Achieving a sustainable outcome of mining and reclamation through a combination of process understanding and novel approaches of utilisation of mineral resources
Sustainable mining has to ensure to achieve a safe, stable and sustainable outcome. An advanced approach including the entire value chain of raw-materials, from ore extraction to mineral processing, water and waste treatment and from product design to reuse and reclamation is therefore required to improve current practice.
New knowledge concerning sustainable ore beneficiation methods, long-term transformation of the contaminants in mining wastes and mine waters and improved treatment methods for mine waters to prevent impacts to the surrounding environment has to be developed and applied.
Process understanding in space and time is critical to predict the trajectory of environmental impacts and any long-term consequences. In current mining practice, widespread experience has been gathered and applied to address problems related to chemical, physical or mechanical stability of products from mining. Nevertheless, there is only limited experience in predicting longterm performance and their consequences to the environment.
In this session, learnings from past problems and future concepts will be presented which will help to achieve advanced practical resolutions and which will lead to a more reliable and sustainable mining practice and rehabilitation outcome.
Thursday, 16 Apr 2015
Room: B11
Chairperson: Backnäs; Baumgartl, Duque
08:30–08:45
EGU2015-15559
A proactive approach to sustainable management of mine tailings
Mansour Edraki and Thomas Baumgartl
08:45–09:00
EGU2015-15400
Use of cemented paste backfill in arsenic-rich tailings
Roger Hamberg, Christian Maurice, and Lena Alakangas
09:00–09:15
EGU2015-9494
Can iron-making and steelmaking slag products be used to sequester CO2? Passive weathering and active carbonation experiments.
Fred Worrall and
Andrew Dobrzański
09:15–09:30
EGU2015-849
Recovery technologies for building materials
Veiko Karu, Martin Nurme, and Ingo Valgma
09:30–09:45
EGU2015-15687
Characterization of energy critical elements in ore resources and associated waste tailings: Implications for recovery and remediation
Sean H. McClenaghan
09:45–10:00
EGU2015-9290
Characterizing the hydrological system in Rosia Montana mining area (Romania) for AMD mitigation
Alexandra Cozma, Calin Baciu, Adriana Olenici, Dorian Brahaita, Cristian Pop, Laura Lazar, Carmen Roba, and Gabriela Popita
10:00–10:15
EGU2015-9657
Establishing the Ecological Status of Mining-Impacted Freshwaters from Abrud River Catchment Area Using Benthic Diatom Communities (Ros, ia MontanÄă, Romania)
Adriana Olenici, Calin Baciu, Laura Momeu, Alexandra Cozma, Dorian Brahaita, Cristian Pop, Laura Lazar, Gabriela Popita, and Gabriela Teodosiu
Coffee Break
Chairperson: Baumgartl; Baciu; Backnäs
10:30–10:45
EGU2015-1754
Geochemical information and isotopic ratios in pinpointing the rates of contamination processes generated at mine sites
Kaisa Turunen, Anniina Kittilä, Soile Backnäs, Antti Pasanen, and Nina Hendriksson
10:45–11:00
EGU2015-1757
Nitrogen removal in Northern peatlands treating mine wastewaters
Katharina Palmer, Teemu Karlsson, Kaisa Turunen, Marja Liisa Räisänen, and Soile Backnäs
11:00–11:15
EGU2015-1451
Calibration of a one-dimensional water flow model for the evaluation of the reclamation success of saline soil substrates
Mandana Shaygan, Thomas Baumgartl, Sven Arnold, Lucy Reading, and Andrew Fletcher
11:15–11:30
EGU2015-2895
Examples of geomorphic reclamation on mined lands in Spain by using the GeoFluv method
José F. Martín Duque, Nicholas Bugosh, Cristina de Francisco, Néstor Hernando, Cristina Martín, José M. Nicolau, Sara Nyssen, María Tejedor, and Ignacio Zapico
11:30–11:45
EGU2015-3967
Applying soil science for restoration of post mining degraded landscapes in semi-arid Australia: challenges and opportunities
Miriam Muñoz-Rojas, Dylan Martini, Todd Erickson, David Merritt, and Kingsley Dixon
11:45–12:00
EGU2015-8693
An ecosystem approach to evaluate restoration measures in the lignite mining district of Lusatia/Germany
Wolfgang Schaaf
12:00–12:15
EGU2015-7580
Surface Soil Preparetion for Leguminous Plants Growing in Degraded Areas by Mining Located in Amazon Forest-Brazil
Admilson Irio Ribeiro, Felipe Hashimoto Fengler, Gerson Araújo de Medeiros, Regina Márcia Longo, Giovanna Frederici de Mello, and Wanderley José de Melo
Department of Mining have two presentations in EGU Conference.
Department of Mining, Estonia -
http://mi.ttu.ee/mining
Mining Research -
http://mi.ttu.ee/research
Mining Horizon projects at Horizon 2020 -
http://mi.ttu.ee/horizon2020
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