Conference: Elko Roundtable
Date: 2005 to Ongoing

Knight Piésold USA has been hosting the Elko Rountable since 2005, with an aim in creating an environment to discuss current practices, challenges, and accomplishments associated with the need for, and the advancement of, innovation. The roundtable forum encourages an exchange of ideas and information pertaining to broad topics revolving around the subject of innovations in heap leaching and mine waste management. Compared to traditional conferences and symposia, the forum provides a much less inhibited format for discussion.

Previous rountable discussions included:

• Heap leach pad design, construction, and operation
• Design, construction, and operation of tailings storage facilities
• Site-wide water considerations
• Mine closure and cover design
• Strides toward sustainability in mining
• High-density tailings, paste, and filtered tailings
• Acid rock drainage for engineers and environmental scientists
• Material co-disposal/co-placement in the mining industry

Presentations

Central Thickened Discharge for Tailings Facility Closure, March 2017

Alternative Liner Systems, March 2014

Considerations for Tailings Facility Design and Operation Using Filtered Tailings, March 2014

Co-disposal, March 2014

Some Unique Approaches to Tailings Management and Heap Leaching, March 2014

Drain Down from Waste Rock and Heap Leach Piles, March 2014

INAP and The Global Acid Rock Drainage Guide (GARD Guide), March 2012

FLSmidth Roundtable Presentation, March 2011

Tailings Storage and Heap Leaching in a Combined Facility – A First for the Mining Industry, 2009 (Presented at the Arequipa Mining Conference PERUMIN)

Open Pit & Stockpile Ore Control for Cyanide Heap Leaching to Prevent a Sour Pad, March 2000

Articles

Ulrich, B., Frechette, R., 2017. Elko Rountable 2017; Site-wide mine closure, planning and management. Mining Engineering, June 2017, p. 2-5.

Ulrich, B., 2015.Elko Rountable: Innovations in heap leaching and mine waste discussted at 2014 Elko Rountable. Mining Engineering, Vol. 67, No. 1, p. 30-33.

Ulrich, B., 2013. Elko Roundtable 2013: Material co-disposal and co-placement. Mining Engineering, ME Online Exclusive, p. 2-5.

Ulrich, B., Lange, S., 2012. Elko Rountable 2012: Acid rock drainage for engineers and scientists. Mining Engineering, Vol. 64, No. 11, p.  42-45.

Ulrich, B., Kerr, T., 2011. Elko Roundtable 2011: high-density tailings, paste and filtered tailings. Mining Engineering, Vol. 63, No. 11, p. 66-70.

Ulrich, B., Frechette, R., 2010. 5th Annual Elko Roundtable discussion: Strides toward sustainability in mining.Mining Engineering, Vol. 62, No. 9, p. 52-55.

Ulrich, B., 2009. Proceedings of Elko 2009: mine closure and cover design. Mining Engineering, Vol. 61, No. 7, p. 37-39.

Ulrich, B., Frechette, R., 2007. Water is key issue at Elko Roundtable 2007. Mining Engineering, Vol. 59, No. 9, p. 24-27.

Ulrich, B., Lahti, K., 2005. Heap leaching discussed at roundtable. Mining Engineering, Vol. 57, No. 10, p 17-23.

The above articles were originally published in Mining Engineering Magazine and are copyrighted by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME). Articles are listed here with permission from SME.

Papers

Cooke, R. (2007) "Thickened and Paste Tailings Pipeline Systems: Design Procedure  - Part 2," Paste 2007, Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Perth, Australia, April 2007.

Cooke, R. (2006) "Thickened and Paste Tailings Pipeline Systems: Design Procedure - Part 1," Paste 2006, Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Limerick, Ireland, April 2006.

Video

Sullivan Mine, Waste Dump Gas Fatalities, No. 1 Shaft Waste Dump