Conference Theme and Topics
16th International Conference on Mine Closure
2-5 October 2023 | Nugget Casino Resort, Reno, Nevada, USA
Conference Theme – Communities and Change
Session Topics:
Planning, relinquishment and legacy management
- Mine life cycle assessments
- Post-closure visioning and asset repurposing
- Closure objectives and criteria
- Planning and relinquishment
- Closure planning process
- Statutory compliance
- Managing legacy facilities
- Abandoned mines and good Samaritan cleanups
Stakeholders and community
- Socioeconomic transitioning
- Communication and improving education
- Custodial transfers
- Sustainable community capacity
- Community health and safety
- Cultural and traditional (post-mining) land uses
- Legacy management systems
- Closure of small-scale and artisanal operations
Engineering and landform design
- Landform design and ecological restoration
- Geotechnical engineering/design
- Incorporating GISTM in closure and post-closure design
- Innovated technical designs
- Habitat development and recolonization
- Rehabilitation performance monitoring
- Incorporating climate change
Water management
- Surface water control
- Erosion control
- Acid mine drainage
- Water treatment
- Pit lake modelling
Decommissioning and waste management
- Mine infrastructure decommissioning
- Construction, decommissioning, waste management
- Recycling – maximizing asset values
- Material stewardship
- Hazardous materials
Ecosystem reconstruction
- Nutrient cycling
- Pollinators
- Litters and plant–soil feedbacks
- Root establishment and soil depth
- Phytoremediation
- Plant–microbe symbionts
- Soil fertility
Financing and cost estimation
- Financing closure
- Estimating closure costs
- Estimating and financing post-closure costs
- Due diligence assessments
- Asset value creation
Site remediation and impact management
- Contaminant clean-up
- Residual impact
- Outcome-based risk management
Project management and execution
- Delivery methods
- Case studies
- Construction tolerances
- Implementing new technologies
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