Barriers in mining -seminaari
- Aika:
- Paikka:
- at Aalto University or virtually
- Järjestäjä:
- Finnish Geotechnical Society, Tampere University and Aalto University. Coffee and lunch sponsored by Finnish Mining Association.
How are effective and durable liners designed?
This free seminar provides expert knowledge on performance of liner structures presented by worldwide known, highly respected grand old man, professor Kerry Rowe from Canada.
Date: Friday 21 March 2025
Time: 8:30 – 16:00 EET
Location: at Aalto University or virtually
Language: English, questions can be made also in Finnish
Target group: Open to all; especially developers, design engineers, project management consultants, environmental regulators and experts involved in landfill or mining waste area liner projects
Organizers: Finnish Geotechnical Society, Tampere University and Aalto University. Coffee and lunch sponsored by Finnish Mining Association.
Topics and speakers:
- Keynote lecture 1: Barriers – what they are and how they function? – Kerry Rowe
- Water balance of the mining waste areas in Finland – Kirsi Haanpää, AFRY
- Keynote lecture 2: Contamination transportation and seepage calculation – what is the loading? – Kerry Rowe
- What are mining waste types and their properties – Teemu Karlsson, GTK
- Keynote lecture 3: Effective barriers for mining waste areas and tailings, examples – Kerry Rowe
- How are tailings and mining waste areas operated? – NN
- Finnish mining structures – Anne Tuomela, University of Oulu
- SMARTTEST – new field test research facility for extractive waste closure planning – Päivi Kauppila, GTK
Register to the event via this link.(siirryt toiseen palveluun)