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INAP Sulfate Treatment Workshop
INAP Sulfate Treatment Workshop (following SME Annual Meeting)
Feb 27-28, 2014– Salt Lake City, UT- DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Salt Lake City Airport

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Who needs to participate?
  • Environmental VPs, managers
  • Mine closure managers
  • Mine operations managers
  • Water treatment consultants and suppliers
  • Environmental consultants and regulators
Workshop Objectives:
  • Examine sulfate standards, environmental risk and toxicological factors driving the industry response
  • Identify key technical issues – chemistry, environmental toxicology, etc.
  • Promote and coordinate partnering between industries and stakeholders
  • Discuss site-specific strategies for operations and closure management
  • Provide mix of industry, regulatory and other stakeholders’ views
  • Examine sulfate management through case studies – commercial and developmental technologies
Registration:
  • $100 Registration Fee for Workshop only. Register here on the INAP website or at the workshop
  • $50 Registration Fee for Field Trip (includes box lunch)
  • Click for room registration at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Salt Lake City Airport, 5151 Wiley Post Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 539-1515. The group code to obtain the reduced rate for the conference is INP, which expires January 26, 2014.
Organized by INAP (International Network for Acid Prevention), a network of international mining companies founded in 1998, including Anglo American, Antofagasta Minerals, Barrick, Freeport McMoRan, Kinross, Newmont, Newcrest, Rio Tinto, Twin Metals and Vale. The meeting is also supported by Acid Drainage Technology Initiative & SME- Environmental Division.

If your company is interested in becoming a sponsor or would like more information please contact: Terrence Chatwin, INAP Technical Director, at tchatwin@inap.com.au or call 1(801) 485-2279.

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Sulfate Workshop Agenda

DAY 1
Thursday, February 27
7-8 AM Registration, coffee
8 - 8:10 AM Welcoming remarks; Terrence Chatwin, INAP Technical Director
8:10 – 8:45 AM Review of Sulfate Treatment Issues: an update of INAP Treatment of Sulfate in Mine Effluents; Bruce Mattson, Lorax Environmental
8:45 – 10 AM Panel Discussion:
  • Sulfate-related toxicology
  • Social impacts
  • Regulatory variability
  • Operator challenges
Moderator:
  • Scott Benowitz, P. E., Water Engineering Technologies, Inc.
Panel members:
  • Paul Ziemkiewicz, PhD, Director, West Virginia Water Research Inst., WVU
  • Patty McGrath, P.E., Principal Consultant, SRK Consulting
  • William (Bill) Adams, PhD, General Manager Legacy Management, Rio Tinto
  • Raymi Beltran, Senior Environmental Specialist, Environment, Social and Governance Department, International Finance Corporation
  • Megan Kelly, PhD, Research Scientist, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
  • Jay Vanlandingham, Chief Water Resources Specialist, Twin Metals Minnesota LLC
10 – 10:20 AM Break
10:20 – 11 AM Panel Discussion (continued)
11 – 11:20 AM Case Study 1: Rich Borden, Copper Group Environment General Manager, Rio Tinto; Proactive Sulfate Source Control
11:20 – 11:40 AM Case Study 2: Marek Mierzejewski, Technology Leader, CH2M Hill; The Challenges of Removing Sulfate from Mining Wastewaters
11:40 AM – 12 PM Case Study 3: Patrick Littlejohn, BioTeQ Environmental Technologies; Pilot Study of Sulf-IX™ technology to remove hardness and sulfate from FGD effluent
12 – 1:30 PM Lunch
Featured Speaker: Carlos Tamayo, Environmental Manager at Pueblo Viejo, Barrick Gold - Environmental Remediation and Water Treatment at Pueblo Viejo
1:30 – 1:50 PM Case Study 4: Lisa Schlink, Freeport McMoRan; Sierrita Water Treatment Test Facility
1:50 – 2:10 PM Case Study 5: Jacob Croall, Newmont Metallurgical Services; High Density Sludge Treatment of Sulfate on Reverse Osmosis Brine
2:10 – 2:30 PM Case Study 6: Christian Kunze, AMEC and Eberhard Janneck, WISUTEC GmbH; Laboratory and Pilot Tests of Membrane and Ettringite-Based Sulfate Treatment Techniques
2:30 – 2:50 PM Case Study 7: Brian Elson and Michael Fallbach, The Water Company, LLC., Removal of Sulfate by the Precipitation of Ettringite using Al0
2:50 – 3:10 PM Case Study 8: Kashi Banerjee, Veolia Water; Veolia Ettringite and Gibbsite Recovery Sulfate Treatment Process
3:10 – 3:30 PM Case Study 9: Mohamad Al-hawaree, P.E., Vice President, Ardaman & Associates, Inc. - a Tetra Tech company; Management/Closure of Gypsum Byproducts Disposal Facilities
3:30 – 3:50 PM Break
3:50 – 4:10 PM Case Study 10: Karla Kinser, Global Mine Water Treatment Lead, MWH Americas, United States; A Tale of Two Case Studies in Sulfate Removal: Latin America Compared to Southwestern US Tailings Water Experience
4:10 – 4:30 PM Case Study 11: Chris Howell, Global Director- Mining & Primary Metals, Veolia Environment; Zero Liquid Waste, Membrane Treatment Systems
4:30 – 4:50 PM Case Study 12: Jeff Gillow, ARCADIS U.S., Inc; In Situ Sulfate Mine Water Treatment - Practical Engineering in the Field
4:50 – 5:10 PM Case Study 13 Kevin Conroy, Golder Associates; Established and Innovative Sulfate Removal Treatment Processes
5:10 – 6 PM Break
6 – 8 PM Dinner Banquet
Featured Speaker: Scott Rasmussen, Director of Environmental Resources, Consol Energy, Inc.; Sulfate issues facing the coal mining industry - What we’re doing and where we’re headed
DAY 2
Friday, February 28
8-8:10 AM Welcoming remarks; Terrence Chatwin, INAP Technical Director
8:10 – 8:40 AM Susan T. L. Harrison and Robert P. van Hille, University of Cape Town, Centre for Bioprocess Engineering Research; Integrated Bioprocesses for the Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage from Waste Rock and Tailings Deposits (Via Webcast)
8:40 – 9 AM Richard Garner, Director of Water, Anglo American; Treating Contaminated Coal Mine Water in South Africa: The Emalahleni Water Reclamation Plant, Case Study (Via Webcast)
9 – 9:10 AM Dean Williams, Vice President Environmental Affairs, Kinross Gold - Breakout Session
– Introduction of procedures and goals
  • Research
  • Why is sulfate high risk for certain receptors
  • Improving existing technology
  • Decentralized/sustainable technology
  • Source control
  • Regulatory/social strategies
  • How to handle brines/treatment by-products
9:10 – 10 AM Breakout Session I – Table discussions
10 - 10:15 AM Break
10:15 – 10:30 AM Breakout Session II – Table discussion wrap-up
10:30 – 11:45 Breakout Session III – Table presentations
11:45 AM – 12 PM Dean Williams - Workshop wrap-up
12 – 12:30 PM Break
12:30 – 3 PM Kennecott Utah Copper RO Water Treatment Plant tour (box lunch provided)
3:30 PM Arrive back at hotel; adjourn

 

 
 
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