| Date | Schedule | Key Activities |
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| Sunday, 5 July | Workshops & Pre-conference Activities |
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| Monday, 6 July | Conference Day 1 |
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| Tuesday, 7 July | Conference Day 2 |
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| Wednesday, 8 July | Conference Day 3 |
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| Thursday, 9 July | Conference Day 4 |
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| Friday, 10 July | Conference Day 5 & Closing |
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| Friday, 10 July – Monday, 13 July | Post-conference Field Trip |
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The detailed program is available from this link (IMWA 2026 - ConfTool Pro - BrowseSessions).
Abfertiawan, Muhammad Sonny; Edytya, Agventy Nuranis; Syafila, Mindriany; Hasan, Faiz
Leaching behavior of hexavalent chromium from nickel processing residues: a free draining column study on dry tailings and nickel slag
Anim, Solomon
From gold pits to rice bowls: a multi-seasonal biosafety assessment of food crops on reclaimed artisanal mine sites in the Ashanti Region, Ghana
Aquino, Norberto Jr; Salifu, Musah; Novikova, Ksenia; Månsson, Erik; Ronne, Erik; Alakangas, Lena
🎓 Mechanisms of Arsenic (As) release and retention during Fenton treatment of mine wastewater
Bäckström, Mattias; Sartz, Lotta; Johansson, Thomas; Säfström, Maria; Sädbom, Stefan
Abandoned mines as pumped hydro storage power plants – a strategy for geochemical characterization of mine water before operation
Bamforth, Selina Mary; Potter, Hugh; Cox, Nick; Sapsford, Devin
Innovative passive treatment technologies for UK metal mine waters
Barrio-Parra, Fernando; Montalvo-Piñeiro, Jaime; Álvarez-Mejías, Lucía; Serrano-García, Humberto; Izquierdo-Díaz, Miguel; Ordoñez, Almudena; Álvarez, Rodrigo; De Miguel, Eduardo
Predicting contamination pathways in mining-affected watersheds using a cellular automaton
Barroso, Ana Raquel; Vasques, Isabela; Antelo, Juan; Fiol, Sarah; Carabante, Ivan; Horta Ribeiro Antunes, Isabel Margarida; Marinho Reis, Amélia Paula; Valente, Teresa Maria
The role of secondary iron phases in acid mine drainage: implications for contaminant mobilization
Bártová, Zuzana; Fabián, Martin; Briančin, Jaroslav
From AMD to pigments: Biological iron oxidation and characterization of recovered iron precipitates
Bazardorj, Sod-Erdene; Puntsag, Tamir; Batbayar, Uugankhuu; Purevsuren, Uuganbayar
Water management sustainable implementation at a remote water-scarce mine site of Mongolia
Benson, David; Miller, Savannah
Probabilistic estimation of aquifer properties and non-linear well losses to support dewatering forecasts and planning
Bettoni, Laura Nina; Hellman, Maria; Hallin, Sara; Johansson, Maria Elisa; Salmi, Tomas; Sokolova, Ekaterina; Tuncer, Elif; Ylipää, Mattias; Herbert, Roger B.
🎓 Performance of a sulfate-reducing bioreactor for sulfate removal under cold climate conditions
Chikanda, Frances; Nakamura, Fugo; San, Hkaung; Otake, Tsubasa; Sato, Tsutomu
Simultaneous acid mine drainage remediation and carbon sequestration via enhanced rock weathering in Japan and Zambia
Chipakwe, Vitalis; Berry, Luke; Lundell, Peter; Ronne, Ksenia; Novikova, Ksenia; Suup, Malin
Electrochemical treatment of Maurliden mine AMD using Clean&Recover ECR™ technology
Choe, Yonghwan; Lee, Seon-Yong; Yim, Gil-Jae; Lee, Hayeon; Kwon, Soondong; Park, Jeong Sik; Hwang, Huijeong; Ji, Sangwoo
🎓 Valorization of manganese sludge from mine drainage treatment facility: development of alginate-based adsorbent beads for dissolved manganese removal
Choi, Euna; Kim, Duk-Min; Rodriguez-Vasquez, Carmen; Bottger-Gamarra, Joyce Carol; Santos-Conde, Alina Liliana; Requena-Mendizabal, Manuel; Rivera Blanco, Edward; Anaya-Hilario, Isabel Magaly; Torres-Aguilar, Carlos Cheito; Servan-Vargas, Mario; Jeon, Jong-Wook; Kim, Yo-Han; Kang, Seyoung; Jung, Youngkook
Pilot-scale passive treatment including slag reactors, As adsorption reactors, and vertical flow reactors for mine drainages in Peru
Choo, Yeon Moon; Oh, Jung Geun; Hwang, Dong Shin; Kim, Hee Dae; Yoon, Daewan; Choo, Tai Ho
Neutralization and metal stabilization of acid mine drainage using an inorganic–mineral–polymer composite system
Choo, Yeon Moon; Oh, Jung Geun; Hwang, Dong Shin; Kim, Hee Dae; Yoon, Daewan; Choo, Tai Ho
Soil neutralization and heavy metal stabilization in abandoned mine areas using a composite soil stabilization system
Chun, Chan Lan; Larson, Britta; Thompson, John; Castillo, Mariel; Washburn, Spencer; Dufresne, Kevin; Kolka, Randy
🎓 Design and operation of a scalable electrochemical–biological sulfur bioreactor for mine water treatment
Čičáková, Claudia; Bártová, Zuzana; Hagarová, Lenka; Mačingová, Eva; Zeman, Josef; Kupka, Daniel
Geochemical pathways and kinetic controls of Fe(II) oxidation and secondary mineral formation in acid sulfate waters from siderite deposit (Slovakia)
Conde, Eduardo; Reina, Pablo; Serrano-García, Humberto; Barrio-Parra, Fernando; Izquierdo-Díaz, Miguel; Fernández-Gutiérrez del Álamo, Luis; Mazadiego, Luis; De Miguel, Eduardo
Low-Cost Environmental Monitoring System for water parameters measurement in mining
Dano, Dayle Tranz; Park, Ilhwan; Ito, Mayumi; Tabelin, Carlito; Resabal, Vannie Joy
🎓 Treatment of Simulated Copper-Zinc-Bearing Acid Mine Drainage Using Scrap-Derived Aluminum–Iron Bimetals and Implications for Downstream Metal Recovery
de los Hoyos, Camilo Raúl; González, Claudina; Canavessi, Juana María; Leybourne, Matthew; Layton-Matthews, Daniel; Verri Kozlowski, Alejandro; Bowell, Robert
Natural and mining-related sulfate sources at two high-sulfidation deposits constrained by a triple-tracer Bayesian isotope mixing model
Dendup, Tshewang; Lund, Mark; Bernasconi, Rachele
🎓 Source water characterization in a rehabilitated mine pit lake using natural tracers and mixing model – a pilot study
DePriest, Nathan; Spirnak, Rachel
Implementing the watershed-scale approach to remediation of acid mine drainage from abandoned mine lands in West Virginia, USA
Ding, Jia; Dong, Shuning; Guo, Xiaoming; Liu, Feng; Zhang, Wenzhong
Study on water quality evolution of water inrush from typical coal mine roof Cretaceous aquifer in western china mining area
Dong, Shuning; Zhang, Xiyu; Shi, Hongjie; Wu, Qiang; Guo, Xiaoming; Wang, Tiantian; Liu, Feng; Dong, Donglin; Sun, Wenjie; Zeng, Yifan; Li, Peitao
Geochemical responses and environmental feasibility of managed aquifer recharge with mine water in coal mining areas
du Preez, Kerri; Merckel, Ryan
Demonstration of a biological sulfate reduction process at scale, treating acidic, sulfate-laden mining-influenced water
Du, Guri; Ho, Hsing-Jung; Kondo, Masataka; Masaki, Yusei; Hamai, Takaya; Iizuka, Atsushi
🎓 Development of a CO2 accounting methodology for acid mine drainage treatment processes and CO2 emission assessment of real sites
Dwiki, Sendy; Nurul Rizki, Intan; Maghfiroh, Ayun; Filzah Auni, Irdina; Badhurahman, Abie; Jalu Kusuma, Ginting; Paramananda, IK Dwika; Gautama, Rudy Sayoga
Bioremediation of acid mine drainage using Citrobacter freundii under closed and open system conditions
Dzimbanhete, Vimbainashe Lorraine; Karlsson, Torbjörn; Paulsson, Oscar; Alakangas, Lena
🎓 Elemental and isotopic tracers as tools for understanding mine water geochemistry – insights from an iron ore mine site in Northern Sweden
Engelbrecht, Corne
The importance of managed aquifer recharge in mine water management - supporting more sustainable dewatering discharge strategies and contributing to mine closure planning
Fahle, Marcus; Lau, Maximilian P.; Röder, Eric; Licht, Gero; Weber, Anne; Zug, Sebastian
Improving pit lake monitoring by using a combination of autonomous robotic devices and drones
Fairgray, Marlese; du Plessis, Gert
Advances in pit lake water quality monitoring using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Febriana, Adithyanti; Gunathunga, Samadhi; Ñancucheo, Iván; Southam, Gordon; Gomez, Denys Villa
🎓 Bioremediation of acid and metalliferous drainage using sulfate-reducing bacteria
Flores, Hernan; Reker, Bastian; Dogan, Tansel; Marquez, Antonio; Krzemień, Alicja; Păsculescu, Vlad Mihai
🎓 Revalorization of coal waste facilities: The CRMsDataSpace EU Approach
Flores, Hernan; Teichert, Barbara M.A; Nikutta, Simon; Rudolph, Tobias
🎓 Multi-Temporal UAV hyperspectral monitoring of a mine-water influenced pond system: Harpener Teiche (Germany)
Gautrey, Simon; Boucher, Sebastien; Desjardin, Mathieu
Groundwater flow interactions in a seven-layer meromictic pit lake at the former Victor Diamond Mine, Ontario Canada.
Gebrekristos, Robel; Trusler, Graham
Saving money and improving data collection when drilling on mining projects
Golian, Saeed; Carruth, David; Raynor, Mark
Improving catchment yield and low-flow estimation using HEC-HMS: Application of loss methods in a case study in Gabon
Grab, Thomas; Ebel, Tom; Oppelt, Lukas; Wunderlich, Timm; Raithel, Fritz; Fieback, Tobias
Categorisation and analysis of flooded mines with regard to their geothermal potential
Hagarová, Lenka; Kupka, Daniel
Chemical Characterization of Mine Water and Microbial Communities from the Mária Mine (Rožňava, Slovakia): Assessment of Autotrophic and Heterotrophic Bacteria after Cultivation on Liquid and Solid Media
Hu, Yunhao; Wu, Jinxin; Dong, Shuning; Yu, Qingchun; Guo, Xiaoming; Zhang, Wenzhong; Zhang, Xiyu
A study on the permeability evolution of self-healing mudstone fracture under long-term stress
Hubbard, Paul
The value of holistic water quality assessment to support pit lake closure decisions
Hugman, Rui; Ortega, Pablo; White, Jeremy
Efficient data assimilation for reactive transport models using data-space inversion
Hwang, Hyoun-Tae; Park, Young-Jin; Berg, Steven; Jones, Jon; Miller, Killian; Sudicky, Edward
Integrated modeling innovations for mining and underground infrastructure: dynamic mesh adaptation and tunnel boundary conditions for surface–groundwater systems
Im, Dae Gyu; Kim, Duk-Min; Kwon, Hye-Lim; Lee, Joon-Hak; Yun, Seong-Taek
🎓 Assessing Mn and Ni removal from mine drainage using a bench-scale slag reactor
Ji, Sangwoo; Pak, Seungil; Oh, Chamteut; Yim, Gil-Jae
Field demonstration of solar-powered iron electrocoagulation for arsenic-contaminated mine drainage at the Geumjeong abandoned mine, South Korea
Karikari-Yeboah (Dr.), Ohene
Subsurface pyrite oxidation and acid mine drainage
Kasmon, Umar; Abfertiawan, Muhammad Sonny; Hasan, Faiz; Ristiaramdani, Nur Latifa; Butar Butar, Lionie; Darojat, Irfa
Electrocoagulation as alternative active treatment for hexavalent chromium removal from nickel mine water in Indonesia
Khodadadi Darban, Ahmad; Jooypa, Amir hossein; Farzi, Mohamad Reza; Mokhtari, Narges; Zolfi, Ali; Sedighi, Sepideh; Nekounsm, Mehdi; Asghari, Fatemeh; Jamshidi, Ahmad; Mohseni, Mehdi
Hydrogeochemical modelling of speciation, adsorption, and desorption of heavy metals of mine-influenced water for reclamation, case studies, Golgohar Iron Mine Iran
Khumalo, Recardo Derely Sibusiso; Chirwa, Evans Martin Nkhalambayausi; Brink, Hendrik Gideon; Tichapondwa, Shepherd Masimba
🎓 Aragonite recovery from coal mine acid mine drainage via hydrothermal urea hydrolysis
Kim, Duk-Min; Kwon, Oh-Hun
Development of design software for mine drainage treatment facilities
Kim, Hyeseong; In, Hyunjin; Jeong, Jiyun; Lee, Sang Yun; Choi, Uikyu; Oh, Youn Soo
Facile synthesis of zeolite A from molybdenum mine tailings and its potential application in mine reclamation
Kim, Young-Min; Kim, Duk-Min; Lee, Ki-Rim; Jung, Jee-Hyun; Park, Seong-Sook; Kwon, Oh-Hun; Park, Jung-Sik
🎓 Factors influencing difference between theoretical and actual lime dosages including lime concentration and dosing rate
Ko, Myoung-Soo; Kim, Su-Jin; Kwon, Oh-Hun
Sorption of Arsenic and Fluoride in Neutral Mine Drainage Using Fe-Based sorbents
Kunze, Katja; Bilek, Felix
In-lake water treatment of post-mining lakes – reactivity of lime products
Lee, Dong-Kil; Cheong, Youngwook; Ji, Sangwoo; Yim, Giljae
Advanced continuous-monitoring column test for sedimentation analysis of mine drainage sludge
Lee, Ki-Rim; Kim, Duk-Min; Kim, Young-Min; Jung, Jee-Hyun; Park, Jae-Hyun; Kim, Da-Som; Kwon, Joon-Uk; Park, Jung-Sik
🎓 Hydrogeochemical and isotope-based assessment of level-specific mine water and rock characteristics in a recently closed coal mine
Lim, Seung Joo; Kim, Seon Byeong; Choi, Wang Kyu
Integrated treatment process for high concentration of decontaminated wastewater from nuclear facility
Lim, Seung Joo; Kim, Seon Byeong; Choi, Wang Kyu
Biological treatment of Fe, Cr, and Ni wastewater from nuclear decontamination processes
Lourens, Paul Joël Havemann; Vermeulen, Petrus Daniël; Zielke-Olivier, Josepha Simone Doris Renata; De Lange, Stephanus Steyn
The Influence of a Graben Structure on Pollution Migration from Mining and Industrial Waste Facilities
Madiseng, Lesego; Annandale, John; Tanner, Philip; van der Burgh, Gerhard; Delport, Marion; Ottermann, Helga; Witthüser., Kai; Zielke–Olivier, Josepha
🎓 Approach for assessing the feasibility of large-scale irrigation with mining-influenced water and guidance for implementation
Magwaza, Siboniso; Annandale, John; Madiseng, Lesego; Steyn, Martin; Tanner, Phil; Sukati, Sakhiwo
🎓 Crop response to irrigation with untreated and partially treated mine waters
Mannke, Kevin; Hahn, Florian; Klein, Stefan; Nikolov, Alexander; Ignacy, Roman
Feasibility study for geothermal mine water usage at the mine water drainage site Haus Aden, Bergkamen, Germany
Manono, Malibongwe Shadrach; October, Lisa Louise; Corin, Kirsten Claire
Exploring the effects of seawater use in Cu-Ni-PGM flotation against recycled mine water
Mardonova, Mokhinabonu; Mainali, Bandita; Abbassi, Rouzbeh; Shahid, Muhammad Kashif; Arzaghi, Ehsan
🎓 Site-specific Ecological Risk Assessment of metal mixtures in a mining influenced river: A case study of the Loddon River Basin, Australia
McGann, Matthew P.
Tailings Storage in a disused open pit - the conundrum of explaining the concept of a terminal groundwater sink.
Merckel, Ryan David; du Preez, Kerri
Technoeconomics of the industrial-scale cloSURE® biological treatment process
Mugova, Elke; Klein, Stefan; Hahn, Florian
Repurposing Flooded Underground Mines for Seasonal Heat Storage: Insights from the EU project PUSH-IT
Narayan, Aracelis; Diogo, Barbara S; Santos, Patricia; Mansilha, Catarina; Antunes, Sara C; Espinha Marques, Jorge; Flores, Deolinda
Coal waste spontaneous combustion and mine water risk: an integrated environmental and ecotoxicological assessment
Nikutta, Simon Elias; Teichert, Barbara M. A.; Strauss, Harald
Modeling of pyrite oxidation and sulfate reduction in former German hard coal mines
Nordstrom, Darrell Kirk
Redox in mine waters - still misunderstood
Oh, Youn Soo; Park, Hyun-Sung; Kang, Chan-Ung; Kim, Kang Ho
Arsenic removal from alkaline mine drainage using waste sludge: pilot-scale experiments at an abandoned mine in South Korea
Ortega, Pablo; Aufdenkampe, Anthony; Prieto-Estrada, Andres; Foster, Allan; Tomasula, Paul; Mancewicz, Lauren; White, Jeremy
MF6RTM: flexible reactive transport modeling for mining applications via MODFLOW 6 and PHREEQC
Pinka, Jana; Jannneck, Eberhard; Hedrich, Sabrina
MindMontan – reduction of pollution in the Freiberger Mulde river in the Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří mining region through a passive water treatment plant
Pinto, Mariana; Diamantino, Catarina; Arán, Diego; Martins, Carlos; Santos, Erika; Carvalho, Edgar
Case study of an Environmental Remediation project using Technosols in São Domingos mining area (Portugal)
Pradhana, Adhika Catra; Saputra, Yudha Hadiyanto Eka
Wastewater management in coal mining operations: a geotextile-based semi-active treatment system in South Kalimantan, Indonesia
Prehn, Volker; Wang, Jasmine
Cleaning and recycling industrial process water with ceramic membrane filtration
Puntsag, Tamir; Yadamsuren, Oyunchuluun; Tulganyam, Samdanjigmed; Sededpurev, Otgonbaatar; Bazardorj, Sod-Erdene; Myagmar, Bilguun; Bayanzul, Batdemberel; Munkhzorig, Munkhtuya; Ganzorig, Sunderiya; Nyambuu, Purevsuren; Naranbaatar, Enkhjin
Stable isotope evidence for hydro-chemical processes in groundwater of the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine, Mongolia
Purevjav, Bolormaa; Klein, Bern; Chuluunbaatar, Enkhzaya; Ganbat, Munkhtuya
Supporting the Advancement of Mine Water Stewardship in Mongolia: Integrating the TSM Framework at the Erdenet Copper–Molybdenum Mine
Roberts, Mark; Pearce, Steven; Grohs, Ken; Liu, Michael; Satriawan, Azwar
Inference of green rust formation and Fe²⁺/Fe³⁺ redox cycling in treatment of acid metalliferous drainage
Rousseau, Pierre; Vernengo Lezica, Ignacio; Boniecki, Zip; Murton, Steven; Stimpfl, Marilena
Pit lake water balance modelling – detail matters
Sajid, Abeer; Taghavi, Seyed Mostafa; Hamedi, Moeen; Anticoi, Hernán; Bascompta, Marc
🎓 A quantitative ESG based framework for evaluating tailings reprocessing and resource recovery
Sartz, Lotta; Bäckström, Mattias; Sädbom, Stefan; Geiger, Veronika; Andersson, Monika
Fallen Rocks: A participatory land art installation for community engagement in Bergslagen’s past and present mining landscape
Sato, Vitor; Hubbard, Paul; Tait, David
Unsaturated Flow and Surface Processes in Waste Rock Dumps for improved seepage characterisation
Schmidt, Nadja; Eulenberger, Sven; Jenk, Ulf
Implementation of operative monitoring during flooding of the Königstein mine – first experiences from hydraulic test 2
Skifa, Nadia; McKenna, James; Glenis, Vassilis
🎓 Modelling a moving disaster: A novel approach to modelling non-Newtonian flow post tailings dam breach
Sugiura, Itsuki; Park, Ilhwan; Jeon, Sanghee; Tabelin, Carlito; Ito, Mayumi
🎓 Microencapsulation for suppressing acid mine drainage formation: Applications in mineral processing and metallurgical operations
Taghavi, Seyed Mostafa; Sajid, Abeer; Hamedi, Moeen; Anticoi Sudzuki, Hernan Francisco; Bascompta Massanes, Marc
🎓 Identifying the sustainability efficiency peak in tailings reprocessing: An entropy–TOPSIS assessment of restorative mining
Taki, Mariam; Flipo, Nicolas; Goetz, Damien
🎓 Global copper supply under climate-driven water stress: a proof of concept
Teichert, Barbara M.A.; Nikutta, Simon E.; Strauss, Harald; Weinand, Svenja; Westermann, Sebastian
Impacts of extreme precipitation on abandoned mines: a case study from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Thomson, Heather; So, Joanna; Walls, Justin
How long is long enough? Assessing the critical storm duration for non-discharge TSFs
Tran, Tuan Quang; Vu, Hien Thu; Dao, Bang Duc; Nguyen, Thao Bach
Hydrogeological and hydrogeochemical characteristics of the Lo Tri coal mine in Cam Pha, Vietnam
Ulrich, Maik; Totsche, Oliver
The Lusatian Mining Area Water Management Centre: a case study in successful, forward-looking, cross-border water management in a mining region with limited water resources
Villa Gomez, Denys; Gillane, Rosie; Webster, Luke; Soto, Fernanda; Marcellin, Esteban
Microbial systems for sustainable resource recovery
Witbooi, Jan Bonakele; Mkhize, Innocentia Gugulethu; Waanders, Frans Boudewijn; Eloka-Eboka, Andrew; Ntwampe, Seteno Karabo Obed
A linear flow channel reactor for high sulphate water treatment: A simple and practicable AMD treatment system for rural communities in South Africa
Wolkersdorfer, Christian; Mugova, Elke; More, Kagiso; Molaba, Leshego; Botha, Joané; Utkin, Valentina
Hydrodynamic investigations in the abandoned Havelock asbestos mine, eSwatini, by means of tracer tests
Worsa-Kozak, Magdalena; Chudy, Krzysztof; Kasza, Damian; Wajs, Jarosław
From Pit to Lake: UAV-assisted tracking of hydrological and geomorphological transformation in the Stanisław-Południe clay mine, SW Poland
Yasya, Heksantia Rahmadinda; Abfertiawan, Muhammad Sonny; Arfan, Aditia Adyanugraha; Ristiaramdani, Nur Latifa; Mulyana, Bagja
Designing the post-mining future: hydrological modeling as a foundation for sustainable pit lake management
Zhou, Wanfang
Hydrogeological significance of a buried polje on dewatering of karst aquifers for a diamond mine in Northern Ontario, Canada
Ziukelis, Laurence; Colston, Rob
Integrating geochemical and hydro(geo)logical modelling to predict long-term water quality
Zvimba, John Ngoni; Holtzhausen, Pieter; Morton, Kym
Mine Water Sharing for Sustainable Water Security - A strategy for a water-scarce region
Zvimba, John Ngoni; Makate, Mavis Dineo; Macquela, Resego Bernice
Exploring a new water economy post mining in coal mining zones
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