Hear from Keynote Speakers:

  • Phil Gorey
    Director Environment
    DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND PETROLEUM
  • Alison Hughes
    Project Manager Remediation
    EPA Division DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES, PARKS, WATER AND ENVIRONMENT
  • Andrew Wright
    Environmental Offi cer
    WHITEHAVEN COAL
  • Carl Grant
    Mining Environmental & Community Manager
    ALCOA OF AUSTRALIA
  • Darren Springer
    Superintendent of Environment & Closure
    RIO TINTO

Devise a cost effective and comprehensive mine closure and rehabilitation plan to ensure environmental sustainability

Who Will Be Presenting at Mine Rehabilitation and Closure Planning?

Mine Rehabilitation and Closure Planning brings together a fantastic speaker line up for next June. With presentations from industry leaders as well as state departments on the latest development and innovative projects to get the best rehabilitation plan for your mine site, this event is a must for your 2010 calendar.

What immediate rehabilitation gains can be made now?

Attend Mine Rehabilitation and Closure Planning to find benchmark against your peers and ensure that you are getting the best rehabilitation outcomes at the lowest cost!

Download the PDF brochure for the full agenda and complete speaker line up!

Upgrade Your Registration Through Attendance at an Expert Workshop:

Phytoremediation: How to Use Vegetation Intelligently in Post Mining Closure Strategies

Wednesday 23rd June, 2010 * 5.00pm

  • Determining capability to support your vegetation community
  • Reviewing different approaches to surface stabilisation and selecting the most appropriate for your site
  • Understanding limitations to plant growth and designing strategies to overcome these issues
  • Improving soil conditions and creating self-sustainable vegetation

About Your Expert Tutor:

Augustine

Augustine Doronila PhD
Research Fellow - Restoration Ecologist & Post-mining Reclamation Expert
THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

Augustine is a post mining restoration expert particularly on built structures such as tailings storage facilities. His main research interests are: Restoration ecology and post mining reclamation using native vegetation and improvement of soil microflora; bioavailability of As and Hg plus food chain transfer; heavy metal bioavailability, metal hyperaccumulation in plants, soil chemistry and plant nutrition; adding commercial value to otherwise derelict land by utilising native species.

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