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Climate Change and Mine Water Management

Mehmetcan Özkadıoğlu - July 2023

Publication - Article

South Africa is experiencing a warming trend that is about 1.5 times the global average. Kirsten Kelly talks to Mehmetcan Özkadıoğlu, hydrologist at SRK Consulting, about the impact of climate change on mine water management.

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Using the Standardized Reclamation Cost Estimator - SRCE 2.0 | Updated Training

 Event - Sparks, NV, USA

The Standardized Reclamation Cost Estimator (SRCE) is a public domain Microsoft Excel-based tool that has been used in Nevada for more than 10 years to calculate mine closure costs for financial assurance.

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Implementing a Stability Monitoring System at a Legacy Mine Site

 Event - Sparks, NV, USA

The benefits of the selected monitoring system and each system component are addressed in this paper, including the challenges resulting from the geographical location, rock mass conditions, and maintenance due to the remoteness of the site.

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Development of Performance Criteria in the Selection Process of Reclamation Methods and Their Implication in Raglan Mine Case

 Event - Halifax, Canada

This paper presents a methodology that will be applied at the Raglan Mine and can also be applied to other sites in order to determine specific performance criteria required for the reclamation method, which would then be incorporated in the basis of design for developing the closure plan.

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Predicting Dewatering Requirements Of An Open Pit Within A Subpermafrost Groundwater System With Highly Variable Recharge Through Taliks

Vladimir Ugorets, Konstantin Markevich - April 2015

Publication - Published Paper

Series of field hydrogeological studies conducted for a copper project in southern Siberia (Russia) to characterize a subpermafrost groundwater system; hydraulic parameters, water level regime, recharge/discharge conditions from/to surface-water bodies through open taliks.

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Quantifying Flood-Induced Risk to Tailings Embankment Stability: Avoiding the Alarmist Model

Assaf Wunsch, Göktuğ Evin, John Mayer - June 2022

Publication

A 60-year-old closed tailings storage facility (TSF) in a semi-arid climate was re-evaluated for embankment slope stability.

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Break Free from your Tool Inertia

Victor Muñoz - June 2017

Publication - Presentation

Innovation is the coveted fruit of all consultancies. Unfortunately, innovation most often exists within the world of academia, where theoretical concepts appear to supply simple solutions to complex problems.

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Mine Closure Complexities

 Video - Interview

Nikolai Kirillov discusses various aspects of mine closure and the evolution of mine closure globally.

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Changes in Managing Mine-Impacted Water at Waste Facilities

Christiaan Michiel Bauman - August 2021

Publication - Article

The task of civil engineers in ensuring the careful management of mine-impacted water around mine waste facilities is being made more challenging by changing rainfall patterns.

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