This seminar will tackle the full range of issues that constitute risks in the management of mining wastes, particularly tailings and waste rock. It will provide a forum where practitioners, researchers and regulators can debate key shortcomings in the current understanding of the performance of mine waste storage facilities and associated risks faced by owners and operators of these facilities.The driving goal of this seminar is that delegates will come away with a number of new ideas and potential solutions for dealing with their mining waste issues in a way that minimises the impacts of these facilities on communities and the environment.

Early bird registration expires 16 August 2010, the seminar is scheduled for September 29 – October 1 2010 at Sheraton Perth hotel, West Australia.

Over 50 papers have been accepted. For sponsorship opportunities visit http://www.minewaste2010.com
Programme and registration brochure: http://www.minewaste2010.com/__data/page/5006/mine_waste_latest21.pdf

Seminar themes include;

• Co-disposal
• Design and analysis
• Geochemistry
• Geosynthetics in mining
• Landforms and decommissioning
• Management and operations
• Material characterisation
• Planning, legal and environment
• Thickened tailings
• Visualisation tools and technologies

Other international events on the horizon include….

ACG 14th International Seminar on Paste and Thickened Tailings 4 – 8 April 2011, Esplanade Hotel Fremantle, Perth, WA A detailed sponsorship and trade exhibition information package is available from www.paste2011.com

5th International Seminar on Deep and High Stress Mining, 6-8 October 2010 Santiago, Chile http://web.ing.puc.cl/~deepmining2010/

5th International Conference on Mine Closure, 23- 26 November 2010 Santiago, Chile http://www.mineclosure2010.com/evento2010/

10th International Conference on Mining with Backfill, 21- 25 March 2011 Cape Town, South Africa http://www.saimm.co.za/minefill2011