Water Treatment Workshop
October 7 – 9, 2009
Thatcher, AZ
Day 1
- Proactive ARD Management at Rio Tinto
Rich Borden (Rio Tinto) - Mining for Closure
Tom Calhoun (Freeport-McMoRan (FMI)) - Preventing ARD from Mine Waste using Commercial Asphalt/Water Emulsions
Robert Bartlett (University of Idaho, Retired)- a. Paper – Preventing ARD from Mine Waste using Commercial Asphalt/Water Emulsions – Robert Bartlett (Retired)
- Innovative Approaches to Water Treatment
Dan Ramey (FMI) - Summitville Mine Superfund Site
Kevin Conroy (Golder) and Austin Buckingham (Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment) - Engineered Membrane Systems (EMS®) for ARD and other Hydrometallurgical Applications
Larry Lien (HW Process Technologies) - Resolution Copper – Mine Water Treatment Plant – Overview
Darby Stacey (Resolution Copper) - Phoenix Fortitude Pit Lake Water Treatment – Water Treatment for Mill and Dust Suppression
Dean DeCock (Newmont) - Biological Treatment of Tailings Solution – Nickel Plate Mine
Barry Given (Barrick Gold Inc)- a. Paper – Biological Treatment of Tailings Solution at the Nickel Plate Mine
Barry Given and Sharon Meyer (Barrick Gold Inc.)
- a. Paper – Biological Treatment of Tailings Solution at the Nickel Plate Mine
- Technical Support at Mine Influenced Sites: Advances in Remedial Technologies
David Reisman (U.S. EPA)
Day 2
- Paper – The Evolution of Passive Mine Water Treatment Technology for Sulphate Removal (in South Africa)
William Pulles and Ralph Heath (Golder Africa) - Management of Mining-Impacted Groundwater, Bingham Canyon Mie, Utah, USA
Kelly Payne (Rio Tinto) - An Integrate Ecological Approach for Remediating Mine Waters
D. Barrie Johnson (Bangor University) - Biotechnology for Metal Recovery from Waste Streams
Mike Bratty (BioteQ Environmental Technologies) - Electrobiochemical Reactor (EBR): Metals, Nitrate and BOD
D. Jack Adams, Mike Peoples, Nicol Newton and Madhuri Nanduri (University of Utah) - Bio-Treatment of Mining Influenced Water: Iron King / Copper Chief Mine, Yavapai, County, Arizona
Jim Gusek (Golder) and Ron Buchanan (FMI) - Whistle Mine: Design, Construction and Performance Monitoring of the Pit Cover and Impacts on Water Treatment
Lisa Lanteigne (Vale Inco) - ITRC and Other Research Initiatives: Improving Regulatory Acceptance of Innovative Technologies
Linda Figueroa (Colorado School of Mines), Paul Eger (Minnesota State Government), Cheri Baysinger (Missouri State Government) and Steve Hill (RegTech)