BC MEND ML/ARD Annual Workshop

  1. Jennings S. and P. Castiglione. Applications of Soil Physics for Long-term Monitoring of Soil Water Content in Evapotranspiration Cover Systems in Montana; Case Studies and Equipment Evolution. Presented at the 2009 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  amend lime  Anaconda  ash  Colstrip  dry cover  monitoring  revegetation  soil barrier  store and release  tailings 


  2. Meiers G., J. Sgaoula and S. Turcotte. Capillary-Break Cover Systems: Challenges in Laboratory to Field and Field to Laboratory Evaluation and Design. Presented at the 2022 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  amend  bentonite  capillary  dry cover  Goldex  Manitou  store and release  tailings cover  waste rock 


  3. Benson C.. Evolution of Soil Hydraulic Properties in Dry Covers: Lessons Learned from the Alternative Cover Assessment Program (ACAP). Presented at the 2009 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  dry cover  GCL  geomembrane  soil barrier  store and release 

    Supporting Documents:

    1. Postconstruction Changes in the Hydraulic Properties of Water Balance Cover Soils

  4. O'Kane M., D. Christensen, K. Bonstrom and B. Huys. Evolution of Waste Rock Management and Cover System Design at BHPBilliton Iron Ore, Mt. Whaleback Operations, Western Australia. Presented at the 2011 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  deposition  dry cover  encapsulation  model  Mt Whaleback  store and release  waste rock 


  5. Benson C. and W. Albright. Field Scale Hydrology of Dry Covers: US EPA's Alternative Cover Assessment Program. Presented at the 2004 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  dry cover  research  store and release 

    Supporting Documents:

    1. Field Water Balance of Landfill Final Covers

  6. Junqueira F., S. Dunlap and W. Wilson. Golden Sunlight Soil Covers on Waste Rock and Tailings. Presented at the 2004 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  dry cover  Golden Sunlight  model  store and release  tailings  waste rock 


  7. Mueller S., J. Holm, A. Koivuhuhta, M. Kuivalainen, J. Riikonen, S. Hindström, T. Lehtilä, S. Pearce, G. Digges La Touche, A. Martin, M. McKeown, D. Christiansen and M. O’Kane. Kevitsa Mine - Updating the Design for Closure. Presented at the 2022 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  dry cover  freeze  organic cover  pit lake  progressive  soil barrier  store and release  stratification  tailings  waste rock 


  8. Ward A.. Long-term Cover Design and Performance Assessment - A Hanford Case Study. Presented at the 2004 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  asphalt cover  dry cover  Hanford  store and release  uranium  water management 


  9. O'Kane M., B. Ayres, L. Barber, D. Hiller and D. Helps. Performance of an Engineered Cover System After Six Years at the Areva Resources Cluff Lake Mine Waste Rock Pile in Northern Saskatchewan. Presented at the 2013 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Cluff Lake  monitoring  soil barrier  store and release  waste rock 


  10. Zhan J., A. Jones and P. Yuan. Post Closure Cover Performance Evaluation and Improvement at Rain Mine in Nevada. Presented at the 2022 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  climate  dry cover  geomembrane  model  store and release  waste rock 


  11. Zhan J.. Richmond Hill Mine Heap Leach Pad Soil Cover System Evaluation. Presented at the 2018 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  bentonite  dry cover  heap leach  liner  model  monitoring  Richmond Hill  store and release 


  12. G. Meiers, Z. Kenyon and P. Butsavage. Ridgeway Mine TMF Cover System Performance Assessment – Defining Performance Risks and Mitigation Measures. Presented at the 2023 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  climate change  cover  hydrology  liner  store and release  tailings  vegetation  weathering 


  13. T. Searcy and K. Hughes. Successfully Entering the Saskatchewan Institutional Control Program: An Overview of the Decommissioned Cluff Lake Mine. Presented at the 2023 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  attenuation  cover  pit lake  reclamation  regulation  relinquishment  stakeholder  store and release  stratification  uranium 


  14. Zhan J.. Waste Rock Management at the Barrick Goldstrike Mine. Presented at the 2018 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  backfill  climate  construction material  dry cover  encapsulation  Goldstrike  monitoring  PAG  segregation  store and release  waste rock 


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