Program information
See the full digital program for the 2024 Australian Mine Waste Symposium.
Abstracts for the 2024 Australian Mine Waste Symposium are now available to view.
6 February 2024, event schedule
| Time | Event | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
08.30am – 9.00am | Arrive / Register | |
9.00am – 9.30am | Conference opening | |
9.30am – 10.10am | Plenary address: A smart vision for a sustainable future: SMaRT technologies and MICROfactories™ creating sustainable materials and products from waste | Professor Veena Sahajwalla, Director, University of New South Wales Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT) Centre |
10.10am – 10.30am | Morning Tea/Posters | |
Theme 1 | Valorisation to Sequestration | ||
10.30am – 11.10am | Theme 1 Keynote address | Professor Greg Dipple, Head of Science and Co-Founder Arca Climate Technologies |
11.10am – 11.25am | Waste to value: addressing the critical metals shortfall | Brock Hill, EnviroGold |
11.25 – 11.40am | Geoenvironmental characterisation of the King River Delta: A combined geophysical, geochemical and mineralogical approach | Dr Sibele Nascimento, SMI WH Bryan Mining Geology Research Centre, UQ |
11.40am – 11.55am | Rare earth elements as potential by-products of alumina production from bauxite deposits in Samar, Philippines | Dr Maria Cristina Vegafria, Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology |
11.55am – 12.15pm | From “earth” to “earth” principle and technology to tackle global tailings challenges | Professor Longbin Huang, SMI Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, UQ |
12.15pm – 12.30pm | Q&A for ALL SPEAKERS | |
12.30pm – 1.30pm | Lunch/Posters | |
Theme 2 | Mining and Reprocessing Pathways | ||
1.30pm – 2.00pm | Theme 2 Keynote address | Kevin MacNeill, CEO EQ Resources |
2.00pm – 2.15pm | Assessing phosphate mine tailings recovery potential through spatial modelling of geochemical and mineralogical data | Kaoutar Erraihani, University Mohammed VI Polytechnic |
2.15pm – 2.30pm | The geomicrobiology of metal extraction; next steps for industrial scalability | Professor Gordon Southam, UQ School of the Environment |
2.30pm – 2.45pm | The RIMM process: the potential for mine waste valorisation and solving environmental issues on the mine sites | Henry Sukhinin, InnovEco / University of South Australia |
2.45pm – 3.00pm | Copper extraction potential from tailings and waste deposition in the CSA mine, New South Wales, Australia | Dr Germán Figueroa, Metals Acquisition Limited |
3.00pm – 3.15pm | Q&A for ALL SPEAKERS | |
3.15pm – 3.45pm | Afternoon Tea/Posters | |
3.45pm – 4.30pm | Panel Session, moderated by Associate Professor Anita Parbhakar-Fox | Dr Simon Johnson (Geological Survey of Western Australia, Jane Thorne (Geoscience Australia), Dr Janelle Simpson (Geological Survey of Queensland), Dr Helen Degeling (Cobalt Blue), Professor Sara Couperthwaite (Queensland University of Technology), Jon Loraine (Core Resources) |
4.30pm – 5.30pm | Poster session and drinks | |
Own time - recommended travel to dinner in Brisbane CBD | ||
6.30pm – 9.30pm | Symposium Dinner | The Long Room, Customs House |
7 February 2024, event schedule
| Time | Event | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
Theme 3 | Barriers to Success | ||
9.00am – 9.30am | Theme 3 Keynote address | Ashleigh Morris, COREO |
9.30am – 9.45am | Finding value while managing risks of mining wastes | Dr Corinne Unger, UQ Business School |
9.45am – 10am | Overcoming barriers to mine waste valorisation through biotechnology | Dr Anna Kaksonen, CSIRO |
10am – 10.15am | Addressing Mine Legacy Issues for Reprocessing Gold Tailings – A Case Study | Joel Eadie, ATC Williams |
10.15am – 10.30am | Mount Morgan Mine – Challenges to Remining the Historic Mine Wastes | Russell Dann, Heritage Minerals |
10.30 – 10.40am | Q&A for ALL SPEAKERS | |
10.40am – 11.00am | Morning Tea/Posters | |
Theme 4 | The Future Landscape | ||
11.00am – 11.30am | Theme 4 Keynote address | Industry Professor Leigh Staines |
11.30am – 11.45am | Extracting predictive environmental indices for Queensland’s ore deposits derived from hylogger spectroscopic logging and minalyzer XRF drillcore scanning | Enrique Salgado, SMI WH Bryan Mining Geology Research Centre, UQ |
11.45am – 12.00pm | Manufacturing building blocks using mining waste | Blake Stacey, Real Material Solutions |
12.00pm – 12.15pm | Tailings valorisation – drivers for commercial viability | Bernadette Currie, Sedgman |
12.15pm – 12.30pm | Managing mining legacies: a new global standard | Dr Corinne Unger, UQ Business School |
12.30pm – 12.40pm | Q&A for ALL SPEAKERS | |
12.40pm – 1.35pm | Lunch/Posters | |
Early Career Researcher Showcase | ||
1.35pm - 1.40pm | Looking to the future (video message) | Professor Iain Stewart MBE, Earth Scientist and Broadcaster, Jordan – UK El Hassan bin Talal Research Chair in Sustainability, Royal Scientific Society Jordan |
1.40pm – 1.45pm | How X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy can help to assess the resource potential of mine waste | Dr Jessica Hamilton, Australian Synchrotron (ANSTO) |
1.45pm – 1.50pm | Geometallurgical opportunities for cobalt recovery from tailings | Loren Nicholls, SMI WH Bryan Mining Geology Research Centre, UQ |
1.50pm – 1.55pm | Unlocking Critical Metals in mine wastes: Potential for bismuth, indium, cobalt and more in Tasmania | Dr Owen Missen, University of Tasmania |
1.55pm – 2.00pm | Analysis of tailings from facilities in Victoria and New South Wales | Ryan Grant, RMIT University |
2.00pm – 2.05pm | 3D Geostatistical modelling for estimating the resource potential of tailings storage facilities | Rosie Blannin, SMI WH Bryan Mining Geology Research Centre, UQ |
2.05pm – 2.10pm | Alternative mineral processing strategies for copper- gold tailings management | Roneel Narayan, SMI Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre, UQ |
2.10pm – 2.15pm | Indium cycling and mobility in mine waste and acid mine drainage environments | Olivia Mejias, SMI WH Bryan Mining Geology Research Centre, UQ |
2.15pm – 2.20pm | Numerical Modelling Challenges in Mining Waste Management | Dr Juan Felipe Giraldo, CSIRO |
2.20pm – 2.25pm | Recycling mine waste: opportunities for Mount Gunson | Lina Toben, University of Adelaide/ UQ |
2.25pm – 2.30pm | Towards a case for the economic feasibility of concurrent mineral carbonation and metal recovery | Samuel Keller, University of Western Australia |
2.30pm – 3.00pm | Afternoon Tea/Posters | |
3.00pm – 4.15pm | Workshop, What are the challenges and opportunities for reprocessing mine waste and what can be done to make it routine practice? led by Associate Professor Anita Parbhakar-Fox Round table talks, moderated by Dr Laura Jackson, Rosie Blannin, Dr Eléonore Lèbre and Dr Tuan Nguyen. | |
4.15pm – 4.30pm | Close and final remarks | |
4.30pm – 5.30pm | Posters and drinks/canapes | |