BC MEND ML/ARD Annual Workshop

Proceedings:

  1. Tremblay G. and C. Hogan. Mend and Noami Update (2015). 22nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. 2015.

    KEYWORDS:  MEND  NOAMI 

  2. Chatwin T. INAP Update (2015). 22nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. 2015.

    KEYWORDS:  INAP 

  3. Tremblay J.L., J. Hogan and B. Slater. Considering Different Perspectives when Defining Acceptable Levels of Environmental Contamination. 22nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. 2015.

    KEYWORDS:  First Nation  receiving environment  regulation 

  4. Kennedy C., S. Day and L. Anglin. Geochemical Characterization of Spilled Tailings from the Mount Polley Mine Dam Failure. 22nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. 2015.

    KEYWORDS:  Mount Polley  neutral PH  prediction  solubility  tailings 

  5. Anglin L. Mount Polley Mine - Tailings Storage Facility dam breach: Environmental Response Program. 22nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. 2015.

    KEYWORDS:  dam  failure  Mount Polley  reclamation  tailings 

  6. Shaw S., R. Nicholson, B. Fraser, M. Venhuis, S. Barabas, E. Clyde and J. Stirling. ARD is not the Apocalypse - A closed iron ore mine characterized by active ARD/ML and good water quality. 22nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. 2015.

    KEYWORDS:  backfill  PAG  pit  prediction  segregation  Sherman  underwater  waste rock 

  7. Shaw S., D. Flemming, R. Ambrosie and A. Krasnick. Control of sulphide oxidation in the pyrrhotite-rich tailings from the Cantung Mine, NWT. 22nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. 2015.

    KEYWORDS:  air  Cantung  PAG  prediction  tailings 

  8. Dockrey J. and A. Shaw. Geochemical behaviour of adit drainage under saturated and unsaturated conditions at two underground mines in Northern British Columbia. 22nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. 2015.

    KEYWORDS:  drainage chemistry  flooded  prediction  underground 

  9. Day S., B. Forsyth and M. DesJardins. Influence of Size-Fraction Partitioning of Sulphide and Carbonate Minerals in Blasted Rock on ARD Potential Classification, Copper Mountain Mine. 22nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. 2015.

    KEYWORDS:  Copper Mountain  PAG  prediction 

  10. Sexsmith K., D. MacGregor and A. Barnes. Comparison of actual and calculated lag times in humidity cell tests. 22nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. 2015.

    KEYWORDS:  kinetic  prediction 

  11. Zak J., L. Smith, D. Blowes, R. Amos and D. Sego. The Diavik Waste Rock Project: Hydrologic observations from a tracer test and test pile deconstruction. 22nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. 2015.

    KEYWORDS:  Diavik  hydrology  prediction  waste rock 

  12. Meiers G., C. Bradley and J. Shea. Performance of Cover Systems with Geosynthetic Barrier Layers. 22nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. 2015.

    KEYWORDS:  Cape Breton  dry covers  geomembranes 

  13. Watson I., S. Hill, C. Banton and T. Davies. A UK perspective on managing mine waters sustainably. 22nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. 2015.

    KEYWORDS:  collection  passive  treatment  vertical flow  wetland 

  14. Watson I., S. Hill, C. Banton and T. Davies. Case studies on aquifer protection in rising mine water areas. 22nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. 2015.

    KEYWORDS:  hydrology  underground  underwater 

  15. Brouwer K., S. Lange and G. Smyth. Mine Waste Management: The Balancing Act between Geochemistry & Geotechnical Design. 22nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. 2015.

    KEYWORDS:  planning  risk assessment  tailings 

  16. Verburg R. and M. Oliveira. Surface Paste Disposal of High-Sulphide Tailings at Neves Corvo - Evaluation of Environmental Stability and Operational Experience. 22nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. 2015.

    KEYWORDS:  bactericide  Neves Corvo  paste  prediction  soil barrier  tailings 

  17. Ramsey D. Taking the Heap(s) Out of the Carmacks Copper Project: Addressing Environmental Concerns. 22nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. 2015.

    KEYWORDS:  Carmacks  filter  heap leach  planning  processing  tailings 

  18. Kratochvil D., B. Baker and B. Murphy. Achieving less than 1 ppb Se Ð Results of pilot demonstration for the KSM project. 22nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. 2015.

    KEYWORDS:  KSM  selenium  solid residue  treatment 

  19. Rhodes M. Wastewater Treatment of high total dissolved solids and acidity in Cerro de Pasco mining wastewater. 22nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. 2015.

    KEYWORDS:  active  Cerro de Pasco  HDS  metal recovery  treatment 

  20. Meiers G., M. O'Kane, C. Bradley and J. Shea. Closure of a Legacy WRP: Transitioning to Passive Treatment. 22nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. 2015.

    KEYWORDS:  Cape Breton  dry cover  geomembrane  hydrology  treatment  Victoria Junction 

  21. Wen M.E., C.A. Pelletier, K. Norlund, G.W.R. Wolff and D. Berthelot. The Island Copper Pit Lake. 22nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. 2015.

    KEYWORDS:  Island Copper  passive  pit lake  treatment 

  22. Pieters R. and G. Lawrence. Physical processes and meromixis in pit lakes with ice cover. 22nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. 2015.

    KEYWORDS:  Colomac  Equity  Faro  pit lake 

  23. Lawrence G., C. Bluteau, T. Tedford and R. Pieters. Stratification and Mixing in Brackish Lakes Subject to Ice Cover. 22nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. 2015.

    KEYWORDS:  pit lake 

  24. Dunbar D., A.J. Martin, C. Fraser and S. Mueller. Modelling of Pit Lake Filling Scenarios using a Coupled Physical and Biogeochemical Model. 22nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. 2015.

    KEYWORDS:  Aitik  model  pit lake 

  25. Fraser B., R. Nicholson, S. Shaw, M. Venhuis, S. Barabash, E. Clyde and J. Stirling. Where Did The Acid Go? Water-filled pits 25 years after closure at a mine with active ARD. 22nd British Columbia MEND Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Workshop. Vancouver. 2015.

    KEYWORDS:  pit lake  receiving environment  Sherman 

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