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The following papers have been accepted for presentation:

FULL PAPERS AND ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Keynote/Plenary papers

• ADRIAN BROWN, President: IMWA (USA) – Reliable mine water technology
• NICO BEZUIDENHOUT, Golder Associates Africa (Pty) Ltd (South Africa) – Development and use of the Global Acid Rock Drainage (GARD) Guide
• WENDY MEY, BHP Billiton Energy Coal SA Ltd (South Africa) and A van Niekerk – Evolution of mine water management in the Highveld Coalfield
• RIANA MUNNIK, Golder Associates Africa (Pty) Ltd (South Africa) – The implementation of the recently developed Best Practice Guidelines for water resource protection in the South African mining industry
• NEVILLE PLINT, Anglo Platinum (South Africa), K Slatter, M Little, D de Vaux, N Palm and B Oostendorp – Water management in Anglo Platinum process operations: effects of water quality on metallurgical processes
• WILLIAM PULLES, Golder Associates Africa (South Africa) and R Heath – The evolution of passive mine water treatment technology for sulphate removal

Oral Papers: Water management issues in open pit mining

• LEE ATKINSON, HCItasca (USA), G Keeping, and J Wright – The economic challenges of dewatering at the Victor Diamond Mine in northern Ontario, Canada
• T S McCARTHY (South Africa) and K Pretorius – Coal mining on the Highveld and its implications for future water quality in the river systems
• TIRO MOLEBATSI, University of Queensland (Australia), L Li, D Bringemeier, S Galindo Torres and X Wang – Flow in rock fractured systems: connectivity and permeability
• CHRIS MORAN, University of Queensland (Australia), D Barrett and C Cote – A statistic analytical method to assess the potential for worked water sharing between mines
• MEI-LIN SHELP, Barrick Gold Corp (USA), B Upton, G Zhan and U Sibilski – Mine water management in modern African mining operations

Oral Papers: Water management issues in underground mining

• ULF JENK, WISMUT GmbH (Germany), M Paul and R Schopke – Development of a novel approach of source manipulation to be applied at the flooded underground uranium mine at Konigstein, Germany
• KYM MORTON, KLM Consulting Services (South Africa) – Comparison of designs for the dewatering of coal, gold and diamond mines in southern Africa
• JOE SHEA, Cape Breton Development Corp (Canada) – Mine water management of flooded coal mines in the Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada Coal Field
• YURIY SPYCHAK, Donbas Special Grouting Co Ltd (Ukraine) – Grouting during the driving of drifts and tunnels
• SAMUEL WILDERMEERSCH, University of Liege (Belgium), S Brouyere, P Orban, J Couturier, N Gardin and A Dassargues – Application of the HFEMC method to an abandoned coalfield in Belgium: from conceptualisation to scenario simulations

Oral Papers: Management of radioactivity in mine water

• HANA HUDCOVA, TGM Water Research Institute (Czech Republic), M Rozkosny, J Badurova, J Sova and R Brezinova – Impact of former uranium mining in the Olsi mine area (Czech Republic) on the water ecosystems
• MICHAEL PAUL, WISMUT GmbH (Germany), D Baacke and T Metschies – Post-flooding water management at the Ronneburg Uranium Mine: lessons learned, but challenges remaining
• NADA RAPANTOVA, VSB-Technical Univ of Ostrava (Czech Republic), J Zeman, D Vojtek, A Grmela and B Michalek – Mathematical modelling application for optimisation of utilisation of mine waters with high uranium concentrations from flooded mines
• ANGELIKA SCHÖENER, Martin-Luther-Universitat (Germany) and C Noubactep – Uranium retention mechanisms in soil-aquifer-systems
• FRANK WINDE, North-West University (South Africa) – Uranium pollution of water resources in mined-out and active goldfields of South Africa

Oral Papers: Management of brines and sludges

• ULRIKE BROSCHEK, Fundación Chile (Chile), C Vidal, L Bravo and G Zuñiga – MILAF : Integral management of arsenical sludge, treatment and recovery of by-products of acid waters from smelter plants
• RYNETH MBHELE, Exxaro Resources Ltd (South Africa), W vd Merwe, J P Maree and D J Theron – The recovery of sulphur and calcium carbonate from waste gypsum
• R PLEYSIER, CSIRO Land and Water (Australia), G Douglas, M G Trefry, L Wendling, F Benn, A Grabsch and C Klauber – Characterisation of water treatment sludge
• DYLLON RANDALL, University of Cape Town (South Africa), J Nathoo and A E Lewis – Novel treatment of South African hypersaline brines using eutectic freeze crystallization
• SARASHREE REDDY, University of Cape Town (South Africa), H J M Kramer and A E Lewis – Investigating factors that affect separation in an eutectic freeze crystallisation process
• BONGANI YALALA, University of the Western Cape (South Africa), L Petrik, G Balfour, R Vadapalli and B A Hendry – Comparative adsorption of major cations (Ca(II), Mg(II) and Na(I) from brines by ion exchange processing using amberlite 252-RFH resins and amidoxime fibres

Oral Papers: Environmental best practice guidelines

• JAIME AMEZAGA, Newcastle University (UK), T Rotting, P Younger, P Jimenez, A Jo, J Quintanilla, R Oyarzun, G Soto, J Loredo and C Beggs – Policy recommendations and guidelines for water management in arid and semi-arid zones with mining of South America
• JOHN CLARK, MELP (Canada) – Treatment of runoff containing suspended solids resulting from mine construction, operation and closure activities using sedimentation ponds – a best practice guideline
• DAVID R JONES, Dept of Environment (Australia), C Humphrey, R van Dam, A Harford, J Brazier, K Turner and A Bollhoefer – Integrated chemical, radiological and biological monitoring for an Australian uranium mine – a best practice case study
• AVRIL OWENS, SRK Consulting (South Africa) and J Burke – A consolidated approach to implementing Best Practice Guidelines, water use licence conditions and integrated water and waste management plans in the mining environment – opportunities and challenges

Oral Papers: Mine closure

• SIDUDUZO DLADLA, Metago Engineering Services (Pty) Ltd (South Africa) and C Mapani – Water management and associated risks at the tailings storage facilities for temporarily scaled down or suspended mine operations
• TALITA GERMISHUYSE, Golder Associates Africa (Pty) Ltd (South Africa) and N Bezuidenhout – Decision support related to the management and closure of tailings storage facilities – guideline for the handling of uncertainties in model predictions and risk based decision making
• PIETER LABUSCHAGNE, GCS (Pty) Ltd (South Africa) and C Human – Understanding site hydrogeology, relevant to a typical gold mine environment, with the focus on liability and closure
• JAVIER SAMPER, University de a Coruña (Spain), S Moreira, L Montenegro, C Lu, F Arechaga, A Gil, J-A Menendex and R Valle-Garcia – Development and testing of a coupled hydrodynamic and geochemical model of As Pontes pit lake
• JUSTIN WALLS, Metago Environmental Engineers (Pty) Ltd (South Africa) and A James – A relook at the slope geometry of mine residue deposits in terms of erosion, soil formation, vegetation cover and water quality
• CHRISTIAN WOLKERSDORFER, Cape Breton University (Canada) – Hydrochemistry of mine water discharges in the abandoned upper Bavarian Pitch Coal Mining district, Canada
• JOSEF ZEMAN, Masaryk University (Czech Republic), M Cernik and I Supikova – Dynamic model of long-term geochemical evolution of mine water after mine closure and flooding

Oral Papers: Passive mine water treatment

• GRANT DOUGLAS, CSIRO Land and Water (Australia) and L Wending – Hydrotalcite formation for contaminant removal from mining wastewaters
• SCOTT FERREIRA, Jones & Wagener (Pty) Ltd (South Africa), and C Waygood – A South African case study on the efficiency of sediment control measures with the use of silt traps in the coal mining industry
• JENNIFER GERONI, Cardiff University (UK), A Barnes, D J Sapsford and K P Williams – Performance of passive treatment systems in South Wales, UK
• ADAM JARVIS, Newcastle University (UK), W M Mayes and H A B Potter – Passive treatment options for metal mine water discharges in the uplands of the UK
• MARK LUND, Edith Cowan University (Australia), and C McCullough – Biological remediation of low sulphate acidic pit lake waters with nutrients and limestone
• CHERIE-LYNN MACK, Golder Associates Africa (Pty) Ltd (South Africa), M Dungeni, W Pulles and R Heath – Application of the Linear Flow Channel Reactor (LFCR) for the removal of sulphide from semi-treated Acid Mine Drainage (AMD)
• ROMY MATTHIES, Newcastle University (UK), A P Jarvis and A C Aplin – Performance evaluation of two RAPS in northeast England after four
years of monitoring
• MARTIN MKANDAWIRE, Technische Universitat Dresden (Germany), J Forster and W Pompe – Dynamics of arsenic in constructed wetland treating water from flooding shaft of an abandoned uranium mine
• SIMON ROUEN, University of Birmingham (UK), and L C Batty – Engineering mine water treatment wetlands for the conservation of biodiversity
• RUDIGER SCHWARZ, GUB Ingenieur AG (Germany), A Gerth, S Morgenstern and A Hebner – Strategies for managing environmental problems and water treatment in mining
• BRAD SHERMAN, CSIRO Land and Water (Australia), M G Trefry and P Davey – Hydraulic characterisation of a constructed wetland used for nitrogen removal via a dual-tracer test
• PETER WADE, Council for Geoscience (South Africa) and J A Glass – Verification of a semi-passive microbially-assisted biotechnology for large-scale treatment of acid mine drainage

Oral Papers: Active mine water treatment

• FABIENNE BATTAGLIA-BRUNET, BRGM (France), C Crouzet and D Morin – Bio-stabilisation of arsenic in solid wastes obtained by lime treatment of bioleaching liquors
• V BOLOGO, Tshwane University of Technology (South Africa), J P Maree, F H H Carlsson and C M Zvinowanda - Treatment of acid mine drainage using magnesium hydroxide
• MARIUS BOTHA, Goldfields (South Africa) and E Hardwick – Removal of uranium from mine water using ion exchange at Driefontein Mine
• E FOSSO-KANKEU, University of Johannesburg (South Africa), A F Mulaba-Bafubiandi, B B Mamba and T G Barnard – Optimising the removal by B subtilis and B bacterium of metals found around mining areas: an evaluation of the effects of physical and physiological parameters
• ANDREAS GIESEN, DHV BV (The Netherlands), H Erwee and R Wilson – Experience with crystallisation as sustainable, zero-waste technology for treatment of wastewater
• FRANK HODGSON, Private Consultant (South Africa) – Mine water management and scheduling to desalination plants in Mpumalanga
• HANNES JOUBERT, AR Technologies (South Africa), J W Wilken and J P Maree – Challenges for the full-scale implementation of biological sulphate reducing processes
• JAMES NAVRATIL, Hazen Research Inc (USA), and A C Akin – Mine water treatment using magnetite and iron ferrites
• NEIL RISTOW, Phathamanzi Water Treatment (Pty) Ltd (South Africa) – Ambient temperature ferrite process for the treatment of acid mine drainage
• ANNALIEN TOERIEN, Golder Associates Africa (Pty) Ltd (South Africa) – A comparison of mine water reclamation technologies – water quality based
• CECILIA VIDAL CRUZ, Fundacion Chile (Chile), L Bravo and G Zuniga – ZEOTREAT: multifunctional adsorbents for metal and sulphate removal in mining wastewaters

Oral Papers: Geochemistry and impact prediction

• BIRGER BJERKENG, Norwegian Institute for Water Research (Norway), E Iversen, O Royset, K J Aanes, E Yakushev, M Thornhill and R A Kleiv – Water quality and metal transport in water-covered mine tailings deposits at sulphide ore mines – in situ measurements and modelling
• ROSA CIDU, University of Cagliari (Italy) and F Frau – Effects of past mining on the quality of water resources in Sardinia
• JAMES DAVIS, US Geological Survey (USA) and K M Campbell – Geochemistry and impact prediction
• KOOVILA GOVENDER, Golder Associate Africa (Pty) Ltd (South Africa), N Bezuidenhout, A van Zyl and P Rousseau – Prediction of seepage emanating from a TSF in an arid climate
• CHRISTIAN IHLENFELD, Anglo American plc (UK), C J Oates, S Bullock, R van Zyl and F Pieterse – Isotopic fingerprinting of groundwater nitrate sources around Anglo Platinum’s RPM Mogalakwena operation (Limpopo Province, South Africa)
• SANTIAGO MOREIRA, University of Coruña (Spain), B Boehrer, M Schultze and J Samper – A coupled hydrodynamic-geochemical model of the meromictic Waldsee Lake
• LEVI OCHIENG, Golder Associates Africa (Pty) Ltd (South Africa), T Harck and M Peters – Net neutralisation potential (NNP) in Kimberley diamond tailings and slimes waste materials
• RICHARD OGILVY, British Geological Survey (UK), O Kuras, B Palumbo-Roe, P I Meldrum and B A Klinck – The detection and tracking of mine-water pollution from abandoned mines using electrical tomography
• ABOUBAKAR SAKO, University of Cape Town (South Africa), J Petersen and A N Roychoudhury – Geochemical evaluation of soils and groundwater affected by infiltrating effluent from evaporation ponds of a heavy mineral processing facility, west coast, South Africa
• ALISON TURNER, University of Plymouth (UK), C Braungardt, P Worsfold, J Rieuwerts and B Williamson – Dynamic up-flow percolation tests – a model for mining waste leachate generation

Oral Papers: Integrated water resources management (IWRM)

• BERTUS BIERMAN, Anglo Platinum (South Africa) – Anglo Platinum’s approach to integrated water resource management (IWRM): the ORWRDP as case study
• PATRICK BYRNE, Loughborough University (UK), I Reid and P J Wood – Heavy metal concentrations and fluxes during short-term high flow events at abandoned metal mines: implications for aquatic ecology and mine water treatment
• VIK COGHO, Optimum Colliery (South Africa) and A M van Niekerk – Optimum Coal Mine water management: addressing the current future and past
• JIM GRIFFITHS, SRK Consulting (UK) – Handling uncertainty in water resource optimisation
• JEAN ROBERGE, Quebec Bar Association (Canada) – Mine water management and law of trans boundary aquifers
• RAFAEL FERNANDEZ RUBIO, IMWA Emeritus President (Spain), M R Lobo and D L Fernandez – Mine dewatering and urban water supply: Capao Xavier Iron Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
• YAJUN SUN, China Univ of Mining and Technology (China), Y Liu, C Wang, Z Xu, F Shao and S Jiang – A water resources protection method and
its application to arid and semi-arid mining areas
• RIAN TITUS, Water Geosciences Consulting (South Africa) and K Witthuser – Groundwater management issues in mining
• ANDRE VAN NIEKERK, Golder Associates Africa (Pty) Ltd (South Africa) – Successful mine water reclamation and reuse – the South African experience
• DANIE VERMEULEN, University of the Free State (South Africa), and M Bester – Assessment of how water quality and quantity will be affected by mining methods and mining of the Waterberg coal reserves
• CHANGSHEN WANG, China Univ of Mining and Technology (China), X Miao, H Bai, Y Sun and G Yang – Potential impact of mining activity on Xin’an Karst System, Shanxi, China

Oral Papers: Management and rehabilitation of mine residues

• DON ARMSTRONG, Lisdon & Associates (Australia) and B Jeuken – Management of in-situ (ISR) mining fluids in a closed aquifer system
• DAVID BANTON, Golder Associates Inc (USA) – Mitigation and adaptive management at the Buckhorn Mountain Gold Mine in Washington State, USA
• TERRY HARCK, Golder Associates Africa (Pty) Ltd (South Africa), N Bezuidenhout, P Rousseau and A van Zyl – First order characterisation of seepage quality from coal discard – fly ash mixtures
• JENNIFER LEVENICK, Golder Associates Ltd (Canada), W Zawadzki, A Haynes and R Manrique – Hydrogeological assessment of seepage through the Antamina Tailings Dam – Antamina Copper/Zinc Mine, Peru, South America
• G MULUGISI, University of Venda (South Africa), J R Gumbo and F A Dacosta – The use of indigenous grass species as part of rehabilitation of mine tailings: a case study of New Union Gold Mine
• DOUG RAMSEY, Wardrop Engineering Inc (Canada) and J Martin – Subaqueous disposal of sulphide tailings – reclamation of the Sherridon Orphan Mine site, Manitoba, Canada
• ` SARAH SKINNER, SRK Consulting (South Africa) and D Duthe - Assessment of impact and rehabilitation/management alternatives for the seepage of contaminated water from a tailings facility to an adjacent river - a case study
• ABIGAIL STEEL, Memorial University (Canada), K Hawboldt and F Khan – Integration of reactive transport modelling and field measurements to assess two disposal options for mining process residue
• CHRIS WAYGOOD, Jones & Wagener (South Africa), and S Ferreira – A review of the current strategy for capping mining spoils

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Posters: Water management issues in open pit mining

• CARIN BOSMAN, Sustainable Solutions (South Africa) – The hidden dragon: nitrate pollution from open-pit mines – a case study from the Limpopo Province, South Africa
• VANESSA BOURHIS, Ministry of Environment (Canada) – Managing mine water at mining operations in Saskatchewan, Canada
• A F MULABA-BAFUBIANDI, University of Johannesburg (South Africa), M Phali and B B Mamba – The impact of small scale mining operations on contamination of water resources
• ABHAY KUMAR SINGH, Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (India), B K Tewary and A Sinha – Major ion chemistry, solute acquisition processes and quality assessment of mine water in Damodar Valley coalfields, India
• NICK STEVEN, Rockwater Consulting (South Africa), and F Badenhorst – A summary of hydrogeological and chemical work conducted at the Navachab Gold Mine, central Namibia in the period 2000 – 2009

Posters: Water management issues in underground mining

• ANDREW JOHNSTONE, GCS (Pty) Ltd (South Africa) – Hydrogeological implications of overmining.
• IRENE LEA, Pamodzi Gold (Pty) Ltd (South Africa) – Identifying effective water management decision-making tools in the gold mining industry in South Africa
• VONGANI MABOKO, Council for Geoscience (South Africa), V Wepener, P Wade and H Mengistu – The use of aquatic vertebrate and invertebrate indicator species for the determination of acid mine drainage pollution in rivers and streams in the central and west Witwatersrand goldfields
• HAILE MENGISTU, Council for Geoscience (South Africa) - Application of DGT samples in monitoring of minewaters of the Witwatersrand goldfields, RSA
• TOBIAS RUDOLPH, University of Muenster (Germany), Ch Melchers and W G Coldewey – Long-term water management in the German Mining District through the understanding of the subsurface permeabilities.
• YURIY SPYCHAK, Donbas Special Grouting Co Ltd (Ukraine) – Pregrouting during deep shaft sinking
• CHUNLAI YANG, China Coal Scientific and Research Institute (China) – Underground treatment in submerged fully mechanized mining face accidents

Posters: Management of brines and sludges

• P DAMA-FAKIR, Golder Associates Africa (Pty) Ltd (South Africa), A Toerien and A Wurster - Evaporation rates on brine produced during membrane treatment of mine water
• JANNIE MAREE, Tshwane University of Technology (South Africa), F Oosthuizen and C M Zvinowanda - Brine treatment using freeze desalination
• GRACE MURIITHI, University of the Western Cape (South Africa) - Brine remediation using fly ash and accelerated carbonation
• NICHOLAS MUSYOKA, University of the Western Cape (South Africa), G Balfour, L F Petrik, N Misheer, G Gitari and M Bonelwa - Removal of toxic elements from brine using zeolite Na-Pl made from a South African coal fly ash
• WOLFRAM RÜHAAK, DHI-WASY GmbH (Germany), J Luo and H-J G Diersch - 3D modelling of brine flow - a case study for a flooded salt mine
• THANTASWA SONQISHE, University of Venda (South Africa), G Balfour, E Iwouha and L Petrik - Treatment of brines using commercial zeolites and zeolites synthesized from fly ash derivative

Posters: Energy efficiency in mine water management

• PRZEMYSLAW BUKOWSKI, Central Mining Institute in Katowice (Poland) – Relationship between renewable energy recovery from low enthalpy mine waters stored in Polish hard coal mines and water hazard connected with plans of coal mining

Posters: Management of radioactivity in mine water

• JAN SLEZAK, International Atomic Energy Agency (Austria) – Uranium in situ leach mining (ISL) – activities at the International Atomic Energy Agency

Posters: Environmental best practice guidelines

• YOLANDI BEZUIDENHOUT, University of the Free State (South Africa) – Implementing an efficient mine water monitoring and management programme: key considerations
• R K PANDA, Indian Institute of Technology (India), N Pramanik and S Pradhan – Impact of iron mining on seasonal and spatial variation of water quality around a few mines in India
• MARA SEPTIMIUS, University of Cluj-Napoca (Romania) and V Serban-Nicolae – Natural and technological risk management by private insurance in Romania, including mining related disasters

Posters: Mine closure

• RICHARD CONNELLY, SRK Consulting UK Ltd (UK) – Rehabilitation and construction issues for Silvermines abandoned mine area, Ireland
• OLAF POLLMANN, North-West University (South Africa), C Lange and L van Rensburg – Reforestation and landscaping on mine tailings – a step forward in mine closure
• YURIY N SPYCHAK, Donbas Special Grouting Co Ltd (Ukraine) – Experience of backfilling underground openings and shafts when mine closure
• RALPH WEIDNER, PBA/PGAC (Germany) and J Schreyer – The complex of mine water problems in the administrative agreement Wismut – abandoned industrial site – problems and solutions

Posters: Mine water treatment – passive

• FABIENNE BATTAGLIA-BRUNET, BRGM (France), D Morin, S Coulon and C Joulian – Bio-precipitation of arsenic sulphide at low pH
• ADRIAN BROWN, Adrian Brown Consultants (USA), G Goodrich, T Corner – Sediment pond performance
• MOJTABA GOLESTANIFAR, Islamic Azad University (Iran) and A Aghajani-Bazzazi – A comprehensive sustainability assessment method for acid main drainage treatment alternatives
• A-G GUEZENNEC, BRGM (France), S Touze and F Battaglia-Brunet – Biological treatment of mining water containing arsenic : from laboratory to pilot scale
• YONG LIU, China University of Mining and Technology (China) and Y-J Sun – Coal mine water treatment technology by natural sand ground system and goaf
• CHERIE-LYNN MACK, Golder Associates Africa (Pty) Ltd (South Africa), M Dungeni, W Pulles and R Heath – Sulphide oxidation in the linear flow channel reactor: the effect of flow rate and flow depth on sulphur compound removal
• CLINT McCULLOUGH, Edith Cowan University (Australia), J Steenbergen, C te Beest and M A Lund – Environmental limitations to the freshwater crayfish (marron: Cherax cainii Smith) fishery in acid pit lakes of Collie, south-west Western Australia
• JEAN MULOPO, CSIR (South Africa), H Greben, J Sigama, V Radebe, L Burke and M Mashego – Assessing kinetic constants and evaluating reaction rate for acid mine drainage sulphate removal using grass
• CHISATO NAGAI, Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp (Japan) – The research and development of the technology to treat acid mine drainage in Japan.
• ONYEKA NKWONTA, Tshwane University of Technology (South Africa) and G M Ochieng – Passive treatment of mine water using roughing filters as a pre-treatment option
• DANIEL TECLU, University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), M Laing and M Wallis – Remediation of contaminated water sources using sulphate-reducing bacteria

Posters: Mine water treatment – active

• HARMA GREBEN, CSIR (South Africa), N J Sigama, V Radebe and J Wilsenach – An environment-friendly technology for biological sulphate and sulphide removal from acid mine drainage
• DARRYL HOWARD, Environmental and Remedial Technology Holdings (Pty) Ltd (South Africa), C Grobler and R E G Robinson – Sustainable purification and re-use of mine water using ion exchange technology
• MIN JANG, MIRECO (Korea), Y S Shim, J-S Lee and H H Kwon – Mine water treatment by use of sludge
• GODFREY MADZIVIRE, University of the Western Cape (South Africa), L F Petrik, W M Gitari, G Balfour, V R K Vadapalli and T V Ojumu – Removal of sulphates from circumneutral mine water using coal fly ash
• THEBE MOKONE, University of Cape Town (South Africa), R P van Hille and A E Lewis – Mechanisms responsible for particle formation during metal sulphide precipitation process
• JEAN MULOPO, CSIR (South Africa) and M Mashego – Sulphate removal results using barium carbonate and their analysis for reactor synthesis

Posters: Geochemistry and impact prediction

• CHARLOTTE BRAUNGARDT, University of Plymouth (UK), A Turner, P Worsfold, J Rieuwerts and B Williamson – Acid mine waters at Wheal Betsy, an abandoned Pb/Zn mine in southwest England
• ELIZABETH CHIHOBVU, Nemex Resources (South Africa), and B Zhao – Methods for determination of sampling size and uncertainties in geochemical assessment of mine wastes in South Africa
• ROSA CIDU, University of Cagliari (Italy) and F Frau – Impact of the Casargiu mine drainage on the Mediterranean Sea
• TERRY HARCK, Golder Associates Africa (Pty) Ltd (South Africa), B Azzie, C Coyle, T Germishuyse, R Vadapalli and A van Zyl – Impact prediction of the reactivation of an unused tailings dam
• NTOKOZO MALAZA, University of Fort Hare (South Africa), and B Zhao – Origin of sodium and its applications to mine water remediation and reduction in the South African coal mine environment
• N I SHIJUN,Chengdu University of Technology (China), C Zhang, L I Zeqin, X U Zhengqi and C Chen – Geochemistry of water sediments applied to mining environment researches
• STEWART WHYTE, Golder Associates Africa (Pty) Ltd (South Africa), and V R K Vadapalli – Influence of pH on the leaching characteristics of two backfill products – a case study from a colliery in Mpumalanga, South Africa
• BAOJIN ZHAO, University of Fort Hare (South Africa), F Schwegler and P Jacobs – Geochemical assessment of the potential impact of Durban Navigation Colliery dumps on the environment, South Africa

Posters: Integrated water resources management (IWRM)

• DAVID BANTON, Golder Associates Inc (USA) and J Pietraszek – Streamflow augmentation or water rights mitigation at the Buckhorn Mountain Gold Mine in Washington State, USA
• MIKE BROOK, Debswana Mining Company (Botswana) – The development and management of “Mine Water” related partnerships within the Debswana Diamond Mining Company
• DALE COBBAN, Aurecon Group (South Africa), J N Rossouw and D Nel – Water management issues in open pit mining
• ROWENA HAY, Umvoto Africa (Pty) Ltd (South Africa) and H Seyler – Groundwater modelling as a tool for IWRM: examples from the Uitspan Colliery
• KEFENTSE KEIPEILE, Debswana Orapa and Letlhakane Mines (Botswana), T Rahube and B Baane – Assessment of pumping induced variations of the piezometric levels in the Orapa and Letlhakane Mines wellfields and mine pit dwatering systems: Orapa, Botswana
• ANDRZEJ KOWALCZYK, University of Silesia (Poland), A J Witkowski and K Rubin – Anthropogenic-influenced changes in a groundwater environment in urbanised area of old mining activity (Tarnowskie Gory region, Poland)
• KOOS VIVIER, Africa Geo-Environmental Services - AGES (South Africa), K Raath and R Titus – The potential effects of mining on the groundwater component of base flow
• CHRIS WELSH, Cogent Environmental Ltd (UK) – Measurement of heavy metals discharge from Mines

Posters: Management and rehabilitation of mine residues

• KATHY BRU, BRGM (France), A-G Guezennec and F Bourgeois – Improvement of tailings management through the use of a drainage system in the settling pond
• CATHY CLARKE, University of Stellenbosch (South Africa) - The oxidative breakdown of acid azo dyes using Mn oxide containing tailings materials
• TERRY HARCK, Golder Associates Africa (Pty) Ltd (South Africa), M Peters, G Hubert, L Burger and L Ochieng - Reprocessing Kimberline tailings: a square contaminant source in a big hole?
• ADRIAN HUDSON, Golder Associates Africa (Pty) Ltd (South Africa), and H Bouwman - Birds associated with a tailings storage facility and surrounding areas from a South African gold mine
• GEORGES P MOUKODI, Golder Associates Africa (Pty) Ltd (South Africa), B H Usher and M Surmon - Hydrogeochemical characterisation of waste deposits from a copper mine
• JAYHYUN PARK, MIRECO (Korea), J-S Lee, Y S Shim and H H Kwon – Heavy metal stabilization of metallic-mind tailings by use of inorganic wastes.
• SVEN RENNER, Chile Bureau of the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (Chile), M Rankin and R Ponce - Technical regulatory concepts in dealing with abandoned mines: The Chilean approach