SYMPOSIUM THEMES
 Environmental Impacts of Coal-Fired Power Projects
 Environmental Impact Assessment and related national & international case
histories
 Mining and Reclamation/Rehabilitation in Context of Landscape Ecology
 Ecological Impact Assessment, Rehabilitation and Pollution Control
 Water Management in Post-Mining Sites
 Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology
 Environmental Issues in Deep Mining- Mine Ventilation, Refrigeration and
Worker Health Protection
 Sustainable Development for Mineral and Energy Industries-national
perspectives
 Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): Energy and Mineral Production Operations
 Remediation of Contaminated Mine Area :Soil and Groundwater
 Health Hazard and Safety Issues in Small-Scale Mining
 Environmental Issues in Surface and Underground Mining of metalliferous,
coal, uranium, industrial minerals.
 Occupational Health, Safety, Rehabilitation of Mineworkers, and Re-use of
Depleted Mine Sites
 Control of Effluents from Mineral Processing, Metallurgical and Chemical Plants
 Emerging Technologies for Environmental Protection
 Mine Site Closure and Rehabilitation
 Computer Modeling, Optimization and Applications
 Geographical Information Systems(GIS) and Remote Sensing
 Reliability of Waste Containment Structures, Tailings Treatment, Recycle,
Disposal, and Decommissioning.
 Tailings Recycling for New Construction Materials( Controlled Low strength
Materials-CLSM etc)