1. 22 - 23 February 2012
Protecting the environment“the key”to sustained economic growth
Global Prospectus Training Centre, Unit 5 Ferndale Mews,
15 Dover Street, Randburg , JHB
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“To waste, to destroy our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it
so as to increase its usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our children the very
prosperity which we ought by right to hand down to them amplified and developed”
Theodore Roosevelt
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Delegates
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points
Acid Mine Drainage
Control and Treatment
THINKING BEYOND THE OBVIOUS

2. Akin to Ozone depletion and Global Warming, Acid Mine Drainage is a mammoth dilemma.
South Africa is being faced with a water security quandary and AMD is currently one of the main pollutants
of surface water. Due to the fact that mining being the corner stone of the South African economy the
issue of AMD has to be managed effectively and with haste before this colossal crisis causes extreme
ecological degradation.
Sulphur-bearing minerals exposed to the elements forms this metal rich water which contains toxic
substances like arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury and in certain instances it may even contain radioactive
particles from uranium. AMD not only contaminates drinking water which is detrimental to humans but
hinders the growth of aquatic plants and animals. It also has a corroding effect on infrastructure. A strategic
approach needs to be implemented in order to successfully mitigate the damaging impacts of AMD.
Attend this vital conference and gain insight into the causes, treatment, control and prevention of AMD.
BENEFITS OF ATTENDING
• Uncovering the effects of acid mine drainage
• Unearthing crucial factors involved with the
treatment of AMD
• Discussing the treatment options for AMD
• Utilising chemicals available in the treatment
of AMD
• Ascertaining possible methods of preventing
and mitigating AMD
• The seepage of radioactive sludge and its rel-
evance to AMD
• Deliberating the critical issue of desalination
for brine treatment due to the large salt loads
• Dealing with the flooding of abandoned
underground mines
• Analysing probable ways in which to use
AMD beneficially
BENEFITS OF ATTENDING
• Environmental officers/ managers
• Environmental engineers
• Environmental coordinators/advisers
• Principal Water Engineers
• Water Supply Managers
• Water Demand Managers
• Water Resource Managers
• Mine managers
• Mine engineers
• Water engineers
• Operations managers
• Hydrogeologists
• Senior Research Hydrogeologists
• EMS managers
• HSE managers
• Groundwater hydrologists
• Natural resource managers
• Site operators
• Compliance managers
• Superintendents
• Technical services managers
• Processing plant managers
• Ore treatment managers
• Mine planners
• Project engineers/directors/managers
• Consultants
• Contractors
• Policy makers
• Regulators
• Researchers
• Scientists
• Technology providers
• Wastewater treatment equipment suppliers
• Analytical service providers
Heads of:
• Water Services
• Natural Resources
• Water Resources
• Investment
• Project Finance
OVERVIEW
GLOBAL PROSPECTUSTRAINING (PTY) LTD.
Tel:Johannesburg - +27 11 781 6222 Fax: +27 11 781 6044
Tel:Pietermaritzburg - +27 33 391 4229 Fax: +27 33 391 5722
Chief Executive O er - Dhevaraj Pillay
Marketing - m2@globalprospectus.co.za
Design - www.designmaster.co.za (071 018 8355)
Auditors - Russell Bedford SA (Jhb) Inc.
Legal - DA Morris & Associates

3. Session One
Gaining an overview of AMD
• Defining and expanding on acid rock drainage and acid mine drainage
• Revealing the hype and real situation regarding acid mine drainage in South Africa
• Discussing the process involved in the formation of acid rock drainage (ARD)
• Evaluating the regulatory, corporate and social environment relating to ARD
• Assessing the impact it has on nature and the threat to human health
Session Two
Uncovering the effects of acid mine drainage
• Expanding on the causes of AMD
• Identifying where acid mine drainage is prevalent
• Exploring the liabilities associated with AMD
• Providing options for handling AMD
Session Three
Unearthing crucial factors involved with the treatment of AMD
• Discovering the economic factors
- Cost of reagents
- Labor
- Machinery and equipment
- Estimated time that treatment will be needed
- Risk factors
• Exploring the technical factors
- Acidity levels
- Flow
- Types and concentration of metals in the water
- Rate and degree of chemical treatment required
- Establishing the desired final water quality
Session Four
Discussing the treatment options for AMD
• Focusing on active and passive treatment
• Reverse osmosis
• Integrated pond systems
• Ion exchange technology
• Reduction crystallization
Session Five
Ascertaining possible methods of preventing and mitigating AMD
• Determining the hydrophysical environment
• Exploring surface diversion ditches and pipes
• Evaluating infiltration controls
• Acquiring insight into covers
- Soil
- Water
- Synthetic membranes
• Highlighting methods of preventing acid generation
• Removing the pyrite source
• Controlling biological oxidation
• Dewatering
• Underground mine sealing
• Grout curtains and walls
• Underground mine filling and injection
COURSE AGENDA
GLOBAL PROSPECTUSTRAINING (PTY) LTD.
Tel:Johannesburg - +27 11 781 6222 Fax: +27 11 781 6044
Tel:Pietermaritzburg - +27 33 391 4229 Fax: +27 33 391 5722
Chief Executive O er - Dhevaraj Pillay
Marketing - m2@globalprospectus.co.za
Design - www.designmaster.co.za (071 018 8355)
Auditors - Russell Bedford SA (Jhb) Inc.
Legal - DA Morris & Associates

4. Session Six
The seepage of radioactive sludge and its relevance to AMD
Session Seven
Utilising chemicals available in the treatment of AMD
• Neutralizing acidity
• Oxidants
• Flocculants and Coagulants
• Limestone
• Hydrated lime
• Pebble quicklime
• Soda ash
• Caustic soda
• Ammonia
• Potassium hydroxide
• Magnesium hydroxide
• Magna lime
Session Eight
Deliberating the critical issue of desalination for brine treatment due to the
large salt loads
Session Nine
Analysing probable ways in which to use AMD beneficially
• Removing economically valuable chemicals such as
- Sulphur
- Potassium nitrate
• Bringing the quality of acid mine water to drinking level
Session Ten
Dealing with the flooding of abandoned underground mines
Session Eleven
Monitoring AMD
• Management of AMD programs
• The future of acid rock drainage management
COURSE AGENDA
GLOBAL PROSPECTUSTRAINING (PTY) LTD.
Tel:Johannesburg - +27 11 781 6222 Fax: +27 11 781 6044
Tel:Pietermaritzburg - +27 33 391 4229 Fax: +27 33 391 5722
Chief Executive O er - Dhevaraj Pillay
Marketing - m2@globalprospectus.co.za
Design - www.designmaster.co.za (071 018 8355)
Auditors - Russell Bedford SA (Jhb) Inc.
Legal - DA Morris & Associates
MEET YOUR SPEAKERS
Paul Fairall
Dr. Caliphs Zvinowanda
Mariette Liefferink
Dr Francois Durand
Ian Hammond
Chairman
Jukskei River Catchment Area Management Forum
Wetlands in Crisis-Gauteng Wetland Forum
Tshwane University of Technology
DepartmentofEnvironmental,Water&EarthSciences
CEO Federation for a Sustainable Environment
Associate of the research niche for the cultural dy-
namics of water. North West University
University of Johannesburg
Consultant,
SRK Consulting

5. Acid Mine Drainage
Control and Treatment
22 - 23 February 2012
Global Prospectus Training Centre
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GLOBAL PROSPECTUSTRAINING (PTY) LTD.
Tel:Johannesburg - +27 11 781 6222 Fax: +27 11 781 6044
Tel:Pietermaritzburg - +27 33 391 4229 Fax: +27 33 391 5722
Chief Executive O er - Dhevaraj Pillay
Marketing - m2@globalprospectus.co.za
Design - www.designmaster.co.za (071 018 8355)
Auditors - Russell Bedford SA (Jhb) Inc.
Legal - DA Morris & Associates