2024 Tailings and Mine Waste

Short Course and Panel: Sunday, November 10

Short Course: Developing Mine Waste Professionals Symposium
Hosted by WSP and other firms

Podium Presentations

• Dr. Peter Chapman “Lessons learnt by applying a risk-based approach to existing and future tailings storage facilities”
• Dr. Mathan Manmatharajan “A comparison of state parameter estimated using different methods to assess the static liquefaction of tailings”
• Dr. Ben Wickland “Southeast Rock Disposal Site Tailings Co-disposal Facility”
• Matthew Haynes “CPT calibration chamber testing of tailings sand at high confining pressures”
• Angus Rose “Modelling of embankment scour due to a tailings delivery pipeline breach and the potential risk of a dam breach”
• Juan Carlos Ayes-Zamudio “Characterizing liquefied undrained shear strength of fine tailings within a large TSF based on cone penetration and laboratory test results”
  

Podium Co-Presentations

• Laura Fidel “The Role of Engineer of Record – A reflection of the current state of practice from an Australian perspective”
• Mark Bruton “Hydraulic dewatered stacking demonstration – approaching operational completion”
• Kenneth Rood “Optimization of operations based on monitoring and construction quality assurance at Minera Peñasquito”

Poster Presentations

• Dr. Ana Valverde “Potential of X-ray micro-CT imaging for mine tailings deposit characterization”
• Dr. Morteza Esfehani “Geotechnical challenges of tailing storage facilities in cold regions”
• Dr. Christian Armstrong “Optimization of operations based on monitoring and construction quality assurance at Minera Peñasquito
• Kendall Monley “Exploration of passive desaturation of in place tailings using wicking geosynthetics”
• Estelle Nkamegue “Rate effects in in-situ testing in hard rock mine tailings and their impact on the estimation of shear strength parameters”
• Delakshan Inparajah “A safe approach to assess the trafficability of tailings beaches for operation and closure construction activities”
• Daniel Pham “Numerical modelling comparison of large strain tailings consolidation”
• Rui Couto “A Case Study: The use of an O-pile system for foundation seepage control during tailings dam construction”
• Mahmoud Hussien “Monitoring tailings saturation at a TSF using tensiometers and laboratory SWCC”
• Max Nodwell “Water management and treatment modelling case study at an underground gold mine”
• Roberto Silva “Integrating geometric deposition and hydrological water balance in tailings management: A semi-probabilistic approach”

Plenary Session Moderator

• Ryan Shedivy “Are we getting distracted? How can we best use the GISTM as an effective path to risk reduction rather than it becoming a path to box-check auditing?”

Randy Huffsmith
Senior Vice President, U.S. Mining Lead
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Benjamin Wickland
Senior Principal Geotechnical Engineer and MW PAN Lead
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Ryan Shedivy
Assistant Vice President, Geological Engineer
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