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Mining Conference Presentations 2024
Below, you’ll find presentation slides and video recordings from the MIT Global Summit on Mine Tailings Innovation, which was held at MIT and virtually on September 19-20, 2024.
Keynote Session
Blueberries, Aerospace & the Art of the Possible — Finding Better Ways to Manage Tailings Risk
Jaidev Prasad, Chief Advisor for Next Generation Processing at Rio Tinto
Presentation slides, video recording
Reduce Sessions
OreSand: A Circular Economy Approach to Reduce Tailings and Responsibly Supply Sand
Prof. Daniel Franks, Director of the Global Centre for Mineral Security and Prof. at the The University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute
Presentation slides, video recording
Dewatered Tailings Storage: Is it Inevitable?
Phil Newman, Lead Tailings Innovation at Anglo American
Presentation slides, video recording
Transforming Ore Processing: Reducing Tailings and Water Intensity
Luke Vollert, Principal Engineer at Newmont Corporation
Presentation slides, video recording
Reuse Sessions
R&D for Sustainable Steel: Reimagining Tailings Through Innovation
Dr. Ana Fernandez-Iglesias, Director of the Sustainable Mining Portfolio at ArcelorMittal Mining R&D and Prof. at University of Oviedo, Spain
Presentation slides, video recording
Dewatered Tailings: Option to Reduce, Enabler to Reuse
Kaci Jenkins, Principal Advisor of Research and Development at Rio Tinto
Presentation slides, video recording
Reimagine Sessions
Reimagining Collaborative Approaches to Tailings Research and Education: Strengthening Partnerships between Universities and Industry
Prof. Linda Figueroa, Prof. of Civil, Environmental, and Mining Engineering, Head of Tailings Center at the Colorado School of Mines
Presentation slides, video recording
Reimagining Tailings Management: What Can Digital Tools Offer?
Jan Kwak, Managing Director of Hatch in Australia-Asia
Presentation slides, video recording
Other Info Sessions
Sulfur-Based Routes to Metal Value Recovery
Prof. Antoine Allanore, Heather N. Lechtman Prof. of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT; Prof. of Metallurgy; Director, Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnology
Mechanics of In-situ Leaching: Attempt at Understanding Using Experiments and Models
Prof. Herbert Einstein, Prof. of Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT
Phosphate Waste: Environmental Challenges and Valorization Opportunities
Prof. Abdellatif Elghali, Assistant Prof. at University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P)
Presentation slides, video recording
Filtered Stacked Tailings: A New Industry Guide for Study Managers
Rachel Jansen, Tailings Manager at Paterson & Cooke, North America
Presentation slides, video recording
Framing the Context: Innovation and Management of Tailings Facilities
Dr. Angela Küpper, Director and Principal Geotechnical Engineer at BGC Engineering Inc.
Technical and Environmental Audit in the Transformation of the Mining Sector Case Study: Samarco’s Operation Resumption
Vicente Mello, Senior Vice President at AECOM, Brazil Country Manager, and Leader of the Technical Independent Expert Team Reporting to the Brazil National Mining Agency
Mine Tailings: Crisis, Response and Opportunities
Prof. Priscilla Nelson, Prof. of Mining Engineering at Colorado School of Mines
Presentation slides, video recording
Tailings and Waste Valorization Journey: Lessons Learned and Successes
Antonio Pucci, Chief Operating Officer of Nuton (Rio Tinto Venture) and Chief Advisor ofInnovation, Science and Technology at Rio Tinto
Presentation slides, video recording
Can Mining and Construction Materials Join Forces for a Greener Future?
Prof. Yassine Taha, Assistant Prof. at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P)