INAP Water Treatment Workshop October 2009

Water Treatment Workshop
October 7 – 9, 2009
Thatcher, AZ

Day 1

1. Proactive ARD Management at Rio Tinto
   Rich Borden (Rio Tinto)
2. Mining for Closure
   Tom Calhoun (Freeport-McMoRan (FMI))
3. 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)
4. Innovative Approaches to Water Treatment
   Dan Ramey (FMI)
5. Summitville Mine Superfund Site
   Kevin Conroy (Golder) and Austin Buckingham (Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment)
6. Engineered Membrane Systems (EMS®) for ARD and other Hydrometallurgical Applications
   Larry Lien (HW Process Technologies)
7. Resolution Copper – Mine Water Treatment Plant – Overview
   Darby Stacey (Resolution Copper)
8. Phoenix Fortitude Pit Lake Water Treatment – Water Treatment for Mill and Dust Suppression
   Dean DeCock (Newmont)
9. 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.)
10. Technical Support at Mine Influenced Sites: Advances in Remedial Technologies
    David Reisman (U.S. EPA)

Day 2

11. Paper – The Evolution of Passive Mine Water Treatment Technology for Sulphate Removal (in South Africa)
    William Pulles and Ralph Heath (Golder Africa)
12. Management of Mining-Impacted Groundwater, Bingham Canyon Mie, Utah, USA
    Kelly Payne (Rio Tinto)
13. An Integrate Ecological Approach for Remediating Mine Waters
    D. Barrie Johnson (Bangor University)
14. Biotechnology for Metal Recovery from Waste Streams
    Mike Bratty (BioteQ Environmental Technologies)
15. Electrobiochemical Reactor (EBR): Metals, Nitrate and BOD
    D. Jack Adams, Mike Peoples, Nicol Newton and Madhuri Nanduri (University of Utah)
16. Bio-Treatment of Mining Influenced Water: Iron King / Copper Chief Mine, Yavapai, County, Arizona
    Jim Gusek (Golder) and Ron Buchanan (FMI)
17. Whistle Mine: Design, Construction and Performance Monitoring of the Pit Cover and Impacts on Water Treatment
    Lisa Lanteigne (Vale Inco)
18. 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)