BC MEND ML/ARD Annual Workshop

  1. Price W., M. Aziz and K. Bellefontaine. 2010 Review of Financial Security at Equity Silver Mine. Presented at the 2011 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  cost  Equity  financial security  lime  treatment 


  2. Cash A., G. Wilson, P. Urrutia and J. Robertson. A 2011 Update for the Single-layer Desulphurized Tailings Cover Completed in 1999 at Detour Gold. Presented at the 2011 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  cost  desulphurize  Detour  dry cover  model  NAG  PAG  slurry  tailings 

    Supporting Documents:

    1. Evaluation of a Single-Layer Desulphurized Tailings Cover. 6th ICARD

  3. O'Hearn T. and B. Klein. A Comparison of ARD Treatment Alternatives: Britannia Mine. Presented at the 1999 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  ash  Britannia  cost  HDS  sulphate reduction  treatment 


  4. Blier A., D. Therrien and R. Gallinger. Acid Rock Drainage Management at La Mine Doyon. Presented at the 2007 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  backfill  cost  Doyon  dry cover  HDS  PAG  prediction  treatment  underwater 


  5. Chambers D.. Alaska Large Mine Reclamation Bonding - 2005. Presented at the 2006 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  cost  financial security  regulation 

    Supporting Documents:

    1. Alaska Large Mine Reclamation Bonding - 2005
    2. Financial Assurance Reviews for Alaskan Mines - Fort Knox, Green Creeks, Kensington Gold, Pogo and True North

  6. Mortazavi S.. Application of Membrane Separation Technology to Mining Processes. Presented at the 2019 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  active treatment  ASARCO  Bingham Canyon  cost  maintenance  membrane 


  7. Ferguson K.. Applying Risk Assessment to ARD. Presented at the 1998 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  cost  guidelines  mitigation  prediction  risk assessment 


  8. Marchant B.. BioteQ - Commercial Case Studies. Presented at the 2006 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Bisbee  Caribou  cost  metal recovery  Raglan  sulphate reduction  treatment 


  9. Van Dyk R.. Cementitious Sealant Materials for ARD Control. Presented at the 1995 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  ash  cement  cost  dry cover  Myra Falls  tailings cover  waste rock 


  10. Lien L.. EMS Solutions for Acid and Alkaline Mine Drainage. Presented at the 2010 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  cost  membrane  reverse osmosis  treatment 


  11. Ziemkiewicz P.. Long-term Performance of Passive AMD Treatment Systems. Presented at the 2006 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  anoxic  cost  financial security  limestone bed  maintenance  passive  treatment  wetland 


  12. Ziemkiewicz P.. Long-Term Performance of Passive AMD Treatment Systems in the Eastern U.S.. Presented at the 2002 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  anoxic limestone bed  cost  guidelines  limestone bed  passive  slag  survey  treatment  verticla flow pond  wetland 


  13. Bienvenu L.. Recent Closure Technologies in Quebec for Acid Generating Sites. Presented at the 2019 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  Albert  closure  cost  dry cover  East Sullivan  exploration  GCL  geomembrane  Goldex  lime  Lorraine  Manitou  organic cover  Poirier  Quebec  regulation  Solbec  Somex  tailings cover  underwater 

    Supporting Documents:

    1. Manitou-Goldex Project: An MRNF Agnico-Eagle Mines Partnership
    2. News Release: Fonds Restor-Action Nunavik

  14. Gardiner R.T.. Reclamation and Closure Measures for Cominco's Sullivan Mine, Kimberley, B.C.. Presented at the 1995 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  backfill  cost  reclamation  soil cover  Sullivan  tailings  treatment  waste rock 


  15. Ziemkiewicz P. and B. Leavitt. Selection of ARD Treatment Alternatives to meet Water Quality Criteria. Presented at the 2011 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  aeration  amend  cost  in-situ  lime  limestone  options analysis  passive  receiving environment  solid residue  treatment 


  16. Knapp R.. Simplified Risk Assessment of the Shebandowan Tailings Pond Closure. Presented at the 1998 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  cost  dredge  failure  impoundment  risk assessment  Shebandowan  tailings  underwater 


  17. Shaw S.. Technology Readiness Levels: Guidance for Source Control and Water Treatment R&D for Mines in British Columbia. Presented at the 2022 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  cost  disposal  dry covers  financial security  guidelines  long term  maintenance  proprietary  regulation  research needs  risk assessment  treatment  waste rock 


  18. Hamblin C.. The Ongoing Rehabilitation of Ontario’s Kam Kotia Mine: An Abandoned Acid Generating Tailings Site. Presented at the 2019 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  batch Na0H  cost  GCL  geotube  Kam Kotia  lime treatment  receiving environment  saturated cover  soil barrier  solid residue  spill  tailings  underwater  wind-erosion 

    Supporting Documents:

    1. The Continuing Rehabilitation of the Kam Kotia Mine Site: An Acid Generating Abandoned Tailings Site

  19. Bailey B. and K. Bellefontaine. Water Treatment: Experience and Challenges with Old and New Technologies at Mines in BC. Presented at the 2018 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  active  BC  collection  cost  drainage treatment  guidelines  passive  regulation  solid residue 


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