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Tailings Transport & Water Reclaim Systems
Presented by Robert Cooke & Matt Treinen
Sponsored by Newmont and Freeport-McMoRan
$20 Member | $45 Non-member | $5 SME Student Member
Maintaining reliable tailings delivery to and reclaiming water flow from TSFs is critical to safe tailings management. This webinar provides an overview of tailings transport and reclaim water systems, equipment, methods, and configurations, and discusses key design considerations.
Dr. Robert Cooke, a Director of Paterson & Cooke’s North American operations, founded Paterson & Cooke with Dr. Angus Paterson in 1991. Robert has extensive experience with mine tailings, backfill, long distance slurry pipelines, hydraulic ore hoisting, and marine mining applications. Robert has written numerous technical papers and teaches courses presented by P&C and other institutions. Robert serves on tailings and investment review panels for major mining companies and is the Chair of the Technical Working Group of BHP and Rio Tinto’s Tailings Management Consortium.
Matt Treinen, a Principal Engineer with Newmont’s Enterprise Tailings and Dams Team, supports tailings transport and reclaim system optimization and long-term tailings technology evaluation across Newmont’s global operations. He has authored numerous papers and book chapters on tailings transportation and deposition, reclaim water systems, paste backfill, and tailings beach flow modelling.
Meeting Details:
Location: Live Webcast
Starts: 10/8/2024 10:00 am MT
Ends: 10/8/2024 11:00 am MT
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Fax: 303.973.3845
Geochemical Characterization of Tailings: The Why, How and When
Presented by Rens Verburg
Sponsored by Newmont and Freeport-McMoRan
$20 Member | $45 Non-member | $5 SME Student Member
Geochemical characterization of tailings forms an essential component of understanding the potential environmental risks and liabilities associated with tailings disposal and how to prevent, minimize, or mitigate any environmental impacts. The environmental issues typically identified as being of most concern are metal leaching and acid rock drainage, and will be the focus of this presentation. The reasons for, approach to, and timing of tailings geochemical characterization will be introduced and illustrated using case studies. Resources will be provided for further study.
Dr. Rens Verburg is a Senior Vice President and Technical Fellow - Geochemistry in the Redmond/Tacoma offices of WSP, with over 30 years of experience in geochemical evaluation of environmental issues related to mining and mineral processing. He received a master’s in Geochemistry and Economic Geology from Utrecht University in the Netherlands and a doctorate in Geochemistry and Mineralogy from the Pennsylvania State University. Rens has been involved in numerous geochemical studies at mining and mineral processing operations worldwide. He was the Project Director for the development and subsequent updates of the Global Acid Rock Drainage (GARD) Guide on behalf of INAP.
Meeting Details:
Location: Live Webcast
Starts: 10/15/2024 2:00 pm MT
Ends: 10/15/2024 3:00 pm MT
Contact SME
Email: cs@smenet.org
12999 E. Adam Aircraft Circle
Englewood, CO 80112
Phone: 720.738.4085
Fax: 303.973.3845
UCA Working Group 22 “Information Modelling in Tunneling”: Introduction, Activity Updates, and Lookahead
Presented by Vojtech Ernst Gall & Jacob Grasmick
$20 Member | $45 Non-member | $5 SME Student Member
Several years ago, UCA, a division of SME, launched an initiative to more effectively engage with the International Tunneling Association’s (ITA’s) Working groups (WGs). Under this initiative, the UCA created several WGs that mirrored the ITA WG structure. Among these working groups was the WG 22 “Information Modelling in Tunneling.” The goal of the ITA WG 22 is to support the tunneling industry’s transition to a digital future, and the goal of the UCA WG 22 is, in turn, to support the ITA WG with US experience and to represent US interests within the ITA. This webinar will provide an overview of the current and future activities of the UCA and ITA WGs. It will also introduce the BIM-related Guidelines published by the ITA with support of the UCA, as well as provide an outlook on the new direction of the WG’s. The UCA and ITA WGs are currently undergoing a name change to “Digitalization and Automation.” As such, the ITA, with UCA support, has formed a new task group on “AI & Automation.” The webinar will present the goals of this task group and provide information on how to join in any ITA or UCA activities.
Vojtech Ernst Gall is a Senior Tunneling Engineer at Gall Zeidler Consultants. He has supported owners, designers, and contractors on national and international projects ranging from high-overburden, alpine rock tunnels, to low-overburden, waterway crossings in soft soils. Vojtech received his doctorate from the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany for developing finite element techniques to model hybrid steel fiber and rebar reinforced tunneling segments. Currently, his professional interests lie in digitally supported tunnel design and project Management. Vojtech is the current chair of the UCA Working Group for “Information Modelling in Tunneling,” a contributing member to the International Tunneling Association’s Working Group 22 “Information Modelling in Tunneling,” and the former chair of the UCA Young Members. Vojtech is also the lead author on the ITA’s revised Guidelines for BIM in Tunneling, and a member of the Working Group’s Task Force on Automation & AI.
Jacob Grasmick, PhD, PE is vice-chair of the UCA WG 22 with over 9 years of experience in geotechnical engineering design and analysis for underground construction and tunneling. Jacob has supported the geotechnical evaluation, risk assessment, risk management and engineering analysis of multiple high-profile projects globally. His expertise is in utilizing site investigation, remote sensing, monitoring, and construction data to achieve a better understanding of subsurface characteristics, reduce uncertainty and risk, and optimize construction/design. Jacob is also an Affiliate Faculty member at the Colorado School of Mines teaching Underground Construction Engineering in Soft Ground and participating in tunneling research.
Meeting Details:
Location: Live Webcast
Starts: 10/23/2024 10:00 am MT
Ends: 10/23/2024 11:00 am MT
Contact SME
Email: cs@smenet.org
12999 E. Adam Aircraft Circle
Englewood, CO 80112
Phone: 720.738.4085
Fax: 303.973.3845
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