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Technical and Social Program

September 4 - 6, 2019. Hotel Sheraton Santiago, Chile

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 04

16:00-19:00 Registration, Foyer

18:00-18:30 Authors and Session Chair Coordination Meeting, Ballroom A & B

SEPTEMBER 04

BALLROOM A & B

Inaugural Ceremony

19:00

Words of Welcome

Carlos Barahona, Sustainable Mining 2019 Executive Director; General Manager, Gecamin, Chile
Bárbara Alcayaga, Sustainable Mining 2019 Program Director; Sustainability Consultant, Chile
Daniela Serra, Sustainable Mining 2019 Co-Organizer; Academic, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile
Alex Godoy, Sustainable Mining 2019 Co-Organizer; Director, Centro de Investigación en Sustentabilidad, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile
Glen Corder, Sustainable Mining 2019 Co-Organizer; Associate Professor, SMI-Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, The University of Queensland, Australia
Sarah Mackenzie, Sustainable Mining 2019 Co-Organizer; Research Manager, SMI-Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, University of Queensland, Australia

Opening Addresses

(SPA) "Mining Challenges: Balancing the Operation with a Sustainable Vision of the Development of the Industry and the Country"

Jorge Gómez, Sustainable Mining 2019 President; Executive President, Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile

(SPA) "COP 25: Planning and Expectations"

Andrés Landerretche, COP25 Presidency Coordinator, Ministry of the Environment, Government of Chile

20:00 - 21:00 Welcome Reception. Foyer. Courtesy of Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi

SEPTEMBER 05

BALLROOM A & B

Plenary Session 1
Chair: Cristian Jaure, Manager, Land & Mineral Rights, Rio Tinto, Chile

08:20

Day 2 Program Update

08:30

(SPA) NuevaUnión: Sustainability Driven Approach Petri Salopera, Sustainability Director, NuevaUnión, Chile

09:00

(SPA) Más Alto: A Culture Change in Altonorte to Become a World Class Foundry

Beatrice Pierre, General Manager, Altonorte, Chile

09:30

(SPA) Energy Efficiency and Use of Renewable Energies in Antofagasta Minerals Diego Lizana, Deputy Manager of Energy Efficiency, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

10:00 - 10:50 Coffee Break.

BALLROOM A

Session 1: Energy, Water Resources and Climate Change Management
Chair: Doug Aitken, Sustainability Project Leader, SMI-ICE, Chile

10:50

(SPA) Climate Change Initiatives and Commitments from Chile Copper Mining, Based on Climate Smart Mining from World Bank

Juan Pablo Rubilar and Carolina Aguayo, Corporation Alta Ley, Chile; and María Luz Farah, WSP, Chile

11:10

(SPA) The Use of Non-Conventional Renewable Energies in Chilean Copper Mining Rosana Brantes, COCHILCO, Chile; and Fernando Pino, Independent Consultant, Chile

11:30

(ENG) Contributing to SDG6 through Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH): Mining Opportunities and Risks Hayley Zipp and Hannah Clayton, International Council on Mining and Metals, UK; and Neil McIntyre, Kathryn Sturman, Liliana Pagliero and Glen Corder, The University of Queensland, Australia

11:50

(SPA) A New Approach towards Sustainable Water Use in the Aconcagua Basin-The Codelco Andina Water Quality Management System Humberto Rivas and Claudia Nuñez, Andina Division, Codelco, Chile

12:10

(SPA) Water Cycle Study in the Tilopozo Lagoon Ecosystem, Salar de Atacama, Chile Ramón Aravena, University of Waterloo, Canada; and Gonzalo Auria, Álvaro Henríquez and Corrado Tore, SQM Salar, Chile

12:30

(ENG) Synthetic Geomembranes Improve the Safety of Tailings Dams Gabriella Vaschetti, Pascual Perazzo and Marco Bacchelli, Carpi Tech, Switzerland; and Alberto Scuero, Carp Group, Switzerland

BALLROOM B

Session 2: Community Development and Collective Impact
Chair: Norman Gridley, Independent Consultant, Chile

10:50

(SPA) Newmont Goldcorp Sports Academies María De Gasperin, María Martínez and Lorena Granados, Peñasquito Mine, Goldcorp, Mexico

11:10

(ENG) Tourism as a Cleaner Production Tool in Mining Industry Silas Costa and Eduardo Braga, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil; Lucas dos Santos, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil; and Yago Pinto, Instituto Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

11:30

(ENG) Culturally Sensitive Architectural Design and Stakeholder Engagement as Success Factors in Community Resettlement Etienne Joubert and Thabani Mlilo, Anglo American Platinum, South Africa; and Peter Rich, Peter Rich Architects, South Afric

11:50

(SPA) Resignification of Spaces for Community Strengthening and Development: The Case of the Toconao Mining Camp Alejandro Bucher, SQM Salar, Chile

12:10

(SPA) Codelco Promotes the Installation of Solar Heaters in the City of Calama Leonardo Herrera, North District, Codelco, Chile

12:30

(SPA) Collahuasi: Leading a Business of Excellence with Passion Paula Quinchel and Matías Aylwin, Cía, Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile

BALLROOM C

Session 3: Land Rehabilitation and Remediation – I
Chair: Heather Jamieson, Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences, Queen’s University, Canada

10:50

(ENG) Mining Impacts to Geological Heritage of Jandaíra Formation, Northeast Brazil Terezinha Medeiros, Narla de Oliveira and João Saraiva, Instituto Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil; and Silas Costa, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

11:10

(ENG) Environmental Data Management System for Mine Site Remediation and Closure Anton Sizo, Ian Wilson and Elizaveta Petelina, Saskatchewan Research Council, Canada

11:30

(SPA) New Ecological Restoration Practices in Mine Closure Areas Iván Salas, Hudbay, Peru

11:50

(ENG) Planning for the Rehabilitation of a Drainage Adit at a Former Copper Mine Jana Heymann and Holmer Tscheschlok, CDM Smith, Germany; Roger Olsen, CDM Smith, USA; and Ruairi O’Carroll, CDM Smith, Ireland

12:10

(SPA) Partitioning of Potentially Toxic Elements and Environmental Risk Assessment in Copper Tailings from Chile David Rubinos, SMI-ICE, Chile; Óscar Jerez and Ursula Kelm, Universidad de Concepción, Chile; Giti Forghani, Shahrood University of Technology, Iran; and Mansour Edraki, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, Australia

12:30

(SPA) Biodiversity Offsets and the Mitigation Hierarchy: Key Components for a Project Design and Implementation Victoria Alonso and Marcelo Ringeling, Templado, Chile

12:50-14:00 Lunch. El Bohío Park

BALLROOM A & B

14:00-15:40 Panel Discussion: Sustainability of the Mining Process: An Industry-wide Challenge
Chair: Alejandra Wood, Executive Director, Centro de Estudios del Cobre y la Minería, Chile

14:00

Introductory Presentation by Special Speaker:

Jorge Sanhueza, Climate Change and Traceable Copper Manager, Codelco, Chile

Panelists:

Alejandro Bucher, VP Environment, Communities and Technology, SQM Salar, Chile

Paula Quinchel, Environmental Management Superintendent, Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile

Johannes Gediga, Vice President Mining, Metals and Manufacturing Goods and SoFi Sales, thinkstep, Germany

Martin Scheuerer, Director, ProTarget, Germany

Jorge Sanhueza, Climate Change and Traceable Copper Manager, Codelco, Chile

15:40 - 16:20 Coffee break. Foyer. Courtesy of CAMCHAL

BALLROOM A

Session 4: Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Mining
Chair: Alejandro Bucher, VP Environment, Communities and Technology, SQM Salar, Chile

16:20

(ENG) Kell Process: Efficient, Low-Energy Metals Recovery and Refining On-Site with Low Environmental Impact Lisa Smith, Mike Adams and Keith Liddell, Lifezone, Mauritius

16:40

(ENG) Selective Re-Mining of Tailings-Bodies and Separation of Valuable Elements from Heap Leaching Related Mine Waters: A Way of a More Sustainable Mining Nils Hoth, Maria Ussath, Marlies Grimmer and Janith Abeywickrama, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany; Frank Haubrich, G.E.O.S. mbH, Germany and Ursula Kelm, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

17:00

(SPA) Chilean Artisanal Mining: A Gambling Scenario Constanza Espinoza, Jacopo Seccatore and Miguel Herrera, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile

17:20

(SPA) The Use of a Lithium Industry By-Product for Improved Mine Water Management through Dust Suppression Álvaro González, Carlos López and Marcelo González, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Chile; Doug Aitken, SMI-ICE, Chile; and Christian Heitzer, Universidad Santa María, Chile

17:40

(SPA) Phosphate-Assisted Phytostabilization of Sulfidic Pb-Zn Tailings Decreased Metals Biomobilization Felipe Saavedra, SMI-ICE, Chile; and Gordon Southam and Longbin Huang, The University of Queensland, Australia

18:00

(ENG) Minimizing Environmental Impacts through the Elimination of Tailings from Mining Operations Carlos Motta, Knowledge Direction, Brazil; Daniel Pereira, Juliana Monteiro, Livia Mello, Maria Siqueira, Rodrigo Gomes and Thaiza Bissacot, Nexa Resources, Brazil; and Marcus Fonseca, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

BALLROOM B

Session 5: Prior Consultation, Inclusive Dialogue and Participation in Decisions
Chair: Daniela Serra, Coordinator of the Diploma in Responsible Mining, PUCV

16:20

(SPA) Building a Roadmap for Sustainable Development in the Province of Huasco Juan Carrasco, NuevaUnión, Chile

16:40

(SPA) Due Diligence in Human Rights and Business: Methodology for the Value Chain in Mining Vilma Pérez, Karla Benavides and Beatriz Sandoval, Arcadis, Chile

17:00

(ENG) Integration of Local Knowledge Key to Effective Remediation of Legacy Uranium Mine Sites Ian Wilson and Joseph Muldoon, Saskatchewan Research Council, Canada

17:20

(SPA) Resettlement: A Platform for Conflict Resolution, Human Rights Promotion and Sustainable Development Edwin Urresta, Environmental Resources Management, Mexico; José Tovar, Alamos Gold, Mexico; and Casey Luongo, Environmental Resources Management, Canada

17:40

(ENG) The Canary in the Cage: Community Voices and Social License to Operate in Central Eastern Europe Cathryn MacCallum, SRK Consulting, UK; and Mark Proctor, Swansea University, UK

18:00

(SPA) Early Community Participation in NuevaUnión Project Eliana López, NuevaUnión, Chile

BALLROOM C

Session 6: Land Rehabilitation and Remediation – II
Chair: Glen Corder, Associate Professor, SMI-CMLR, The University of Queensland, Australia

16:20

(ENG) Alternative Closure Methods for Mine Openings at Remote Legacy Mines David Sanscartier and Patty Ogilvie-Evans, Saskatchewan Research Council, Canada

16:40

(ENG) Mining and Geoconservation in Seridó Geopark Project, Northeast Brazil Silas Costa and Marcos Leite, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil; and Robson de Oliveira and Terezinha Medeiros, Instituto Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

17:00

(ENG) Former Lorado Uranium Mill Site Remediation Project Ian Wilson, Elizaveta Petelina and Skye Ketilson, Saskatchewan Research Council, Canada

17:20

(ENG) The German Wismut Environmental Remediation Program: Status and Challenges Andrea Kassahun and Michael Paul, Wismut GmbH, Germany

17:40

(ENG) Planning Radiological Risk Mitigation for Remediation of Abandoned Uranium Mines Elizaveta Petelina, David Sanscartier and Alexey Klyashtorin, Saskatchewan Research Council, Canada

18:00

(SPA) Midterm Environmental Strategy for Port Facility and Desal Plant in Caldera Bay Jorge Bravo and Humberto Espejo, Candelaria Mine, Lundin Mining, Chile

18:20 - 19:30 Networking Cocktail. Foyer

SEPTEMBER 06

BALLROOM A & B

Plenary Session 2
Chair: Petri Salopera, Sustainability Director, NuevaUnión, Chile

08:20

Day 3 Program Update

08:30

(ENG) Global Drivers and Trends for Sustainable Mining: Why Mining with Principles is Critical to the Industrys Continued Success (Via streaming) Nicky Black, Director of Environmental Stewardship and Social Progress, ICMM, UK

09:00

(SPA) Advances and Evolution of Relations with Communities: Teck Experiences in Chile Herman Urrejola, Social Responsibility and Communities Manager, Teck, Chile

09:30

(SPA) Keys to Understanding the Quintero Puchuncaví Crisis Cristhian de la Piedra, Manager of Sustainability and External Affairs, Ventanas Division, Codelco, Chile

10:00 - 10:50 Coffee break. Foyer. Courtesy of Black&Veatch

BALLROOM A

Session 7: Environmental Impact Assessment
Chair: Alexandra Belaúnde, Environment Manager, Arcadis, Chile

10:50

(ENG) The Role of Good Environmental Data Management in Reducing Risk and the Challenges Involved Henrik Frijs, Phil Ely, Javier Murdocca and Lindsay Danyluk, EHS Data, UK

11:10

(ENG) Remote Sensing uses in Evaluation of Environmental Impacts and Degraded Areas Rehabilitation Yago Pinto, Terezinha Neta, Joao de Sousa and Mauro Meyer, Insitituto Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil; and Silas Costa and Christian Rocha, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

11:30

(ENG) The Effects of Metal-Bearing Mine Dust on Surface Water Chemistry Amy Cleaver and Heather Jamieson, Queen’s University, Canada; and Philippa Huntsman and Carrie Rickwood, Natural Resources Canada

11:50

(ENG) Environmental Risk Associated with Modern and Historic Dispersal of Arsenic-Bearing Dust from the Giant Gold Mine, Canada Heather Jamieson, Alexandra Bailey, Cristopher Schuh, Kirsten Maitland and Jon Oliver, Queen’s University, Canada; and Michael Palmer, Carleton University, Canada

12:10

(SPA) Chilean Entities of Environmental Inspection and Certification: Challenges and Opportunities for Improvement Sebastián Rebolledo and Nicolás Espinoza, Eelaw Environment and Energy Legal Advice, Chile

12:30

(SPA) Microbial Taxonomic and Metabolic Diversity in Gypsum Evaporites in Salar de Llamara Cecilia Demergasso, Roberto Véliz and Alex Echeverría, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile; Lorena Escudero, Centro de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica para la Minería, Chile; and Ismael Aracena, SQM, Chile

BALLROOM B

Session 8: Sustainable Development and Corporate Strategy
Chair: Juan Carlos Jofré, Sustainability Manager, Sierra Gorda SCM, Chile

10:50

(SPA) A Territorial Approach to Corporate Social Responsibility in Extractive Industry: The Case of Fruta del Norte Patricio Carvallo, Insuco, Ecuador; Guillén Calvo, Insuco, Colombia; and Nathan Monash and Juan José Herrera, Lundin Gold, Ecuador

11:10

(ENG) Integrated Risk Management of the Quellaveco Project in Peru Norman Gridley, Independent Consultant, Chile

11:30

(SPA) Environmental Compliance Strategies: Overview and Proposals to Promote the Use of Collaborative Approaches Ivette Cárdenas and Paulina Riquelme, Eelaw Environment and Energy Legal Advice, Chile

11:50

(SPA) Lessons Learned from Caserones Project: from “Regalito” to “A Permanent Challenge” Ana Zúñiga and Gonzalo Araujo, Caserones, SCM Minera Lumina Copper, Chile

12:10

(SPA) Narrowing Gaps for Social Risk Prevention: Social Management Systems Integration Patricia Díaz and Filipa Vicente, ERM, Peru

12:30

(SPA) Involvement in Projects that have an Impact on Resettlement: Dialogue of Knowledge Jorge Ávila and Ricardo Ibarra, Arcadis, Chile

BALLROOM C

No Session

10:50

No Session

11:10

No Session

11:30

No Session

11:50

No Session

12:10

No Session

12:30

No Session

12:50-14:00 Lunch. El Bohío Park

BALLROOM A

Session 9: Procurement, Human and Indigenous Rights
Chair: Sarah Mackenzie, Research Manager, SMI-CSRM, University of Queensland, Australia

14:00

(ENG) Etuaptmumk: From Framework to Praxis in Mining Education Anne Johnson, Queen's University, Canada

14:20

(SPA) Participatory Water Monitoring Involving Communities in Managing Our Impacts Juan Pablo Vega, Teck, Chile

14:40

(SPA) Valuable Ideas Program at the Peñasquito Mine María De Gasperin and María Martínez, Peñasquito Mine, Goldcorp, Mexico

15:00

(SPA) Development of Local Suppliers at Teck Carmen de Andacollo Marcelo Stefanini and Miguel Muñoz, Minera Carmen de Andacollo, Teck, Chile

BALLROOM B

Session 10: Innovation in Management Systems and Social Evaluation
Chair: Marcela Sepulveda, Stakeholder Engagement Manager, Minera Candelaria, Lundin Mining, Chile

14:00

(ENG) Sustainability Assessment for Mine Remediation Elizaveta Petelina, David Sanscartier and Susan MacWilliam, Saskatchewan Research Council, Canada; and Reanne Ridsdale, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

14:20

(ENG) Case Study-Environmental Recovery in Permanent Preservation Area after Emergency Intervention in the Santo Antônio Do Grama's Creek-Minas Gerais, Brazil Rogério Vasconcellos and Gabriel Mendonça, Anglo American, Brazil; and Marcelo Simões, Vanessa Maffia and Elizabeth Neire, Agroflor Engineering and Environment, Brazil

14:40

(ENG) Social Change Assessment: Integrating Social Science, Spatial Analysis and Participatory Approaches to Enhance Social Impact and Risk Management of Mining Projects or Operations Danielle Crawford, OceanaGold Corporation, Australia; Dirk Arts, Social Performance of Extractives, Peru; and Alex Lechner, University of Nottingham, Malaysia

15:00

(ENG) Contributions of Environmental Licensing Activities to Mining Areas for Discovery of Species and Update of Phytogeography Regarding Endemic Species Otávio Ribeiro, Rupestris Biotechnology, Brazil; Elizabeth Neire and Marcelo Simões, Agroflor Engineering and Environment, Brazil; Gilcimar Oliveira, Anglo American, Chile; and Rogério Vasconcellos, Anglo American, Brazil

BALLROOM C

No Session

14:00

No Session

14:20

No Session

14:40

No Session

15:00

No Session

15:20-15:40 Coffee Break. Foyer. Courtesy of Black&Veatch

BALLROOM A & B

Plenary Session 3
Chair: Valentina Santelices, Independent Consultant, Chile

15:40

(SPA) Albemarle and the New Lithium Mining: Dialogue + Sustainability + Shared Value Ellen Lenny-Pessagno, Country Manager, Albemarle, Chile; and Ana Ramos, Vice President, Council of Atacameños Peoples, Chile

16:10

(SPA) Ayllu Solar: The Strength of the Sun for Productive Solutions in Communities Rodrigo Palma, Director, Solar Energy Research Center, Chile

16:40

(SPA) Mining for Sustainability: The Challenge of Los Bronces Leonel Sierralta, VP of Environment and Permits, Anglo American, Chile

BALLROOM A & B

Closing Ceremony

17:10

Congress Balance and Final Comments

Carlos Barahona, Sustainable Mining 2019 Executive Director; General Manager, Gecamin, Chile
Bárbara Alcayaga, Sustainable Mining 2019 Program Director; Sustainability Consultant, Chile
Juan Palma, Sustainable Mining 2019 Co-Organizer; Academic, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile
Alex Godoy, Sustainable Mining 2019 Co-Organizer; Director, Centro de Investigación en Sustentabilidad, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile
Glen Corder, Sustainable Mining 2019 Co-Organizer; Associate Professor, SMI-Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, The University of Queensland, Australia
Sarah Mackenzie, Sustainable Mining 2019 Co-Organizer; Research Manager, SMI-Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, University of Queensland, Australia

SEPTEMBER 05

BALLROOM

Poster Session - Foyer

(SPA) Guide to Elaborate a Sustainability Report for Medium Scale Mining Fanny Borge, Universidad de La Serena, Chile

(SPA) Recovery Metals as Gold, Silver and Copper from Urban Mining in Chile María Cid, Universidad de Las Américas, Chile