In recent years the mining industry has concentrated on reducing waste on site and re-purposing materials to create value in new markets and communities. While tailings management has largely been focused on by mining organisations, opportunities to recycle and re-use waste from rubber tyres, topsoil, plastics and other sources are also being developed.

Technologies explored include: 

• Solutions to minimise waste creation on site 
• Tailings management, reduction and re-use 
• Recycling technologies from mining and other industries

Tech Talks

Opportunities in a Circular Economy
Huia Adkins, Technical Director - Circular Economy, Sustainability Team Lead – WA Region, GHD

The mining sector is in a unique position as a critical supplier of essential materials however faces the challenge of how to contribute to climate solutions, zero waste and a low carbon economy. With increasing pressures from shareholders and the community alike, how can the mining sector leverage the principles and tools of a circular economy to capture greater economic value throughout their supply chains whilst designing out waste and pollution from their products and services. Huia will discuss the opportunities available now to respond to these challenges.

GeminexTM metallurgical digital twin – managing variability & optimizing resources
Jari Moilanen – Director Solutions at Metso Outotec 

Metso Outotec Geminex™ is a metallurgical digital twin that combines operational data and expertise.  Geminex delivers insight-driven performance to efficiently manage variability in mining and metallurgical operations.  Some case studies are discussed for optimizing the material flows for processing plant productivity, as well as a water accounting approach for managing the water balance at a mining site. 

Registration

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Austmine 2022 ESG Webinar Series

Austmine's webinar series will have a combination of insightful expert panel discussions to examine each aspect of ESG and Tech Talks to showcase the game-changing innovations being developed by the METS sector to help achieve ESG objectives and shape the future of mining.

Across April to June the webinar series will provide an in-depth analysis of the major environmental challenges and considerations in the mining industry and METS sector.

Find more information about the webinar series and the schedule here.