The event will be held July 13 and 14, 2023, at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre in Brisbane, Australia. Red Earth Engineering is a platinum sponsor of the event and will be available at booths 3 and 4 throughout the event.

With 75 tailings professionals in Australia backed by Geosyntec's global expertise in risk assessment, seismic hazard assessment, geochemistry, environmental engineering and remediation, and tailings storage facility closure, Red Earth Engineering and Geosyntec offer a breadth of skill and experience to the conference.

During AusIMM Mine Waste and Tailings 2023, our people will participate as follows: 

• Chao Han; Benoit Wentzinger CPEng, RPEQ; Mike Liu; Silvia Mancini, PhD, PGeo; Oliver Dudley; and Scott Lines together will deliver seven technical papers.
• Wade Ludlow will present during the Monitoring Workshop.
• Marcelo Llano, PhD, will address site investigation of tailings dams, from in situ testing and sampling to parameter selection.
• Wade Ludlow will be a panelist during the expert panel, “What Governs?”
• Symon Jackson will be a panelist during the expert panel, “TSF Closure.”

About the Conference and Sponsor:

AusIMM’s Mine Waste and Tailings Conference equips the global mining community with the latest in sustainable development. It will focus on all aspects of life-cycle waste rock and tailings management, from site selection and design to post-closure care, and will address current and future challenges to the re-engineering of mining.

AusIMM is a trusted voice for people working in the resources sector. Representing a global community from 110 countries, the institute supports all aspects of the mining industry.

Geosyntec’s Participation:

Presentation: A Performance‐based Approach for Calibration of Fine Tailings Parameters used for Closure Design
Presenter: Chao Han (Brisbane)

Presentation: A Noise Reduction Algorithm for Automatic Interpretation of Periodical Survey Data for Tailings Dam Performance Monitoring
Presenter: Chao Han

Presentation: On the Selection of Appropriate Tailings Geotechnical Characteristic Values for Design: Common Pitfalls and Recommended Approach
Presenter: Benoit Wentzinger CPEng, RPEQ (Brisbane)

Presentation: Calibration of the Water Balance Model for an Inactive Tailings Storage Facility using Sentinel‐2 Satellite Imagery
Presenter: Mike Liu (Brisbane)

Presentation: Alternative Treatment and Management of Mine Influenced Water
Presenter: Silvia Mancini, PhD, PGeo (Toronto)

Presentation: Estimating In Situ State of Tailings using Panda Dynamic Cone Penetrometer
Presenter: Oliver Dudley (Gold Coast)

Presentation: Identification and Analysis of a Complex Layer within the Footprint of a Tailings Storage Facility Foundation Utilising Miniblock Sampling
Presenter: Scott Lines (Brisbane)

Panel: Tailings Facility Closure
Panelist: Symon Jackson CPEng, NER (Brisbane)

Panel: Risk Assessment and ALARP, Including Disclosure and Social Risk and Impact Assessment
Panelist: Matthew Norbert, RPEQ (Brisbane)

Session 3a: Tailings Dam Breach and Runout Assessment/Tailings Dewatering and Placement/Tailings Liquefaction and Seismic Response
Session Chair: Ming Teh (Perth)

Geosyntec is a sponsor of Session 3a.

More Information

About the event: Mine Waste and Tailings Conference 2023 (ausimm.com)
About AusIMM: AusIMM.com
To learn more about Red Earth Engineering, A Geosyntec Company, and our support for the mining industry, contact Symon Jackson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Marcelo Llano at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , or Alfredo Arenas at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..