Congress Topics

Prac­tic­al examples of mine water chal­lenges, solu­tions, suc­cess­ful pro­jects, oper­a­tion­al exper­i­ences and les­sons learned from act­ive, aban­doned or reclaimed min­ing sites.

Form­a­tion, pre­dic­tion, char­ac­ter­iz­a­tion, pre­ven­tion, mon­it­or­ing, treat­ment and long-term man­age­ment of acid mine drain­age and met­al leachates.

Phys­ic­al and geo­chem­ic­al pro­cesses con­trolling min­ing-influ­enced water, includ­ing water–rock inter­ac­tions, con­tam­in­ant beha­viour, min­er­al trans­form­a­tions and water qual­ity evol­u­tion.

Emer­ging con­cepts, innov­at­ive meth­ods, inter­dis­cip­lin­ary research and nov­el applic­a­tions relat­ing to mine water geo­chem­istry.

Equi­lib­ri­um, kin­et­ic and react­ive trans­port mod­el­ling of water qual­ity, con­tam­in­ants, uncer­tainty and mine water man­age­ment scen­ari­os.

Con­cep­tu­al and numer­ic­al mod­el­ling of ground­wa­ter and sur­face water flow, trans­port, recharge, mine flood­ing, dewa­ter­ing and cli­mat­ic changes.

Field instru­ment­a­tion, sensors, auto­mated mon­it­or­ing, remote sens­ing, sampling, labor­at­ory meth­ods and integ­rated mon­it­or­ing applic­a­tions.

Arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence, machine learn­ing, stat­ist­ics, big data, digit­al twins, pre­dict­ive ana­lyt­ics and decision-sup­port tools for mine water man­age­ment.

Chem­ic­al, elec­tro­chem­ic­al, bio­lo­gic­al and hybrid treat­ment tech­no­lo­gies, includ­ing pro­cess optim­isa­tion, pilot stud­ies and full-scale applic­a­tions.

Wet­lands, react­ive media, biore­act­ors, nat­ur­al atten­u­ation, sys­tem design, long-term per­form­ance and main­ten­ance of pass­ive treat­ment plants.

Micro­bi­al com­munit­ies, eco­tox­ic­o­logy, bio­mon­it­or­ing, biod­iversity, eco­lo­gic­al res­tor­a­tion, eco­sys­tem resi­li­ence and nature-based solu­tions.

Geo­therm­al use, heat recov­ery, heat­ing and cool­ing applic­a­tions, thermal stor­age, sys­tem optim­isa­tion and the role of mine water in the energy trans­ition.

Recov­ery of crit­ic­al and stra­tegic raw mater­i­als from mine water and residues, includ­ing extrac­tion tech­no­lo­gies, cir­cu­lar eco­nomy and eco­nom­ic feas­ib­il­ity.

Mine clos­ure, long-term water man­age­ment, land reclam­a­tion, envir­on­ment­al res­tor­a­tion, redevel­op­ment and innov­at­ive post-min­ing land use.

Stake­hold­er engage­ment, pub­lic com­mu­nic­a­tion, par­ti­cip­at­ory approaches, envir­on­ment­al aware­ness, social licence to oper­ate and know­ledge trans­fer.

Envir­on­ment­al legis­la­tion, per­mit­ting, com­pli­ance, liab­il­ity, gov­ernance, inter­na­tion­al reg­u­la­tions and policy devel­op­ment related to mine water man­age­ment.

Pro­ject fin­an­cing, ESG integ­ra­tion, busi­ness mod­els, cost-bene­fit ana­lys­is, risk man­age­ment, invest­ment oppor­tun­it­ies and the eco­nom­ic value of mine water solu­tions.