Session 4: Rheology and Chemical Aspects
(ENG) Geotechnical and Rheological Characterization of Bauxite Mining Tailings
Víctor Bretas, Leonardo Agripino, María Da Silva, Patricia Silva, Daniela Amorim and Mauro Filho, Mineração Paragominas, Brazil; and Breno Castilho, Norsk Hydro, Brazil
(SPA) Geoquimic Stability of Tailings Dams at Closure
Osvaldo Aduvire, SRK Consulting, Peru
(SPA) Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation as Tool to Improve the Mine Waste Management
Héctor Zúñiga, Javiera Toledo, Lorena Jorquera and David Jeison, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile
(SPA) Quantification of the Impact of Clay Presence in the Solid-Liquid Separation Stage of Copper Sulphide Tailings, In Continental and Sea Water
Catalina López-Espejo and Christian Ihle, Universidad de Chile
(SPA) Estimation of Tailings Flow Runout Distance from Rheology Approach
Álvaro Vergara and Sergio Palma, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile; Alejandra Álvarez, JRI Ingeniería, Chile; and María Zandarín, El Pachón, Glencore, Argentina
(ENG) Rheological Behavior of Different Types of Tailings for Dam Break Analysis
Micheline Perdigão, Paulo dos Santos, Brenda Vale, Laura Leite, Thiago Oliveira and Guilherme Ribeiro, DF+ Engineering, Brazil
(SPA) Tailings Rheology Considerations for Dam Breach Analysis
Claudio Román, Francisco Scheihing and Jorge Martínez, Ausenco, Chile
(ENG) Determination of the Rheology of Liquefied Bauxite Residue Using a Pilot-Scale Dam Break Test
Roxana Ugaz and Gordon McPhail, Water, Waste and Land, Australia
(SPA) Experimental Analysis of the Impact of Solids Concentration and Fines Content on the Rheology of Copper Tailings and Cyclone Sands
Jorge Casanova and Constanza Díaz, SHIMIN Ingeniería, Chile
Session 6: Technologies and Instrumentation for Monitoring and Surveillance
(ENG) Using Ambient Seismic Noise Interferometry to Image and Monitor Tailings Dams
Tjaart de Wit and Gerrit Olivier, Institute of Mine Seismology, Australia
(ENG) Novel Interactive Web-Based Tool for Dam Breach Inundation Studies
Gemma Bullard, Patrick Grover, Robert Millar, Katie Tait and Matthew Lato, BGC Engineering, Canada
(ENG) G.Re.T.A. Solution to Monitor the Integrity of Tailings Dams
Greta Tresoldi, LSI Lastem, Italy; Luigi Zanzi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy; and Azadeh Hojat, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran
(ENG) Advanced Tailings Dam Monitoring and Response System Based on IoT
Pedro Leite, Ricardo Telles and Luis Almeida, Mosaic Fertilizantes do Brasil; Bruno Rezende, Leonardo Santana, Tetra Tech América do Sul, Brazil; and Denis Guilhot, Andrea Bartoli, Xavi Vilajosana, Leonardo Vidigal and Fernando Pérez, Worldsensing SL, Spain
(SPA) Managing Risk of Tailings Storage Facilities through Surveillance, Monitoring and the Construction of FMEA type of Analysis
Jasna Zúñiga and Gonzalo Suazo, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile and Gabriel Villavicencio, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile
(ENG) Integrity Monitoring of Tailings Storage Facilities Using Distributed Fiber Optics Sensing Technology
Sam Johansson, HydroResearch, Sweden; Michael Mondanos, Silixa, UK; and Zara Anderson, Silixa, Canada
(ENG) Satellite InSAR for assessing deformation processes of tailing dams: the Zelazny Most case in Legnica Glogow Copper District (Poland)
Benedetta Antonielli, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy; Francesca Bozzano, Stefano Scancella, Paolo Mazzanti and Serena Moretto, NHAZCA, Italy; Alessandra Sciortino, Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, Italy
(ENG) Leveraging Hydrogeophysics for In-Situ Monitoring of Tailings Facilities
Raul Mollehuara, Elena Kozlovskaya and Juha Lunkka, University of Oulu, Finland; and Daniele Pedretti, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
(ENG) Towards the Development of an Effective Monitoring Program of Tailings Dams: The Vale Experience
Karla Pimentel, Isabela Vasconcelos, Beatriz Mapa, Diego Lage, Filipe Costa, Pamela Lisboa and Tercio Costa, Vale, Brazil; and Paolo Farina, Geoapp, Italy
(SPA) Automated Permanent Monitoring of Seepage for Tailings Dams Using a Customized ERT System
Leopoldo Córdova and Jordi Bari, Geosinergia Ingeniería y Medio Ambiente, Chile
(ENG) Overview of Surveillance and Reporting Tools for TSF Management
Mark Schmelter, Freeport-McMoRan, USA
Integrating Seismic Hazard, Performance and Monitoring of Tailings Deposits
Diana Comte, Professor, AMTC, Universidad de Chile
César Pastén, Professor, AMTC, Universidad de Chile
Roberto Gesche, Professor, AMTC, Universidad de Chile
Myths and Realities of Tailings Dewatering
Moderator:
Caius Priscu, Adjunct Professor, Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Canada
Presenters:
Kate Patterson, Associate, Tailings and Water Resources Engineer, Klohn Crippen Berger, Canada
Rachel Jensen, Senior Process Engineer, Paterson & Cooke, USA
Guillaume Tremblay, Tailings & Dam Engineer, Rio Tinto, Canada
Michael Davies, Senior Advisor, Teck Resources, Canada
John Lupo, Senior Director, Newmont Mining, USA