Mine Water Management and Treatment
– From Planning of Mine Operations to Mine Closure
24. – 25.9.2013 Technopolis, Kuopio Auditorium (Microkatu 1, 70211 Kuopio)

Programme (changes are possible):

1. DAY
8:45 Coffee and registration
9:15 Opening of the seminar
9:30 Future outlook of the Finnish mining industry (Mari Tuusjärvi, GTK)
10:00 Environmental characterization and monitoring from planning to post-closure (Päivi Kauppila, GTK)
10:30 Break and product exhibition in the lobby
11:00 Sedimentological studies supporting management of the mine environment (Veli-Pekka Salonen, University of Helsinki)
11:30 Using hydrogeological information in planning and positioning mine operations (Kirsti Korkka-Niemi, University of Helsinki)
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Challenges of the water management and treatment, perspective of a mine company (Maija Vidqvist, Talvivaaran Kaivososakeyhtiö Oyj)
13:30 Mine water management from pre-feasibility to mine closure (Seth Mueller, Boliden)
14:15 Mine and wastewater management system in KGHM Polish Copper (Wojciech Mizera, KGHM CUPRUM)
14:45 Coffee and product exhibition in the lobby
15:15 End of the Day 1.
2. DAY
8:45 Coffee and registration
9:15 Opening of the seminar
9:30 Geochemical characteristics of mine waters – Challenges to the treatment methods (Marja Liisa Räisänen, GTK)
10:00 Active mine water treatment and recycling (Kaj Jansson, Outotec Oyj)
10:30 Break and product exhibition in the lobby
11:00 Arsenic removal from mine waters by sorption (Tommi Kaartinen, GTK)
11:30 SeeWay-project: Novel methods to remove metal ions from wastewater in 0.1 l – 100 m3 scale (Jouko Vepsäläinen, UEF)
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Comparison of case studies from natural formed and constructed wetlands in passive treatment of mine waters (Marja Liisa Räisänen, GTK)
13:30 Water management and quality in mining areas – case studies (Auri Koivuhuhta, Kainuu ELY Centre)
14:00 Pit lake treatment using sulphate reducing bacteria (Malin Bomberg, VTT)
14:30 Coffee and product exhibition in the lobby
15:00 End of the seminar