
Mosai, Alseno Kagiso; Phasha, Mildred
Possible value recovery from abundant gold mine dumps in Krugersdorp, South Africa
Moya Aranzubia, Olga
Coal Acid Mine Drainage – Passive Treatment Lime Compost Drains – Three abandoned coal mined sites in Southern Illinois
Mugova, Elke; Wolkersdorfer, Christian; Hahn, Florian
Exploring Geothermal Applications in Flooded Underground Mines with an Analogue Model Mine
Mzoughi, Maher; Hermassi, Mehrez; Bélanger, Étienne; Genty, Thomas; N. Mulligan, Catherine; M. Neculita, Carmen
Enhancing Ammonia Nitrogen Removal from Saline Mining Effluents: A Hybrid Approach with Ozone Microbubbles and Precipitation
Naidu, Tamlyn Sasha; Sheridan, Craig; Hardwick, Ed; Holm, Peter E.
Critical Raw Materials Recovery from Acid Mine Drainage
Nakamura, Fugo; San, Hkaung Htut; Iwaki, Hajime; Rawangphai, Monthicha; Kitagawa, Naomi; Morimoto, Shinichiro; Nakagaki, Takao; Sato, Tsutomu
🎓 Passive Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage Integrated with Carbon Dioxide Removal by Enhanced Rock Weathering in Acid Mine Drainage
Narayan, Roneel; Antonio, Christian; Ziemski, Marcin; Scheuermann, Alexander; Edraki, Mansour
🎓 Co-disposal of mine waste streams for improved water recovery and environmental performance
Nassery, Hamid reza; Jafari, Farnoosh; Alijani, Farshad
Determination of Groundwater Salinity Origin in Pit2 of Golgohar Mine, Iran Using Self-Organizing Map and Cluster Analysis
Navarrete-Calvo, Álvaro Antonio; Sánchez-Yáñez, Camilo Emmanuel; Bustamante-Penagos, Natalia; Maturana, Ringo; Hidalgo, Max; Montserrat, Santiago
Environmental geochemical impact of tailings spills in natural streams in Chile (Mapocho river case)
Neira-Arenas, Gustavo; Navarro-Martínez, Sebastián
Analysis of mine closure practices and the regulatory mining framework in the Córdoba province – Colombia
Neira-Arenas, Gustavo; Navarro-Martínez, Sebastián
🎓 Multitemporal Remote Sensing Assessment of Fluvial Dynamics and the Efects of alluvial mining in the Guaviare River Basin, Colombia
Newman Portela, Antonio M.; Kvashnina, Kristina; Bazarkina, Elena; Roßberg, André; Bok, Frank; Kassahun, Andrea; Raff, Johannes; Merroun, Mohamed L.; Krawczyk-Bärsch, Evelyn
Effective Uranium(VI) Reduction in Mine Water: Uncovering U(IV) and U(V) Formation and Stabilization through Glycerol-Based Biostimulation
Nguemgaing, Helene Flore
🎓 Rare Earth Elements Extraction from Acid Mine Drainage: Ownership and Legislative Challenges
Nikutta, Simon E.; Teichert, Barbara M. A.; Jasnowski-Peters, Henning; Strauss, Harald; Westermann, Sebastian
Geochemical modelling of sulfur cycling processes during mine water rebound in former hard coal mines of the Ruhr and Saar region, Germany
Nilsson, Magnus; De Ladurantaye-Noel, Myriam
Partners in Sustainability: The Benefits of a Collaborative Relationship Between a Mine, Consultant, and Supplier in Water Management
Nishikata, Miu; Hashimoto, Yohey; Oguri, Tomoko; Yasutaka, Tetsuo
Characterization of core samples and mechanisms of zinc leaching in a waste rock dump of abandoned mines
Nixdorf, Erik; Böhmeke, Maik; Fahle, Marcus
Investigating the Effects of Storm Events on the Temporal Dynamics of Acid Mine Drainage Loads in Receiving Streams of the Lusatian Lignite Mining District (Germany)
Nordstrom, Darrell Kirk
A Hydrogeochemist’s Mindful Toolkit: Conceptualization, Characterization, and Modeling of Mine Sites Producing Acid Mine Drainage
Ordóñez, Almudena; Álvarez, Rodrigo; García, Carmen; García, Silverio
Study of the flooding of coal mines in Asturias. Possibilities for the use of mining reservoirs
Palmer, Michael William; Bladen, Caroline
Integrated Hydrological Model for Holistic Determination of Security of Water Supply and Ecological Flow Requirements at a West African Mineral Sands Mine
Papp, Richard Zoltan; Koba, Mate
Autonomous Robotic Exploration in Flooded Mines
Paramananda, IK Dwika; Hasanah, Sarah; Nisa, Lerian; Kusuma, Ginting Jalu; Gautama, Rudy Sayoga; Badhurahman, Abie; Salmawati, Salmawati; Dwiki, Sendy; Rizki, Intan Nurul
Mine Closure Strategy for Pit Lakes Formation in Indonesia: Initial Framework for Open Pit Coal Mine
Parker, Kieran; Ní Chonchubhair, Rebecca; Novellino, Alessandro
Brine migration from deep flooded abandoned salt mines and its influence on surface stability
Pawlowska, Agnieszka
Interaction between bacteria and minerals in post-mining heaps in view of metal(loid) release
Pepe, Katelyn Renee; Lin, Lian-Shin
🎓 Utilizing Iron from AMD for Energy Efficient Wastewater Treatment and Nutrient Recovery
Phonseela, Nachayada; Booth, Thomas
Coupled groundwater-surface water modelling workflow to support risk assessment of an abandoned underground coal mine due to natural mine water rebound
Qiao, Hanli; Jooshaki, Mohammad; Rolle, Massimo; Lähivaara, Timo; Vauhkonen, Marko; Kauppila, Tommi; Muniruzzaman, Muhammad
A physics- and chemistry-informed neural network for simulating mine waste weathering: Application to pyrite oxidation modeling
Ramírez Pérez, Juan Antonio; Bolívar Raya, Juan Pedro; Barba Lobo, Alejandro; Gázquez González, Manuel Jesús
Radiological assessment of copper mining wastes from the Iberian Pyrite Belt
Rapeta, Mokgadi Gladness; Maree, Johannes Philippus; Msagati, Titus; Nkambule, Thabo
🎓 Solar evaporation of brine
Reker, Bastian; Westermann, Sebastian
Re-Mining of mine water sludges in Germany. An opportunity?
Rhino, Kevins; Jacob, Jerome; Lassin, Arnault; Dure, Frederic; Engevin, Jeremy; Huron, Justine; Guerin, Valerie
Application of X‑ray-tomography and Geochemical Modeling to Optimize AMD Treatment Design Using DAS at a former Tin Mine Site in France
Roa, Alexandra; López, Julio; Cortina, José Luis
🎓 Towards Sustainable Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Acidic Mine Waters: A Circular Treatment Approach Integrating Selective Precipitation and Ion Exchange
Rodríguez, Rafael; García, Efrén; Fernández, Begoña; Ayala, Julia
Use of industrial by-products to prevent/reduce water contamination with As and Hg
Roebert, Mark; Mntungwa, Nathi; Msitsini, Moses; Morton, Kym Lesley
Advances in mine dewatering design and monitoring at Tharisa chrome mine Rustenburg South Africa
Ross, Cheryl Suzanne; Thompson, Jennifer; Jakubowski, Ryan
Carbonate Reactions that Dictate Drainage Chemistry and Carbonate Consumption Under Variable Boundary Conditions
Ruiz, Francisco
A Novel approach to hydrogeochemical risk assessment based on short-term tests
Rybnikova, Liudmila S.; Rybnikov, Petr A.; Navolokina, Vera Yu.
Environmental implications of the acid mine drainage in the Middle Urals, Russia
Rybnikova, Liudmila S.; Rybnikov, Petr A.; Smirnov, Alexander Yu.
Рost-closure water management of Chelyabinsk Coal Basin (Russia)
Sanz-Ramos, Marcos; Bladé, Ernest
Iber as a flood nowcasting and forecasting software suite for mine managers
Schoeman, Yolandi; Oberholster, Paul Johan
Can Ecological Engineering Redefine Wetland Recovery in Mining?
Schubert, Mareike; Binder, Angela; Jiang, Yichen; Langefeld, Oliver; Lan, Yu; Paffenholz, Jens-Andé; Matz, Sebastian
🎓 Modular Robotic Systems and Autonomous Platforms for Mine Water Monitoring
Schubert, Mareike; Langefeld, Oliver
🎓 Responsible Mine Planning: Current utilization and challenges of mine water reuse
Semoto, Yuki; Hamai, Takaya; Masaki, Yusei; Ikeda, Manami; Okumura, Masao; Miyata, Naoyuki; Yasutaka, Tetsuo; Katayama, Taiki
Performance of pilot-scale passive treatment tests of a contact oxidation method utilizing manganese-oxidizing bacteria for manganese-containing mine water
Shabalala, Ayanda Nomaswazi; Ngomane, Monica Pinky
The evaluation of a pilot pervious concrete treatment system for acid mine drainage treatment
Sjöberg, Viktor; Allard, Bert
Release of uranium from a former iron mine, 30 years after flooding.
Smith, Ross Edward William; Ferguson, Paul; Hartnett, Jackie; Wilkins, Anna; Jones, David
Setting locally relevant Water Quality Objectives for the Rum Jungle Legacy Site, Northern Territory (NT) Australia, and designing rehabilitation strategies to meet them
Smyth, Victoria; Gerke, Max; Schultz, Ryan; Dent, Julia; Pearce, Steve; Gersten, Ben; Williams, Tom; Barnes, Andrew
Novel Developments in High-Shear Degassing Using Carbon Dioxide-Depleted Air to Precipitate Metal Contaminants: Sustainable Active Treatment Strategies for Circum-neutral Mine Water
Suarez, Jose Ignacio; Schwarz, Alex
🎓 H₂-based membrane biofilm reactors for sulfate removal from mining process water
Subotskaya, Yuliya; Breckenridge, Larry
Evapotranspiration Cover Design Optimization: A Case Study
Sui, Wanghua; Wu, Yonghui
Water Disaster Control with Grouting in the Bed Separation in a Deep Coal Seam Mining
Sun, Yajun; Xu, Zhimin; Zhang, Li; Chen, Ge; Zhao, Xianming
The “three-stages” and “three-zones” models of coal mine water quality formation and evolution
Taki, Mariam; Flipo, Nicolas; Goetz, Damien
🎓 Hydrogeological and hydrological modelling of the impact of water resources on mineral resource production
Teichert, Barbara M.A.; Jasnowski-Peters, Henning; Nikutta, Simon E.; Strauss, Harald; Schlömer, Stefan; Westermann, Sebastian
The legacy of hard coal mining revealed by isotopic fingerprinting og mine waters, Ruhr Area, Germany
Thomasson, Mark J.; Mahayasa, Made; Standridge, Larry; Enns, Drew; Ruddy, Brad; Schmelter, Steven C.
Utilizing pore pressure simulations with an unstructured mesh for closure design optimization of the Wanagon Stockpile at the Grasberg Mine
Thompson, Craig; Thompson, Randi; Zawadzki, Willy
Is the water balance for your waste rock pile reliable? A framework for improving assessment of water inputs and outputs for a typical storage facility
Totsche, Oliver; Kunze, Katja; Bilek, Felix
Carbon Footprinting of Mine Water Treatment for Future CO₂ Emission Reduction
Townley, Lloyd Richard
Forty years of evolution of groundwater flow and solute transport modelling at and near minesites
Townley, Lloyd Richard
Twenty-five years of evolution of integrated water management and integrated water balance modelling at minesites
Tresoldi, Greta; Hojat, Azadeh; Bianchi, Regina; Zanzi, Luigi
Real-time geoelectrical monitoring for water related process identification in tailings storage facilities: case studies
Tum, Sereyroith; Katayama, Taiki; Miyata, Naoyuki; Hamai, Takaya; Semoto, Yuki; Yasutaka, Tetsuo
Evaluating the Sustainability of Passive Treatment for Acid Mine Drainage of a Legacy Mine via Life Cycle Assessment
van Heerden, Estariëthe; Cawood, Marieta
Stimulation of indigenous bacterial communities to effectively remediate mine drainages
Vaselli, Orlando; Meloni, Federica; Nisi, Barbara; Cabassi, Jacopo; Bianchi, Francesco; Montegrossi, Giordano; Rappuoli, Daniele
Water Geochemistry in the Former Hg-Mining Area of Abbadia San Salvatore (Central Italy): a Review
Verburg, Rens; Oliveira, Mafalda
Surface Disposal of High-Sulfide Paste Tailings at the Neves Corvo Mine, Portugal
Vicario, Marçal Manuel; Manassa, Manuel Fidel Sonhi; Paiva, Enoque Makango; Carlos, Lukombo Eduardo Luzaiadio; Morton, Kym Lesley
Catoca Diamond Mine – implementation of an advanced monitoring network for a Tailings Storage Facility (TSF)
Villa Gomez, Denys; Edraki, Mansour; Liu, Yun; Gillane, Rosie; Webster, Luke; Soto, Fernanda
Electrochemical and biobased solutions in mine waste to facilitate the net zero-carbon transition
Villa, Jose Luis; Andrade, Fernanda; Álvarez, Ignacio; Brown, Martin; Sesmero, Cati
Methodology for Estimating Hydrogeological Risk for Open Pits
Walter, Thomas Manuel
Sensible communication strategy in mine water related licensing processes
Wang, Xingjie; Liu, Ling; Ma, Liyuan; Deng, Rui; Yang, Yuxuan; Zhou, Jianwei
Treatment of copper-containing acid mine drainage by combined use of multiple technologies
Weber, Anne; Kunze, Katja; Wilhelm, Susann; Bilek, Felix; Kreische-König, Elke
Monitoring of Water Quality in Post-Mining Pit Lakes – Why, How and How Long?
Weiler, Jéssica; Schneider, Ivo André Homrich
If we had had a consistent system for using pyrite in coal mining in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, what would the scenario be?
Werle, Mariana; Costa, Eduardo; Marteleto, Thais; Bittencourt de Abreu, Carolina; Albuquerque, Rafael; Lange, Lara; Silva Ramos, Maria Luiza; Cambraia Trindade, Ana Caroline; Pereira Teodoro, Maria Isabel; Guimarães, Lorena; Silva, Ruberlan; Kwitko, Rogerio
Estimation of Drainage Composition Sourced from Lime-Iron Ore Tailings Mixture in Dry Stack Deposit: Laboratory Testing and Numerical Modeling
Westermann, Sebastian; Teichert, Barbara M.A.; Möllerherm, Stefan
System and process understanding of mine gas release of closed hard coal mines in the context of EU methane regulation
Williams-Nanyaa, Godfred
Adapting Indigenous methods of water purification to restore access to clean drinking water in mining communities in Ghana
Wolfe, Neil Allan; Hedin, Robert S.; Hedin, Benjamin C.; Weaver, Olivia J.
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Various Aggregate Cleaning Methods
Wolkersdorfer, Christian
Hydrodynamic Investigation of a density-stratified Underground Mine –Tracer Test Challenges and Results in the Georgi-Unterbau Mine, Tyrol, Austria
Worsa-Kozak, Magdalena
From deep mineral exploration to mine closure: Why groundwater matters
Xu, Chao; Wu, Tao; Gong, Pingping
Study on the influence mechanism of the “upper three zones” of coal seam roof on the overlying aquifer in the northwest coal mining area of China
Xu, Zhimin; Yuan, Huiqing; Lu, Weining; Han, Yuhang; Xiong, Shijie
Experimental Study on the Damage Mechanism of Coal Pillars in Abandoned Mines under Immersion Conditions
Yi, Xiaoyun; Jiang, Feng; Zhang, Lijuan; Dang, Zhi
An improved Acid Mine Drainage treatment aimed at decreasing lime cost
Yi, Xiaoyun; Wang, Yaozhong; Zhang, Lijuan; Dang, Zhi
Removing toxic metals from acid mine drainage by in situ ε‑MnO2 forming
Yungwirth, Grace; Nazaruk, Sofia; Redfern, Hannah; Booth, Thomas; Cammack, Jessica; Singh, Givarn; Buckwalter-Davis, Martha; Digges La Touche, Gareth; Sweetman, Ryan; Smith, James; Bewick, Robert
Mine Water and Rock Engineering – A Winning Partnership in Cave Mining
Yungwirth, Grace; Simone, Bailey; Capstick, Sean; Lanzani, Mattia; Singh, Givarn; Russell, Alex; Phanouvong, Pamela; Mazzoni, Linda; Jerome, Erin; MacIsaac-Sun, Madeleine; Cline, Emily
ESG and Mine Water Stewardship – A benchmarking approach to targeted investment and project decision making
Zaniboni, Linda; Dino, Giovanna Antonella; Lasagna, Manuela; Horta Ribeiro Antunes, Isabel Margarida; De Luca, Domenico Antonio
🎓 Post-mining water-soil interaction in Au-mine area: Piedmont region (NW Italy) case studies
Zhang, Jingkang; Wang, Xingjie; Ma, Liyuan; Zhou, Jianwei
🎓 Optimized and explainable machine learning reveals crucial factors on TFe, Mn, Al and Zn removal efficiency in acid mine drainage treated by constructed wetlands
Zhang, Li; Xu, Zhimin; Sun, Yajun; Gao, Yating; Chen, Ge; Zhu, Lulu
The mechanism of hydrochemical-microbial interaction in the formation and evolution of coal mine water quality