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      • Travis Peake
      • Ingrid Meek
      • Karin Fogarty
      • Rob Loch
      • Maria Eugenia Cola
      • Stephen White
      • Paul Storer
      • Chris Gimber
      • Robert Scanlon
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      • 2018 Mine Rehab Conference >
        • 2018 Presenters >
          • Will Mitry
          • José F. Martín Duque
          • Stephen Barry and Hamish Aiken
          • Stephen White
          • Nanthi Bolan
          • Eduardo Arellano
          • Jo-Anne Everingham
          • Yudi Firmanul Arifin
          • Thomas Baumgartl
          • Gede Widiada
          • Harley Lacy
        • 2018 Workshops >
          • José F. Martín Duque
          • Greg Hancock
          • Jo-Anne Everingham
      • 2017 Mine Rehab Conference >
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        • 2017 Sponsors
        • Local Information for MLRC
        • Conference Program
        • 2017 Presenters >
          • Matthew Newton
          • Penny Dunstan
          • Travis Peake
          • Karin Fogarty
          • Ben Clibborn​​
          • Neil Griffiths
          • Shannon Mulholland
          • Howard Wildman
          • Nanthi Bolan
          • Laura Kuginis
          • Carmen Castor
          • Didik Triwibowo
          • Chris Gimber & Brad O'Reilly
          • Corinne Unger
          • Simit Raval
          • Greg Hancock
          • Grant Dickins
        • 2017 Panel Discussion >
          • Peter Elliott
          • Stephen Barry
          • Martin Rush​
          • Andrew Keith
          • Matthew Newton
          • Richard Bush
        • 2017 Poster Presenters >
          • Robert Scanlon
          • Angus Carnegie
          • Hannah Alcantara
          • Andrew Keith
          • Yilu Xu
          • Hasintha Wijesekara
          • Shannon Diener
          • John Ritchie
          • Charles Lee
          • Bikram Banerjee
          • Sonia Shilpi
        • 2017 Cocktail Dinner
        • 2017 Workshops >
          • Garry Willgoose
          • Peter Elliott
          • Donna Pershke
          • Simit Raval
          • Michael Hitch
          • Wendy Timms
        • 2017 Mine Tours
        • Information for Exhibitors
        • Delegate Handbook
        • Conference Feedback Survey
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        • 2017 Mine Rehab Conference - original
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      • Soil quality monitoring
      • Coal Dissolution Testing
      • Health implications of coal dust in rainwater
      • Honey bees the new canaries for monitoring of mined-land rehabilitation
      • Geomorphic design and modelling at catchment scale for best mine rehabilitation
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About the Conference

The 7th Annual Best Practice Ecological Rehabilitation of Mined Lands Conference (2017) was held on 29, 30 & 31 March 2017 at Muswellbrook, NSW, organised by the Tom Farrell Institute for the Environment (TFI). The TFI is a multidisciplinary organisation which is well placed as the University of Newcastle’s Environmental outreach arm, to engage with Australia’s leading professionals involved in the broader environmental fields. 

This annual conference is a significant event on the Hunter Region calendar.  It provides an important avenue for TFI to promote the use of best-practice approaches in the management of rehabilitation of mined lands. 

The main conference sold out this year, with 220 attendees, making it one of the largest mining rehabilitation conferences in Australia. The breakdown of attendance figures was approximately 45% Rehab Professionals, 20% Industry, 18% Government, 16% Researchers, and 1% Community. 

Due to the large number of excellent abstracts received, the conference was expanded to include an additional day this year. In 2017 the event was held over 3 days.  Across these three days, delegates had the opportunity to participate in various activities, including workshops, mine tours as well as the main conference.

Conference Report

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Conference Program

​An overview of the conference schedule is listed below:
Wed 29th March: Mine tours and a workshop in the afternoon and a civic reception in the evening. 
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Thu 30th: Full day of presentations with posters and panel session, followed by a dinner. 

Fri 31st: Presentations till 11 am then there was concurrent workshops that will run until 2:30 pm.  The workshops included: New practices to advance mine rehab in the Hunter Valley, and Pathways to relinquishment and opportunities to transition to productive alternate land uses.

In terms of cost: the conference registration covered both Thurs 30th and up to 11am on the 31st (excluding the dinner).  The dinner, workshops and mine tours were extra.

​A more detailed conference program is available at the link below:
Conference Program

Engage

The 2017 Conference attracted:
  • those with a professional interest in Mined Land Rehabilitation 
  • regulatory officers involved in the mining sector, Policy development and implementation
  • new researchers, recent PhD, Masters and Honours graduates 
  • individuals and organisations representing the mining community and associated supply chains
  • researchers and research institutes; and broader community

Purpose of the Conference

​The purpose of the Mine Rehab Conference was to bring Mine Rehabilitation Stakeholders together to share our current best practices, and to discuss what we do well & what we can improve & what we would like the future to be.

Mine Tours

On Wed 29th March we conducted tours of current mine rehabilitation practices at a number of mine sites within the Hunter Valley. Over 70 conference delegates attended which allowed them to observe in-situ best practices in progressive rehabilitation of open-cut coal mining operations. 

The mine tours included:
  • Muswellbrook Coal and BHP Billiton – Mt Arthur Coal
  • Mt Thorley Warkworth and Rix's Creek

For more  information on the mine tours please click on the button below.
Mine Tours

Trade Displays

An interesting variety of exhibitors and sponsors were on display in the function rooms immediately adjoining the conference main auditorium available during the conference breaks on Thursday.  The trade displays included: conference host Muswellbrook Shire Council and sponsor ​NSW Mining / Minerals Council, and exhibitors: ​Vital Industries, Creative Water, Menard, Sky Land Management, Robotic Systems, Suez, Skillset Environment, Global Renewables, and Niche Environment and Heritage.

Delegate Handbook

The conference handbook is now available. For a soft-copy of the conference handbook is please click on the button below.
Delegate Handbook

Conference Sponsors

​We want to thank all of our supporters, including our Conference Host, Conference Partner, Major Sponsor, Gold Sponsor and Session Sponsors, without whom we would not be able to bring you such a comprehensive conference.  For more  information on our supporters please click on the button below.
Conference Sponsors

Conference App

​Mine Rehab Conference 2017 had its own Smartphone App. It'll keep you up-to-date with the news, events, schedules and much more.

Our Conference used Team App, allowing delegates to stay in touch with all the speakers, sponsors, events and documents by downloading the app and searching for "Mine Rehab Conference"!
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Conference Presenters and Presentations

This year we had a full compliment of expert speakers. To access information about the speakers, their presentations and abstracts click on the button below. Note that if there is no presentation on the web page then that presenter has elected not have their presentation made available.
Conference Presenters

Panel Discussion

​This year’s conference brought together a wide variety of panelists and presented an interesting panel topic for interpretation and debate with “Pathways to relinquishment and opportunities to transition to productive alternate land uses”. 

​To find out about the panel topic and access information about the panelists, click on the button below.
Panel Discussion and Panelists

Posters

An interesting selection of poster presentations were on display this year at the Mine Rehab Conference.  Poster presenters were introduced to delegates at the conference and had the opportunity to explain their work during conference breaks.
The Student Poster Prize also made a return this year.

For more information on the Poster Presentations, the Student Poster Prize and the Poster Presenters, click on the button below.
Poster Presenters

Conference Dinner

​On Thursday 30th March there was held a conference dinner in the form of a cocktail dinner. For more details on the Cocktail Dinner click on the link below.
Cocktail Dinner

Workshop Program

​​This year brought an exciting program of Workshops for Mine Rehab Conference.  

The workshops included: 
  • Landform evolution modelling for mine rehabilitation EAMS-SIBERIA (Wed 3-5pm),
  • Pathways to relinquishment and opportunities to transition to productive alternate land uses (Fri 11am-2:30pm), and
  • New practices to advance mine rehab in the Hunter Valley     ( Fri 11am-2:30pm)  

For more information on the workshops and the workshop convenors click on the button below.
Conference Workshops

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Contact Us

Emeritus Professor Tim Roberts
T: +61 2 4921 7037
E: tim.roberts@newcastle.edu.au  

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