SEMINAR

The seminar will be hosted from Tuesday 6 May to Thursday 8 May. As before, the seminar will focus on the three main 'production' issues of thickening, pumping and deposition, however there will be a strong emphasis on sustainable water use and resource legislation that will drive the technology.

The quality of the program being assembled offers a high level of interest for senior mine management and P &TT practitioners to operators and technology developers. Relevant case studies will be of great interest and real value to mining engineers, planners and P & TT strategists at all levels. Registration fees are structured to encourage registrations from individual companies and organizations, representing the local and international mining industries, as well as consultancies, the public sector and academia.

Abstracts are invited in the following areas:

• Environmental drivers / legislation
• Resource permitting requirements and emerging issues
• Operational issues
• Colloidal and water chemistry
• Solid - liquid separation
• Placement and disposal of surface tailings
• Rheology / pipeline flow
• Backfill / paste fill systems
• Case studies / lessons learned

Key dates are:

Abstract submission: 31 August 2007
Paper submission: 5 November 2007
Reviewer feedback: 3 December 2007
Final paper submission: 2 January 2008

Click here for the seminar programme