BC MEND ML/ARD Annual Workshop

  1. O'Kane M.. Boliden Aitik Mine Closure Planning - WRSF Closure Planning Support Studies. Presented at the 2019 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Aitik  closure  discharge  drainage chemistry  dry cover  hydrology  loading  mitigation  model  NAG  PAG  soil barrier  waste rock 

  2. Mayer K.U., C.G. Romano and D.W. Blowes. Combining Field Measurements and Reactive Transport Modelling to Predict ARD, Case Study: Fault Lake Tailings, Falconbridge, ON. Presented at the 2005 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  drainage chemistry  Fault Lake  loading  model  prediction  receiving environment  tailings 

  3. Wilson D., D. Blowes, R. Amos, D. Sego and L. Smith. Diavik Waste Rock Project: Application of Reactive Transport Models to Scale-up in Waste Rock. Presented at the 2018 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Diavik  drainage chemistry  hydrology  kinetic test  loading  model  prediction  scale up  waste rock 

  4. McKeown M.. Forecasting long term water quality - Swedish mine. Presented at the 2019 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Aitik  closure  discharge  drainage chemistry  dry cover  hydrology  loading  mitigation  model  PAG  prediction  soil barrier  waste rock 

  5. Skruch D. and S. Barabash. Forensic Geochemistry Chasing the Last 1% of Copper Loadings Downstream of a Legacy Site. Presented at the 2022 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  closure  drainage chemistry  hydrology  loading  receiving environment 

  6. Jensen S. and E. Marquez. How Much Modelling is Too Much Modelling? – Red Chris Mine: A Case Study. Presented at the 2018 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  hydrology  loading  model  operating  Red Chris  selenium 

  7. A. Shaw, P. Mueller, J. Dockrey, N. Glas and B. DeHay-Turner. Incorporating Wall Washing Data Sets into Closure Planning: Insights from Brucejack Mine. Presented at the 2024 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  drainage chemistry  kinetic test  loading  minewall  prediction  underground  underwater 

  8. Nicholson R.V., S. Barabash, M. Venhuis, G. Ivanis and G. Shen. Integration of Field Investigations and an Innovative Modelling Tool in the Prioritization of Mitigation Strategies for an Abandoned Uranium Mine. Presented at the 2013 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Gunnar  loading  model  prediction  tailings  uranium  waste rock 

  9. Freed R., R. Marsland, J. Cho, I. McWilliams and S. Henderson. Investigating Loadings from Tailings and Waste Rock for Closure Planning at Nyrstar Myra Falls. Presented at the 2012 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  closure  collection  hydrology  loading  Myra Falls  paste  tailings  waste rock 

  10. Martin A., J. Mackin, T. Crozier, S. Hedberg, D. Paszkowski, J. Jambor, S. Hiller and D. Gelderland. Mechanisms of Arsenic Attenuation in a Gold Mill Tailings Impoundment. Presented at the 2012 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Cochenour Wilanour  drainage chemistry  impoundment  in-situ  loading  roaster  tailings  treatment  underwater 

  11. Wade A., S. Shaw and S. Day. Modelling Nitrate Release in the Elk Valley. Presented at the 2018 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  blasting residues  Elk Valley  lag time  loading  model  prediction  waste rock 

  12. Smith L., L. MacPhie, D. Leahy, R. Maji and M. Wen. Prediction of Metal Loadings from Groundwater to Tidal Waters. Presented at the 2007 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  dry cover  hydrology  Island Copper  loading  model  pit lake  prediction  waste rock 

  13. Ferguson P., C. Wels and N. Pesonen. Previous Mine Waste Disposal and ARD/ML Management at Nyrstar Myra Falls, British Columbia. Presented at the 2018 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  backfill  collection  diversion  drainage chemistry  hydrology  impoundment  loading  Myra Falls  natural lake  PAG  paste  receiving environment  slurry  tailings  waste rock  water management 

  14. McKernan J.M. and D.B. Huebert. Using Critters, Clams and Fish to Define “Real” Ecological Risks at Orphaned and Abandoned Sites – The Lynn Lake Case Study. Presented at the 2019 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  loading  Lynn Lake  modelling  receiving environment  regulation  risk assessment  toxicity 

  15. Morin K., N. Hutt and M. Aziz. Variations in ARD from the Equity Silver Waste Rock Dumps. Presented at the 2003 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Equity  gas  hydrology  loading  soil barrier  temperature  waste rock 

  16. Venhuis M., R. Nicholson and D. Yaschyshyn. Water Quality Expectations for Thickened Tailings and Lessons Learned at the Kidd Metsite TMA, Timmins, Ontario. Presented at the 2011 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  deposition  hydrology  Kidd Creek  lime  loading  prediction  tailings  thickened  treatment 

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