Mine Closure 2023

The mining industry has a pivotal role to play in the green transition, and WSP’s team of over 5,200 dedicated mining professionals are supporting the industry in delivering the metals and minerals required for a greener future, in a sustainable and responsible manner. Learn more about our mining expertise.

Workshop – October 2

Lisa May, Neeltje Slingerland, Barbara Wernick | “Developing Effective Closure Success Criteria: A Hands-on Workshop.”

Presentations

Andrew Bruemmer | “A framework for managing contaminants at legacy mine sites.”

John Sciacca | “Attenuation of acid rock drainage from buffering by naturally occurring calcite in country rock at the Leviathan sulfur mine, California.”

Devin Castendyk | “Closure modeling of the Eagle Ni-Cu mine, Michigan: Part 1. Hydrogeology and water quality of the underground mine pool.”

Erica Evans | “Closure modeling of the Eagle Ni-Cu Mine, Michigan: Part 2. Limnology and water quality of the Humboldt tailings disposal facility, a pit lake used for sub-aqueous tailings disposal.”

Doug Romig | “Successful revegetation of run-of-mine overburden soil covers without soil amendments: Copper mine closure studies in a semi-arid environment.”

Jack Lindauer | “A review of methods to calculate current and future evaporation rates from pit lakes with high concentrations of total dissolved solids.”

Jacob Nikl |“Development of a site-specific, relative hazard prioritization tool at a legacy mine site in British Columbia.”

Lesley Sandve | “Mitigation of an open shaft feature at a legacy mine site in British Columbia, Canada using polyurethane foam.”

Mark Bruton | “Hydraulic dewatered stacking: Facilitating faster and value accretive closure of tailings facilities.”

Ryan Preston | “Cold joints and hot pours in the arctic: Design, implementation and post construction investigation of a remotely placed SCC sill pillar.”

Peter Yuan | “Conversion of an evapotranspiration soil cover to a geosynthetic cover for waste rock facility closure.”

Scot Foster
Sr Vice President, Global Mining Client Program
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Randy Huffsmith, PE, BCEE
Senior Vice President – U.S. Mining Lead
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Ivon Aguinaga
Vice President, US Mine Closure Lead
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