Workshop; Mine Environments - Potential Impact and Risk Assessment

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Time:7th February 2007
Place:Best Western Hotel Savonia, Auditorium
Organizer:ERAC

Topics on Wednesday 7 February 2007

Chairman Marja-Liisa Räisänen
Wellcome by Geological Survey of Finland
Research Director, Professor Pekka Nurmi
Geoenvironmental models of mineral deposit types, and their uses in
watershed-based mineral-environmental risk assessments of large regions

Dr. Geoffrey Plumlee, United States Geological Survey
Geochemical and geological factors that influence metal speciation, transport, and aquatic toxicity
Dr. Kathy Smith, United States Geological Survey [1]
Assessment and management of mining-related environmental risks with case studies
Dr. Mike Friedel, United States Geological Survey [2] [3]
Chairman Maria Nikkarinen
Putting science to work - risk assessment, policy decisions and mining
Dr. Carol Russell, EPA, U.S Environmental Protection Agency [4]
Pyrkilo-method, a modified risk-assessment method, Finland
PhD. Jouni Tuomisto, National Public Health Institute, Kuopio [5]
Potential impacts and risk assessment of waste-rock piles and tailings impoundment, Finland
Research Professor Marja Liisa Räisänen [6]
Closing discussion
Regional Director Kari Pääkkönen
Get Together Buffet-party hosted by Geologigal Survey of Finland, in Neulaniementie 5


Material:

  1. Geochemical and Geological Factors that Influence Metal Speciation, Transport, and Aquatic Toxicity
  2. Assessment and management of mining-related environmental risks with case studies, part 1
  3. Assessment and management of mining-related environmental risks with case studies, part 2]
  4. Putting Science to Work at Mining Sites in the U.S.
  5. Pyrkilo–a modified risk assessment method
  6. Potential impacts and risk assessment of waste-rock piles and tailings impoundments

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