Preliminary Program
| Rydges Newcastle Monday 23 September 2024 – TSF Operation and Surveillance Training |
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| 8:30 | 9:30 | Acknowledgement to Country / Introduction to Tailings | Wes Herweynen GHD |
| 9:30 | 10:30 | Tailings dam failures and consequences | Wes Herweynen GHD |
| 10:30 | 11:00 | Morning Refreshments | |
| 11:00 | 11:30 | Tailings dam safety requirements and guidelines | Wes Herweynen GHD |
| 11:30 | 12:00 | Tailings dam design and features | Wes Herweynen GHD |
| 12:00 | 13:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:00 | 14:00 | Tailings dam operation and surveillance | Wes Herweynen GHD |
| 14:00 | 15:00 | Inspections | Wes Herweynen GHD |
| 15:00 | 17:30 | Site Tour inspections | Wes Herweynen GHD |
| 17:30 | Training concludes | Wes Herweynen GHD |
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| Rydges Newcastle Tuesday 24 September 2024 – ANCOLD Tailings Forum |
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| 8:30 | 8:45 | Acknowledgement to Country / Welcome to Tailing 2024 | Amanda Kerr AECOM |
| 8.45 | 9.00 | ANCOLD Executive Welcome | Sam BanzI Banzi Consulting Services |
| 9.00 | 9:45 | Keynote Presentation T(ai)lings: Mining Value from Hype in a Sea of Noise |
Matthew Wysel Made with Data |
| 9.45 | 10.15 | Discussion / Activity Risk Management for Tailings dams in an evolving world |
Matthew Wysel Made with Data |
| 10.20 | 10.50 | Morning Refreshments | |
| 10:50 | 11:00 | Platinum Sponsor Talk Chao Han, Principal Tailings Engineer |
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| 11:00 | Evolving technology in tailings dam management and monitoring | Chair: Xavier Hill Inspector of Mines – Mining Engineering |
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| 11:05 | 11:25 | Integrated Solution for monitoring and inspection of Tailing Dams: Key Features to enhance the safety and maintenance | Pierre-Yves Souesme Sixense |
| 11:25 | 11:45 | Evolving Technology in Tailings Dam Characterisation – Resistivity-Seismic-CPTu for Understanding your Saturation Profile | Tierney Boulter Conetec |
| 11:45 | 12:05 | Integrated observational and monitoring approach to improve TSF resilience | Dr Gideon Steyl South 32 |
| 12:05 | 12:15 | Q & A – Evolving technology in tailings dam management and monitoring | Xavier Hill Inspector of Mines – Mining Engineering |
| 12:15 | 13:15 | Lunch | |
| 13:15 | 13:25 | Platinum Sponsor Talk Matthew Hansen, Director |
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| 13:30 | Regulator update, and circular economy opportunities and challenges | Chair: Sam Banzi Banzi Consulting Services |
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| 13:30 | 13:50 | Upcoming NSW Resources Regulator TSF Assessment Program | Xavier Hill Inspector of Mines – Mining Engineering |
| 13:50 | 14:10 | Framework for Enhanced Risk Management in Tailings Re-Mining Operations: A Case Study from Northern Australia | Nicolas Pereira Red Earth Engineering |
| 14:10 | 14:30 | How to make good, better? The case for mine tailings-based geopolymer for use in flexible concrete matting for erosion control of tailings dams – from a circular economy perspective | Ben Cosson Earthlok |
| 14:30 | 14:45 | Q & A – Regulator update, and circular economy opportunities and challenges | Sam Banzi Banzi Consulting Services |
| 14:45 | 15:30 | Keynote Speaker Coal ash disposal facilities: US experience in closing, repurposing, and reclaiming |
Ben Gallagher EPRI |
| 15:30 | 16:00 | Afternoon Refreshments | |
| 16:00 | Challenges in closure, final landform and future management or repurposing | Chair: Omar Bezri AGL |
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| 16:00 | 16:20 | Emergency Preparedness and Response after mine closure | Olle Wennstrom GHD Pty Ltd |
| 16:20 | 16:40 | Tailings and safe closure: perspectives, challenges and global examples | Josh Frew KCB Australia |
| 16:40 | 17:00 | A Ground Improvement Approach to the Management of Tailings, its Rapid Consolidation, Dam Stability and Seepage Control | Jonathan Hale Freyssinet-Menard Oceania |
| 17:00 | 17:15 | Q & A – Challenges in closure, final landform and future management or repurposing | Omar Bezri AGL |
| 17:15 | 17:30 | Site Tour Presentation | Gerard Duff, Origin Energy Omar Bezri, AGL |
| 17:30 | 17:40 | Wrap Up / Forum Close | Amanda Kerr AECOM |
| 18.30 | 22.30 | Forum Dinner – Batholomews |  |
| SITE TOUR A and SITE TOUR B Wednesday 25 September 2024 |
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| 7:45 | 8:00 | SITE TOUR BArrive in the foyer to transfer to your Site Tour B | Port Stephens Coaches |
| 8:00 | 10:00 | Depart for Liddell Power Station | Port Stephens Coaches |
| 10:00 | 14:15 | Site Tour including lunch | Liddell Power Station – AGL |
| 14:15 | 16:30 | Depart site tour transfer to Rydges | Port Stephens Coaches |
| 8:15 | 8:30 | SITE TOUR AArrive in the foyer to transfer to your Site Tour A | Port Stephens Coaches |
| 8:30 | 10:00 | Depart for Eraring Power Station | Port Stephens Coaches |
| 10:00 | 14:15 | Site Tour including lunch | Eraring Power Station – Origin Energy |
| 14:30 | 15:30 | Depart site tour transfer to Rydges | Port Stephens Coaches |