Authors | Speakers | Reviewers

Mine Closure 2025
23–25 September 2025 | Luleå, Sweden

Submit your abstract via ProMPT.

Based on feedback from past Mine Closure conference proceedings authors, Mine Closure conference proceedings will no longer be available in printed form as of Mine Closure 2025.

Mine Closure conference proceedings papers, including those published in Mine Closure 2025, will be freely available for download from the Australian Centre for Geomechanics’ Online Repository of Conference Proceedings.

The Online Repository of Conference Proceedings hosts open access papers covering the many disciplines of mining geomechanics: underground, open pit, paste, thickened and filtered tailings and mine closure in a searchable format.

Important dates

The following dates will help you take your accepted abstract through to final paper stage. We recommend you add these dates (AWST) to your calendar.

Task Due date
Abstract submission
6 February 2025
Abstract acceptance
13 February 2025
Draft paper submission
24 April 2025
Review feedback
29 May 2025
Final paper, bio notes, and publication agreement submitted
26 June 2025
Speaker registration
26 June 2025
PowerPoint presentation submission (if audio/video is included, please submit for ACG AV check)
15 September 2025

ProMPT: ACG online conference proceedings portal

ProMPT is the ACG’s online conference proceedings portal where all submissions and communications regarding your publication will occur. In order to submit an abstract for this conference, you will need to create an account on ProMPT.

Publications process

Abstract submission
Abstracts should not exceed 300 words. Your abstract will be reviewed by the conference editor and you will be notified whether it has been accepted or not accepted. If accepted, we will provide you with the details required to submit your draft paper. Please note that abstract acceptance does not guarantee paper acceptance.

Draft paper submission
Your draft paper must be submitted in Word .docx format and in the ACG paper template. Please refer to the associated documents listed below.

Reviewer feedback
Your paper will undergo a single-blind peer review process. All reviewer comments, tracked changes, and feedback will be incorporated into your draft paper, together with ACG desktop publishing changes. Should your paper be accepted, we will send you this reviewed version so you can address the comments in your paper. You are required to address and make the changes. If you do not make the changes, please provide an explanation. In some cases, your paper will be returned to the reviewer/s for confirmation changes have been appropriately made.

Final paper submission
Your final paper must be submitted together with your speaker registration, signed publication agreement, signed presentation agreement, and speaker bio notes.

Speaker registration
It is mandatory your speaker registration be completed and paid for your paper to be published. There is one speaker per presentation. The ACG publications team will not undertake any desktop publishing or proofreading work on your final paper until you have registered as a speaker. If you register and subsequently withdraw your paper from the conference, the ACG will withhold an editorial fee of 4,600 Swedish Krona (local taxes included where applicable). Please refer to the Speaker Terms & Conditions.

Publication agreement
To publish your paper, the ACG requires you sign and submit a publication agreement. This must be signed by one of the paper authors. Your paper will be published in the conference proceedings, as well as on the ACG Online Repository of Conference Proceedings.

PowerPoint submission
You will be required to forward your PowerPoint presentation to the ACG. If you have video or audio, please advise the ACG. Presentations must be submitted in PowerPoint format (widescreen ratio 16:9). No other formats, including PDF, are accepted.

Finalising your paper for publication
Once your paper is ready to finalise, the ACG publications team will undertake a final full edit and proofread of your paper. Following this, we will provide you with a PDF version of your final paper to review.

Associated documents

Reviewer opportunities

If you are interested in being a paper reviewer for the Mine Closure series, please email publications-acg@uwa.edu.au.

Professional accreditation

Participation in this event may contribute towards your professional development accreditation in the following ways:

  • Attending the event.
  • Presenting at the event.
  • Publishing a paper in the event proceedings.
  • Technically peer-reviewing an event paper/s.

The ACG makes no guarantee of this and recommends you contact your respective professional organisation/s. If you require a certificate of attendance, the ACG can provide you with one. Please contact info-acg@uwa.edu.au for details.

Mine Closure 2025 proceedings editors

Emeritus Professor Sven Knutsson
Emeritus Professor, Soil Mechanics
Luleå University of Technology

Professor Andy Fourie
Professor of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering; and Program Director – Future Tails
The University of Western Australia, Australia

Professor Mark Tibbett
Professor of Soil Ecology
University of Reading, UK