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How do you close mines in socially, economically and environmentally responsible ways? The University of Western Australia's Australian Centre for Geomechanics and Centre for Land Rehabilitation are calling for papers for the Fourth International Conference on Mine Closure 2009 where these issues will be on the agenda.
Some of the conference themes are: planning for closure in an uncertain future; managing unplanned closure; costing closure correctly; recognising and accounting for closure liabilities; dealing with stakeholder concerns; long-term geotechnical stability; reducing long-term water management costs; climate change and mine site rehabilitation; and restoring natural ecosystems.
Plenary speakers are Professor Martin Fey, The University of Western Australia, Professor Alan Baker from The University of Melbourne, Dr Gary Bentel of BHP Billiton, and Mr Howard Smith of the Northern Land Council.
The Australian Centre for Geomechanics is a not-for-profit mining research centre based at The University of Western Australia, Perth. The Centre undertakes research, education and training activities in the geomechanics disciplines to provide industry with the necessary tools and knowledge to ensure that safety is not simply a priority on par with productivity, but rather a guiding ethic.
The Centre for Land Rehabilitation is a multi-disciplinary centre applying soil science, geomechanics, hydrology, soil and plant biology, plant nutrition, ecology and resource economics to the management of disturbed lands.
Abstracts should be submitted by February 16 and papers by April 27.
Local Authority Contaminated Land Network(LACL) workshops cover a range of topics concerning contaminated land including risk assessment, communicating risk, remedial technologies, the application of models, and the assessment and evaluation of site data.
The 2009 workshop programme covers some new topics including determining SPOSH, how to write Part IIA tender specifications, and an introduction to the use of statistics in contaminated land assessment.
Further details on workshops and how to register can be obtained by clicking on this link to their website. This is based at the CIRIA portal for contaminated land information in the UK (www.contaminated-land.org).
The American Society for Mining and Reclamation (ASMR) have released their latest issue of their newsletter - Reclamation Matters. This is available to members on the "publications" page after login.
The ASMR are members of the International Affiliation of Land Reclamationists (IALR), as are ourselves, and there is a call for relevant articles for the IALR newsletter, due in by 31st March 2009. Email info@blrs.org in the first instance, so that articles can be forwarded to the BRLS IALR contact, Steve Smith.
This is also a good time to remind members that they can submit relevant articles for publication in our own newsletter Reclamation. Enquiries can be sent to either info@blrs.org or newsletter@blrs.org.
RESPONSIBLE MINE CLOSURE ON THE AGENDA
Tue 17th Feb 2009
How do you close mines in socially, economically and environmentally responsible ways? The University of Western Australia's Australian Centre for Geomechanics and Centre for Land Rehabilitation are calling for papers for the Fourth International Conference on Mine Closure 2009 where these issues will be on the agenda.
Some of the conference themes are: planning for closure in an uncertain future; managing unplanned closure; costing closure correctly; recognising and accounting for closure liabilities; dealing with stakeholder concerns; long-term geotechnical stability; reducing long-term water management costs; climate change and mine site rehabilitation; and restoring natural ecosystems.
Plenary speakers are Professor Martin Fey, The University of Western Australia, Professor Alan Baker from The University of Melbourne, Dr Gary Bentel of BHP Billiton, and Mr Howard Smith of the Northern Land Council.
The Australian Centre for Geomechanics is a not-for-profit mining research centre based at The University of Western Australia, Perth. The Centre undertakes research, education and training activities in the geomechanics disciplines to provide industry with the necessary tools and knowledge to ensure that safety is not simply a priority on par with productivity, but rather a guiding ethic.
The Centre for Land Rehabilitation is a multi-disciplinary centre applying soil science, geomechanics, hydrology, soil and plant biology, plant nutrition, ecology and resource economics to the management of disturbed lands.
Abstracts should be submitted by February 16 and papers by April 27.
Local Authority Contaminated Land Network Training Workshops 2009 programme
Wed 28th Jan 2009
The 2009 workshop programme covers some new topics including determining SPOSH, how to write Part IIA tender specifications, and an introduction to the use of statistics in contaminated land assessment.
Further details on workshops and how to register can be obtained by clicking on this link to their website. This is based at the CIRIA portal for contaminated land information in the UK (www.contaminated-land.org).
Call for Articles - IALR Newsletter
Wed 7th Jan 2009
The ASMR are members of the International Affiliation of Land Reclamationists (IALR), as are ourselves, and there is a call for relevant articles for the IALR newsletter, due in by 31st March 2009. Email info@blrs.org in the first instance, so that articles can be forwarded to the BRLS IALR contact, Steve Smith.
This is also a good time to remind members that they can submit relevant articles for publication in our own newsletter Reclamation. Enquiries can be sent to either info@blrs.org or newsletter@blrs.org.
