The workshop was held back to back with the Eighth meeting of the Joint Expert Group meeting in Yerevan.
Workshop on the Safety of Tailing Management Facilities
Workshop on the Safety of Tailing Management Facilities
12 November (10:00) - 14 November (18:00) 2007
Yerevan Armenia
Reports
Presentations
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| Introductory presentation by Mr. Gerhard Winkelmann-Oei, Federal Environmental Agency, Germany |
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| Session I: Overview of the key issues addressed by the guidelines | |||
| Risk and hazard assessment for tailing dams - Prof. Pavel Danihelka, Head of the Laboratory of Risk Research and Management, Faculty of Safety Engineering, Technical University of Ostrava |
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| Avoiding tailing dams failures: good practice in prevention - Prof. Philip Peck, Associate Professor at Lund University , Sweden |
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| Tailing dams inspections - Mrs. Juliane Knaul, Legal Expert, Brandenburg Agency for Mining, Geology and Minerals |
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| Emergency planning for tailing dam - Prof. Wilhelm G. Coldewey, Head Chair of Applied Geology at the University of Munster |
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| Abandoned sites - Assessment and risk management - Lars-Ake Lindahl, Director, Environmental Affairs, Swedish Association of Mines, Mineral and Metal Producers |
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| Training for tailing safety - Mr. Fritz Balkau, Consultant |
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| Public participation and information to the public throughout the phases of tailing dam life cycle - Mrs. Juliance Knaul on behlaf of Mr. Klaus Freytag, President, Brandenburg Agency for Mining, Geology and Minerals |
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| Session II: Feedback from stakeholders on the draft guidelines, including the evaluation of their future implementation | |||
| Implications of Earthquakes on the Stability of Tailing dams - Tobias Rudolph, Integrated Reservoir Modeling Team, Shell International B.V. |
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| European Union rules for safe management of mining waste facilities - Mr. Peter Kovac (Hungary) on behalf of Mr. Fotios Papoulias, DG Environment - Unit G.4 "Sustainable Production & Consumption |
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| The safety of tailing management facilities in Ukraine in view of the future implementation of the guidelines - Dr. Grigori Shmatkov, Chairman of the Environmental Association Ekomet in Ukraine |
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| Tailing dam safety and implementation of safety guidelines by a tailing dam operator - Ms. Lucy Hewlet, Deno Gold Mining CJSC |
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| The role of the Public Environmental Information Centre on mining in view of the future implementation of the guidelines - Ms. Nana Janashia, Executive Director of the Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (CENN) |
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| Session III: Discussion on the improvement of the guidelines> | |||
| Discussion on the draft safety guidelines/good practices for tailing dams |
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