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Mine Closure 2009 Co-chairs:
Andy Fourie In mid 2008, Andy joined UWA's School of Civil and Resource Engineering. From 2005 to 2008 he was principal - environmental geomechanics at the Australian Centre for Geomechanics. Andy has more than 25 years industry and research experience in the management, transportation and disposal of mining waste. He has co-edited two ACG publications: the "Handbook on Mine Fill" and "Paste and Thickened Tailings - A Guide (Second Edition)". Andy's research interests are the management and disposal of mining, industrial and solid wastes.
Mark Tibbett Mark joined the Centre for Land Rehabilitation, the University of Western Australia in 2003. His research interests include: microbial ecology, early ecosystem succession and incipient soil development, biogeochemical cycling (of nutrients and pollutants) in terrestrial ecosystems, restoration ecology and the function of mycorrhizas in ecosystems. He has wide experience with different ecosystems, having worked in tropical, mediterranean, temperate and polar regions. |
Australian Organising and Advisory Committee
Alan Baker, School of Botany, The University of Melbourne Gary Bentel, BHP Billiton Andrew Garvie, SRK Consulting Odywn Jones, MERIWA Harley Lacy, Outback Ecology David Laurence, School of Mining Engineering, University of New South Wales Gavin Mudd, Environmental Engineering, Monash University Carolyn Oldham, School of Environmental Systems Engineering, The University of Western Australia Alister Spain, Australia David Tongway, School of Resources, Environment and Society, Australian National University |
International Organising and Advisory Committee
Anita Diaz, Bournemouth University, UK Gord McKenna, BGC Engineering Inc., Canada Bryan Ulrich, Knight, Piesold & Co., USA Jacques Wiertz, University of Chile, Chile
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