Geotechnical News • December 2017
27
WASTE GEOTECHNICS
and Heap Leach Pad Closure”, “Tail-
ings Dam Failure, Hazard Evaluation
and Tailings Dam Safety Practices”
and “Terrain Analysis”. Addition-
ally, Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation
Alliance (COSIA) made a special
presentation on “Tailings Fund-
ing Opportunities through IOSI and
COSIA”.
With 22 sessions over three days,
the presentations covered an array
of topics related to the engineering
and management of tailings and mine
waste, including case histories; the
design, operation and disposal of mine
waste; geotechnical considerations;
mine waste/tailings modeling; liners,
covers and barriers for waste con-
trol; acid mine drainage; reclamation
and remediation of mine impacted
sites; oil sands issues; surface water
and groundwater management and
geochemistry; and policies, procedures
and public safety. The conference pro-
ceedings are composed of 77 techni-
cal papers, and presentations will be
available for viewing online (
see www.
ostrf.com/TMW
).
The University of Alberta Geotechni-
cal Centre and OSTRF would like to
thank the following organizations for
their invaluable sponsorship of the
conference:
Platinum Sponsors:
ConeTec and BASF
Gold Sponsors:
Alpha Laval Inc., BGC Engineering,
Golder Associates, Hayward Baker
Wick Drains, Minebridge, Norwest
Corporation, Stantec and Tetra Tech
Silver Sponsor:
SNF Mining
The next Tailings and Mine Waste
Conference will be held in Keystone,
Colorado, September 30 – October 2,
2018.
Vivian Giang, Nicholas Beier, Dave
Sego and G. Ward Wilson
University of Alberta
Geotechnical Centre, Department
of Civil & Environmental
Engineering, 7-207 Innovation
Centre for Engineering, University of
Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
T6G 1H9
Tel: 780-492-1436
Conference delegates enjoying
the ice breaker (courtesy of Jen
Stogowski Photography).
Conference delegates enjoying the ice breaker (courtesy of Jen Stogowski
Photography).
