Track 3: Environmental Stewardship

Digital Water and Environmental Intelligence 3
Water Resources Management for Development, Sustainability and Prosperity¹ 4
Challenges and Socio-Environmental Impacts of Informal and Illegal Mining 20
Enabling Sustainable Mining Through Cemented Paste Backfill Optimization: The Cerro Lindo Mine Case 33
Advanced Hydrogeological Modeling and Sensitivity Analysis to Optimize Dewatering and Characterize Water Flow at the Mingomba Cu Deposit 46
How Will Future Water Stress Affect Global Mineral Production? A Proof of Concept 55
Enabling Circular Economy in Tailings Management: Digitalization, Integrated Data, and RIS-Informed Governance 66
Reimagining Tailings: Risk or Opportunity? 79
Guidelines for Seepage Analysis of Filtered Tailings Deposits in High-Precipitation Andean Regions 88
In-Pit Tailings Storage Facility (In-Pit TSF): The Exhausted Open Pit as a High-Performance Solution for Safe and Sustainable Tailings Management in Modern Mining 101
Advances in the Application of Geosynthetics in Final Closure Covers in Peru, Brazil and Chile 114
Sustainable Approaches to Uranium Removal from Water Using Natural Biosorbents 129
Water Management in the Mining Industry: Advances, Challenges, and Future Perspectives 137
Mine Closure and Post-Mining Reclamation 152
From Extraction to Experience: Águas Claras and the Rise of Global Sports in Post-Mining Landscapes 153
Reclaiming Post-Mining Landscapes Through Engineered Mineral Stabilization: Lessons from Field Practice 159
Mine Closure and Repurposing: Leaving a Positive Legacy 168
Mining Tourism Centers as Part of Mine Closure Plans in Peru 181
Post-Mining Territories: A Global Analysis for a Sustainable Transition 199
Decarbonization, Electrification and Energy 216
Integrated Decarbonization Solutions for the Mining Sector: A Pathway for Peru Based on Renewable Power, Fuels and Hydrogen 217
Natural Gas and Mining in Peru 227
VA ERZBERG Iron Ore Mine – Transformation Pathway of Mining Operation from Diesel to Electric 246
Decarbonization in Mining: Embedded System for Hydrogen Addition in Mining Haul Trucks 257
Redefining Reclamation, Making Miners the Heroes with GREEEN CUBES 267
Fundamental Study to Evaluate the Potential for CO2 Mineralization in Deep Underground Mines 279
Managing Mine Residues and Nature-Positive Solutions 282
Building Trust in Tailings Risk Management: DFOS Monitoring Architectures That Support Transparent Decision-Making 283
Integrated Assessment of Quarry-Derived Dust Dispersion Based on Atmospheric and Oceanic Transport 295
Long-Term Spatiotemporal Monitoring of Tailings Facility Dynamics Using GIS and Satellite Remote Sensing: A Case Study of the Benkovski Tailings Dam, Bulgaria (1975–2025) 308
From Waste Rock to Soil Regeneration: The Remineralizer of Serra Norte Mine, Carajás – PA, Brazil 323
Predictive Modeling of Acid Drainage Under Climate-Induced Hydrological Shifts 336
Sustainable and Innovative Biopolymeric and Organic Reagents for Dust Suppression in Tailings Storage Facilities: Performance Under Extreme Climatic Conditions 349
Circularity and Recovery in Mining (2000 to 2025): A Bibliometric Review of Technological Pathways and Organizational Performance Factors 360
Sin título (Autor: *M.A. Alva1, S. Luukkanen1, H. Vehviläinen1) 374
MABIOMET a New Mobile Device for Monitoring the Bioaccessibility of Toxic Substances at Mining Soils 390
The Geometallurgical Block Model, a New Tool for Optimizing Recovery and Reducing Costs in Metallurgical Beneficiation Processes 399
Limestone and Montmorillonite for Arsenic Remediation in Groundwater: A Performance Evaluation 416
Spillover Effects in the Global Mining Industry as a Common Good Problem: Evidence from Environmental Disasters on Firms’ Market Value 427

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