ASSOCIATED EVENTS |
3rd April 2011 Prediction of Beach Slopes Workshop This workshop will be held prior to the Rheology Workshop and will summarise the existing methods on beach slope prediction and/or management and will examine their relative applicability to different kinds of thickened tailings deposition. Guidance will be provided by the inventors of these methods on their appropriate use. Time will be allotted for discussion between the facilitators and the participants. This workshop is intended primarily to assist tailings deposition operators and related consultants.
Confirmed speakers: Tim Fitton, ATC Williams Gordon McPhail, Metago Environmental Engineers Paul Williams, ATC Williams
Workshop leader: Paul Simms, Carleton University, Canada
4th April 2011 Rheology Workshop This workshop will be held immediately prior to Paste 2011 and will cover rheology basics, measurement techniqes, and rheology applications associated with thickening, pumping, pipelining and storage dischange purposes. The workshop will enable attendees to further understand how slurry operations and minerals processing benefit from this rapidly evolving technology. The workshop will be of particular interest to operators, researchers, superintendents and engineers who are responsible for the design, selection, operation and maintenance of minerals processing, slurry handling and tailings operations.
8th April 2011
The Pinjarra Refinery is part of Alcoa of Australia's three-refinery system in Western Australia. Situated just 10 minutes from the town of Pinjarra, the refinery is one of the world's largest with a capacity of 3.2 million tonnes! |
Paul Simms has been recently heavily involved in research on different aspects surface deposition of thickened tailings. He has presented a number of papers on slope geometry at the paste and thickened tailings seminar series, and publishing a journal paper on the subject. He also was the lead facilitator of the short course on surface deposition at the Paste 2010 seminar in Toronto. Paul has been involved in research on different aspects of mine waste management, including soil cover design, water covers, geochemistry of acid drainage, and paste backfill since 1998. He has also been an advisor on several tailings deposition projects. Paul is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carleton Univeristy in Ottawa, Canada.
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