Environmental Code of Practice for metal mines: appendix 1

Appendix 1: MEND Reports Available

• Prediction
• Prevention and Control
• Treatment
• Monitoring
• Technology Transfer
• New Ideas
• International
• CD-ROM of Mine Environment Neutral Drainage (MEND) Reports
• MEND3
• MEND Case Studies
• Other Key Issues
• MEND Workshop Notes, 1994-1998
• BC-MEND Annual Metal Leaching (ML)/Acid Rock Drainage (ARD) Workshop Notes
• MEND Workshop Notes, 1999-2005
• International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage (ICARD) Workshop Notes (Vancouver, May/June 1997)

* available on MEND 7.3 CD-1
** available on MEND 7.4 CD-2
*** available on MEND 7.5 CD-3

Prediction

• 1.11.1
  Critical Literature Review of Acid Drainage from Waste Rock, April 1991.*
  
• 1.12.1b
  Database for Acid Rock Drainage (DBARD) for Paradox: Developments in DBARD, the Database for Acid Rock Drainage (6 diskettes included), March 1996.*
  
• 1.14.2b
  Sampling and Monitoring Data from the Mine Doyon South Waste Rock Dump (1990 to 1995) (diskette included), March 1994 (revised September 1997).*
  
• 1.14.2c
  Heat Transfer during Acid Mine Drainage Production in a Waste Rock Dump, La Mine Doyon (Quebec), March 1994 (revised August 1997).*
  
• 1.14.2d
  Water Budget for the Waste Rock Dump at La Mine Doyon (Quebec), March 1994 (revised August 1997).***
  
• 1.14.2e
  Diversité microbiologique dans la production de drainage minier acide à la halde sud de la Mine Doyon, mars 1994 (revisé août 1997).***
  
• 1.14.3e
  Peer Review of MEND Studies Conducted from 1990 to 1994 on Acid Mine Drainage at Mine Doyon South Waste Rock Dump, November 1996.*
  
• 1.14.3f
  Revue technique des étude réalisées par Neutralisation des eaux de drainage dans l'environnement minier (NEDEM) de 1990 à 1994 sur le drainage minier acide de la halde sud de la mine Doyon, novembre 1996.*
  
• 1.15.2a
  MINEWALL 2.0 Users Manual (diskette included), September 1995.*
  
• 1.15.2b
  MINEWALL 2.0 - Literature Review and Conceptual Models, September 1995.*
  
• 1.15.2c
  Application of MINEWALL 2.0 to Three Minesites, September 1995.*
  
• 1.16.1a
  Investigation of Prediction Techniques for Acid Mine Drainage, November 1989.*
  
• 1.16.1b
  Acid Rock Drainage Prediction Manual, March 1991.*
  
• 1.16.1c
  New Methods for Determination of Key Mineral Species in Acid Generation Prediction by Acid-Base Accounting, April 1991.
  
• 1.16.2a
  Interlaboratory Measurement Program for the Standard ARD Material NBM-1, July 1994 (report only). Reference material available from the Canadian Certified Reference Material Program - 613-995-4738; fax: 613-943-0573 (copy of the report also comes with purchase of reference materials).
  
• 1.16.3
  Determination of Neutralization Potential for Acid Rock Drainage Prediction, July 1996.*
  
• 1.16.4
  Evaluation of Static and Kinetic Prediction Test Data and Comparison with Field Monitoring Data, December 1995.***
  
• 1.17.1a
  Hydrogeochemical Investigation of Reactive Tailings at the Waite Amulet Tailings Site, Noranda, Québec - 1985 Program, July 1986.
  
• 1.17.1b
  Hydrogeochemical Investigation of Reactive Tailings at the Waite Amulet Tailings Site, Noranda, Québec, Phase 2 - 1986 Program, July 1987.
  
• 1.17.1cV.1
  Hydrogeochemical Investigation of Reactive Tailings at the Waite Amulet Tailings Site, Noranda, Québec, Phase 3 - 1987 Program, Volume I Report, May 1988.
  
• 1.17.1cV.2
  Hydrogeochemical Investigation of Reactive Tailings at the Waite Amulet Tailings Site, Noranda, Québec, Phase 3 - 1987 Program, Volume II - Appendices, March 1988.
  
• 1.17.1c Sup
  Hydrogeochemical Investigation of Reactive Tailings at the Waite Amulet Tailings Site, Noranda, Québec, Phase 3 - 1987 Program, Supplementary Report, March 1989.
  
• 1.17.1d
  Hydrogeochemical Investigation of Reactive Tailings at the Waite Amulet Tailings Site, Noranda, Québec, "Generation and Evolution of Acidic Pore Waters at the Waite Amulet Tailings - Final Report", April 1990.*
  
• 1.19.1
  Long Term Acid Generation Studies: Cinola Project British Columbia (includes diskette), March 1994.***
  
• 1.19.2
  Scaling Analysis of Acid Rock Drainage, December 1995.*
  
• 1.21.1a
  Critical Review of the Reactive Acid Tailings Assessment Program (RATAP.BMT2), April 1990.*
  
• 1.21.1b
  Workshop on Modelling of Reactive Tailings Sponsored by the MEND Prediction Committee, Final Report, August 1990.***
  
• 1.21.2
  Laboratory Studies of Pyrrhotite Oxidation, March 1998.*
  
• 1.22.1a
  Field Procedures Manual: Gas Transfer Measurements Waste Rock Piles Heath Steele Mines New Brunswick, March 1994.***
  
• 1.22.1b
  Assessment of Gas Transfer-Ansto Model at Heath Steele Mines, July 1997.*
  
• 1.25.1
  Soilcover Users Manual Version 2.0 (includes diskettes), December 1996. (Version 1.0 also available).
  
• 1.27.1a
  Guide for Predicting Water Chemistry from Waste Rock Piles, July 1996.*
  
• 1.32.1
  Prediction and Prevention of Acid Rock Drainage from a Geological and Mineralogical Perspective, October 1993.*
  
• 1.41.4
  Whistle Mine Waste Rock Study (2 volumes), December 1997.*
  
• 1.42.1
  Critical Review of Geochemical Processes and Geochemical Models Adaptable for Prediction of Acidic Drainage from Waste Rock, April 1995.*
  
• 1.44.1
  History of Eskay Creek Mine's Waste-Rock Dump from Placement to Disassembly, May 1997.*
  
• 1.51.1
  Quantitative Analysis of Chemical and Biological Kinetics for the Acid Mine Drainage Problem, June 1994.*
  
• 1.51.2
  Nonlinear Modelling of Chemical Kinetics for the Acid Mine Drainage Problem and Related Physical Topics, October 1993.***
  
• 1.61.1
  Roles of Ice, in the Water Cover Option, and Permafrost in Controlling Acid Generation from Sulphide Tailings, November 1996 (revised October 1997).*
  
• 1.61.2
  Acid Mine Drainage in Permafrost Regions: Issues, Control Strategies and Research Requirements, July 1996.*
  
• 1.61.3
  Column Leaching Characteristics of Cullaton Lake B and Shear (S) - Zones Tailings Phase 2: Cold Temperature Leaching (diskette included), June 1997.***
  
• 1.61.4
  Covers for Reactive Tailings Located in Permafrost Regions Review, October 2004.
  
• 1.61.6
  Update on Cold Temperature Effects on Geochemical Weathering, October 2006.
  
• 1.62.2
  Acid Mine Drainage Behaviour in Low Temperature Regimes - Thermal Properties of Tailings, July 1998.*
  
• 1.70.1
  Investigations of Predictions for Acidic Drainage at the Vangorda Plateau, Faro Mine Complex (Faro, Yukon Territory), May 2008.

Associate Projects

• PA-1
  Hydrogeology of Waste Rock Dumps, July 1995.*
  
• PA-2
  Metal Transport and Immobilization at Mine Tailings Impoundments, March 1997.*

Prevention and Control

• 2.11.1a
  Subaqueous Disposal of Reactive Mine Wastes: An Overview, June 1989.**
  
• 2.11.1a And
  A Preliminary Assessment of Subaqueous Tailings Disposal in Anderson Lake, Manitoba, March 1990.
  
• 2.11.1a Ben
  A Preliminary Assessment of Subaqueous Tailings Disposal in Benson Lake, British Columbia, March 1990.
  
• 2.11.1a Man
  A Preliminary Assessment of Subaqueous Tailings Disposal in Mandy Lake, Manitoba, March 1990.
  
• 2.11.1b
  Geochemical Assessment of Subaqueous Tailings Disposal in Buttle Lake, British Columbia, March 1990.
  
• 2.11.1b And
  Geochemical Assessment of Subaqueous Tailings Disposal in Anderson Lake, Snow Lake Area, Manitoba, September 1990.
  
• 2.11.1b Man
  Geochemical Assessment of Subaqueous Tailings Disposal in Mandy Lake, Flin Flon Area, Manitoba, September 1990.
  
• 2.11.1c
  A Preliminary Biological and Geological Assessment of Subaqueous Tailings Disposal in Benson Lake, British Columbia, March 1991.**
  
• 2.11.1c Keo
  Chemical Diagenesis of Submerged Mine Tailings in Benson Lake and Natural Sediments in Keogh Lake, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, June 1992.**
  
• 2.11.1d
  A Critical Review of MEND Studies Conducted to 1991 on Subaqueous Disposal of Tailings, July 1992.**
  
• 2.11.1e
  Review of MEND Studies on the Subaqueous Disposal of Tailings (1993-95), May 1996.**
  
• 2.11.2a
  Literature Review Report: Possible Means of Evaluating the Biological Effects of Sub-Aqueous Disposal of Mine Tailings, March 1993.***
  
• 2.11.3abc
  Geochemical Assessment of Subaqueous Tailings Disposal in Anderson Lake, Manitoba. 1993-1995 Study Program, August 1996.**
  
• 2.11.4a
  Geochemical Assessment of Subaqueous Tailings Disposal in Buttle Lake, British Columbia. 1993 Study Program, May 1995.**
  
• 2.11.5ab
  Shallow Water Covers - Equity Silver Base Information Physical Variables (diskette included), May 1996.**
  
• 2.11.5c
  Geochemical Assessment of the Equity Silver Tailings Pond, August 1996.**
  
• 2.11.9
  Design Guide for the Subaqueous Disposal of Reactive Tailings in Constructed Impoundments, March 1998.**
  
• 2.12.1
  Louvicourt Project CD-ROM - Evaluation of Man-Made Subaqueous Disposal Option as a Method of Controlling Oxidation of Sulphide Minerals - Contains 2.12.1a, 2.12.1b, 2.12.1c, 2.12.1d, 2.12.1e. September 2002.
  
• 2.12.1a
  Evaluation of Man-Made Subaqueous Disposal Option as a Method of Controlling Oxidation of Sulphide Minerals - Synthesis Report (Louvicourt), August 2002.
  
• 2.12.1b
  Evaluation of Man-Made Subaqueous Disposal Option as a Method of Controlling Oxidation of Sulphide Minerals - Background and General Description, July 2001.***
  
• 2.12.1c
  Subaqueous Disposal of Reactive Mine Tailings Louvicourt Mine Test Cells Geochemical Sampling and Analysis, February 2001.***
  
• 2.12.1d
  Reactivity Assessment and Subaqueous Oxidation Rate Modelling for Louvicourt Tailings, March 2001.***
  
• 2.12.1e
  Evaluation of Man-Made Subaqueous Disposal Option as a Method of Controlling Oxidation of Sulfide Minerals: Column Studies (CD included), March 2001.***
  
• 2.12.2
  Assessing the Long Term Performance of a Shallow Water Cover to Limit Oxidation of Reactive Tailings at Louvicourt Mine, July 2007.
  
• 2.13.1a
  Wet Barriers on Pyritic Uranium Tailings - Part I and II - Laboratory Lysimeter Studies of Oxidation and Limestone Neutralization Characteristics of Uranium Tailings and Waste Rock, January 1998. June 2001**
  
• 2.13.1b
  Wet Barriers on Pyritic Uranium Tailings - Part III - Laboratory Diffusion Lysimeter Studies of Uranium Tailings Deposited under a Shallow Water Cover, January 1998. June 2001**
  
• 2.13.2a
  Expérimentation de l'inondation du parc des résidus miniers - Solbec Cupra (Phase IV). Rapport sommaire, décembre 1993.**
  
• 2.13.2b
  Flooding of a Mine Tailings Site - Solbec Cupra. Suspension of Solids: Impact and Prevention, March 1994.**
  
• 2.13.2c
  Inondation artificielle du parc de résidus miniers Solbec Cupra: Études microbiologique et chimique - Rapport final, Mars 1994.***
  
• 2.15.1a
  Flooding of Pre-Oxidized Mine Tailings: Mattabi Case Study, June 2000.**
  
• 2.15.3
  Laboratory Study of Particle Resuspension, Oxidation and Metal Release in Flooded Mine Tailings, November 1998.**
  
• 2.17.1
  Review of Use of an Elevated Water Table as a Method to Control and Reduce Acidic Drainage from Tailings, March 1996.**
  
• 2.18.1
  Review of Water Cover Sites and Research Projects, September 1997.**
  
• 2.20.1
  Evaluation of Alternate Dry Covers for the Inhibition of Acid Mine Drainage from Tailings, March 1994.**
  
• 2.21.1
  Development of Laboratory Methodologies for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Reactive Tailings Covers (diskette included), March 1992.**
  
• 2.21.2
  Field Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Engineered Soil Covers for Reactive Tailings: Volume 1- Laboratory and Field Tests & Volume 2 - University Contracts, October 1993.***
  
• 2.21.3
  Review of Soil Cover Technologies for Acid Mine Drainage - A Peer Review of the Waite Amulet and Heath Steele Soil Covers, July 1997.
  
• 2.21.3b
  A Review of Non-Traditional Dry Covers, March 2002.
  
• 2.21.4 CD
  Design, Construction and Performance Monitoring of Cover Systems for Waste Rock and Tailings, July 2004. Five-volume manual available as CD-ROM.
  
• 2.21.4a-e
  Design, Construction and Performance Monitoring of Cover Systems for Waste Rock and Tailings, July 2004. Five-volume manual available in hard copy.
  
• 2.21.5
  Macro-Scale Cover Design and Performance Monitoring Manual. July 2007.
  
• 2.22.2a
  Évaluation en laboratoire de barrières sèches construites à partir de résidus miniers, mars 1996.***
  
• 2.22.2b
  Études de laboratoire sur l'efficacité de recouvrement construites à partir de résidus miniers, avril 1999.***
  
• 2.22.2c
  Études sur les barrières sèches construites à partir de résidus miniers, Phase II - Essais en place (inclus disquettes), novembre 1999.***
  
• 2.22.4ae
  Construction and Instrumentation of a Multi-Layer Cover Les Terrains Aurifères, February 1999.**
  
• 2.22.4af
  Construction et instrumentation d'une couverture multicouche au site Les Terrains Aurifères Québec, Canada, février 1999.**
  
• 2.22.4be
  Field Performance of the Les Terrains Aurifères Composite Dry Covers, March 2000.**
  
• 2.22.4bf
  Suivi du comportement du recouvrement multicouche Les Terrains Aurifères, mars 2000.**
  
• 2.23.2ab
  Hydrologic and Hydrogeologic Evaluation of the Thickened Tailings Disposal System at Kidd Creek Division, Falconbridge Limited, October 1993.**
  
• 2.23.2c
  The Verification of Modelled Pore Water Movement within Thickened Tailings Using Tracers at the Falconbridge Limited Kidd Metallurgical Division, Timmins, Ontario, May 2000.**
  
• 2.23.2d
  A Geochemical, Hydrogeological and Hydrological Study of the Tailings Impoundment at the Falconbridge Limited, Kidd Creek Division Metallurgical Site, Timmins, Ontario, October 1995.**
  
• 2.23.3
  Investigation of the Porous Envelope Effect at the Fault Lake Tailings Site, May 1995.**
  
• 2.24.1
  Manual of Methods Used in the Revegetation of Reactive Sulphide Tailings Basins, November 1989.**
  
• 2.25.1a
  Reclamation of Sulphide Tailings Using Municipal Solid Waste Compost: Literature Review and Recommendations, July 1992.
  
• 2.25.1b
  Reclamation of Sulphide Tailings Using Municipal Solid Waste Compost: Laboratory Studies, June 1995.**
  
• 2.25.3
  Evaluation of the Use of Covers for Reducing Acid Generation from Strathcona Tailings, September 1997.**
  
• 2.31.1a
  Heath Steele Waste Rock Study, Phases I to III, March 1992.**
  
• 2.31.1b
  Engineering Design and Construction Phase IV - Composite Soil Cover Acid Waste Rock Study Heath Steele Mines, November 1994.**
  
• 2.31.1b Mon
  Monitoring Report Phase IV - Composite Soil Cover Acid Waste Rock Study Heath Steele Mines, March 1996.**
  
• 2.31.1c
  Monitoring Program 1995-96 Phase V - Composite Soil Cover on Waste Rock Pile 7/12 at Heath Steele, New Brunswick, February 1998.**
  
• 2.32.3a
  Injection de résidus miniers dans des stériles miniers comme moyen de réduction des effluents acides, janvier 1994.***
  
• 2.34.1
  Evaluation of Field-scale Application of a Shotcrete Cover on Acid Generating Rock, September 1996.***
  
• 2.35.2a
  Evaluation of Techniques for Preventing Acidic Rock Drainage: First Milestone Research Report, October 1993.
  
• 2.35.2b
  Evaluation of Techniques for Preventing Acidic Rock Drainage: Final Report, January 1997.**
  
• 2.36.1
  Review of In-Pit Disposal Practices for the Prevention of Acid Drainage - Case Studies, September 1995.**
  
• 2.36.2a
  Hydrogeochemistry of Oxidised Waste Rock from Stratmat Site, N.B., March 1999.**
  
• 2.36.2b
  Hydrology and Solute Transport of Oxidised Waste Rock From Stratmat Site, N.B., March 1999 (diskette included).**
  
• 2.36.3
  Assessing the Subaqueous Stability of Oxidized Waste Rock, April 1999.**
  
• 2.37.1
  Blending and Layering Waste Rock to Delay, Mitigate or Prevent Acid Rock Drainage and Metal Leaching: A Case Study Review, April 1998.**
  
• 2.37.2
  Methods for Delaying the Onset of Acidic Drainage - a Case Study Review Final Report, March 2001.***
  
• 2.37.3
  Control of Acidic Drainage in Layered Waste Rock: Laboratory Studies and Field Monitoring, September 1997.**
  
• 2.44.1
  Microbial Plugging of Uranium Mine Tailings to Prevent Acid Mine Drainage - Final Report, December 1992.***
  
• 2.45.1a
  Separation of Sulphides from Mill Tailings - Phase I, June 1994.**
  
• 2.45.2
  Separation of Sulphides from Mill Tailings - Field, September 1997.**

Associate Projects

• APC-1
  Subaqueous Deposition of Tailings in the Strathcona Tailings Treatment System, September 1996.**

Treatment

• 3.11.1
  Treatment of Acidic Seepages Using Wetland Ecology and Microbiology: Overall Program Assessment, July 1993.*
  
• 3.12.1a
  Assessment of Existing Natural Wetlands Affected by Low pH, Metal Contaminated Seepages (Acid Mine Drainage), May 1990.***
  
• 3.12.2
  Panel Wetlands - A Case History of Partially Submerged Pyritic Uranium Tailings under Water, February 1993.*
  
• 3.14.1
  Review of Passive Systems for Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage, May 1996 (revised 1999).*
  
• 3.15.1
  Application of Membrane Separation Technology to Mitigation of Mine Effluent and Acidic Drainage, October 2008.
  
• 3.21.1a
  Study on Metals Recovery/Recycling from Acid Mine Drainage, July 1991.*
  
• 3.21.1b
  Metals Removal from Acid Mine Drainage by Ion Exchange, June 1995.*
  
• 3.21.2a
  Metals Removal from Acidic Drainage - Chemical Method, March 1996.*
  
• 3.22.1
  Canada-Wide Survey of Acid Mine Drainage Characteristics, December 1994 (includes diskette).*
  
• 3.32.1
  Acid Mine Drainage - Status of Chemical Treatment and Sludge Management Practices, June 1994.*
  
• 3.42.2a
  Characterization and Stability of Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Sludges, May 1997.*
  
• 3.42.2b
  The Effect of Process Parameters and Aging on Lime Sludge Density and Stability, February 1999.*
  
• 3.42.3
  Review of Disposal, Reprocessing and Reuse Options for Acidic Drainage Treatment Sludge, January 2005.

Monitoring

• 4.1.1
  Field Sampling Manual for Reactive Sulphide Tailings, November 1989.*
  
• 4.2.1
  Review of Canadian and United States Legislation Relevant to Decommissioning Acid Mine Drainage Sites, September 1993.*
  
• 4.3.1
  RTS-1, RTS-2, RTS-3 and RTS-4: Sulphide Ore Tailings Certified Reference Materials, April 1990
  Reference materials available from the Canadian Certified Reference Material Project - 613-995-4738; fax: 613-943-0573; ccrmp@nrcan.gc.ca
  
• 4.3.2
  KZK-1 Acid base accounting material, March 2001
  Reference material available from the Canadian Certified Reference Material Project - 613-995-4738; fax: 613-943-0573; ccrmp@nrcan.gc.ca
  
• 4.5.1-1
  Review of Waste Rock Sampling Techniques, June 1994.*
  
• 4.5.1-2
  Handbook for Waste Rock Sampling Techniques, June 1994.*
  
• 4.5.4
  Guideline Document for Monitoring Acid Mine Drainage, October 1997.*
  
• 4.5.4App
  Appendix A - Technical Summary Note: Guideline Document for Monitoring Acid Mine Drainage, October 1997.*
  
• 4.6.1
  Applications of Geophysical Methods for Monitoring Acid Mine Drainage, December 1994.*
  
• 4.6.3
  Application of Remote Sensing and Geophysics to the Detection and Monitoring of Acid Mine Drainage, September 1994.*
  
• 4.6.5ac
  A Survey of In Situ Oxygen Consumption Rates on Sulphide Tailings: Investigations on Exposed and Covered Tailings, November 1997.*
  
• 4.6.5b
  A Rapid Kinetic Technique for Measuring Reactivity of Sulphide Waste Rock: The Oxygen Consumption Method, December 1997.*
  
• 4.8.2
  Evaluation of an Underwater Monitoring Probe for Locating and Estimating the Impact of Groundwater Discharges to Surface Waters Adjacent to Potential Sources of Acid Mine Drainage, March 1994.*

Associate Projects

• MA-1
  Environmental Monitoring of Uranium Mining Wastes Using Geophysical Techniques Phase 1 - A Comparison and Evaluation of Conductivity and Resistivity Methods to Monitor Acid Mine Drainage from Uranium Waste Rock Piles and Tailings Areas, February 1996.

Technology Transfer

• 5.4.2a
  MEND Manual Volume 1 - Summary, February 2001.
  
• 5.4.2b
  MEND Manual Volume 2 - Sampling and Analyses, January 2001.
  
• 5.4.2c
  MEND Manual Volume 3 - Prediction, December 2000.
  
• 5.4.2d
  MEND Manual Volume 4 - Prevention and Control, February 2001.
  
• 5.4.2e
  MEND Manual Volume 5 - Treatment, December 2000.
  
• 5.4.2f
  MEND Manual Volume 6 - Monitoring, December 2000.
  
• 5.4.2
  CD-ROM: MEND Manual, July 2001.
  
• 5.5.1
  Reactive Acid Tailings Stabilization (RATS) Research Plan, July 1988.
  
• 5.6.1
  Proceedings - Second International Conference on the Abatement of Acidic Drainage, Montréal, September 16, 17 and 18, 1991 (4 volumes).
  
• 5.7.1
  1992 Revised Research Plan/Plan de recherche revisé 1992, August 1992.
  
• 5.8 e
  Report of Results of a Workshop on Mine Reclamation. Toronto, Ontario, March 10-11, 1994.*
  
• 5.8 f
  Résultats de l'atelier sur la réhabilitation des sites miniers. Toronto, Ontario, les 10 et 11 mars, 1994.***
  
• 5.8.1
  Economic Evaluation of Acid Mine Drainage Technologies (includes diskette), January 1995.*
  
• 5.9
  Evaluation Study of the Mine Environmental Neutral Drainage Program (MEND), October 1996.*
  
• 5.10 E
  List of Potential Information Requirements in Metal Leaching and Acid Rock Drainage Assessment and Mitigation Work, June 2004.
  
• 5.10 F   
  Liste des éléments d'information à connaître pour évaluer et atténuer les phénomènes de lixiviation de métaux et de drainage rocheux acide, juin 2004.
  
• AR-95
  1995 Annual Report, June 1996.

New Ideas

• 6.1
  Preventing Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) by Disposing of Reactive Tailings in Permafrost, December 1993. *
  
• 6.2
  Polymer-Modified Clay as Impermeable Barriers for Acid Mining Tailings, April 1994.*
  
• 6.3
  A Critique of Japanese Acid Mine Drainage Technology. April 1994.*

International

• 7.1
  Proceedings of the Third International Conference on the Abatement of Acidic Drainage, Pittsburgh, 1994.
  
• 7.2
  Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage, ICARD, Vancouver, 1997.
  
• 7.2b
  CD-ROM: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage, ICARD, Vancouver, 1997 (includes plenary session).

CD-ROM of MEND Reports

• 7.3
  CD-1 contains 59 reports on prediction, treatment, monitoring, technology transfer and new ideas, May 2001.
  
• 7.4
  CD-2 contains 47 reports on prevention and control, May 2001.
  
• 7.5
  CD-3 contains 51 MEND reports and workshop notes, June 2002.

MEND3

• 8.1
  Acidic Drainage Research and Technology Gap Analysis, February 2002.
  
• 8.2
  MEND3 Strategy Session, April 11-12 2002, Ottawa, Ontario. August 2002.

MEND Case Studies

• 9.1
  CD Case Studies of Metal Leaching / ARD Assessment and Mitigation in British Columbia, August 2007.

Other Key Issues

• 10.1
  Review of Water Quality Issues in Neutral pH Drainage: Examples and Emerging Priorities for the Mining Industry in Canada, November 2004.
  
• 10.1.1
  A Review of Environmental Management Criteria for Selenium and Molybdenum, February 2008.
  
• 10.2
  Paste Backfill Geochemistry - Environmental Effects of Leaching and Weathering, April 2006.

MEND Workshop Notes, 1994-1998

• W.001
  Traitement chimique du drainage minier acide, Val d'Or, septembre 1994
  
• W.002
  Chemical Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage (AMD), Val d'Or, September 1994
  
• W.003
  Economic Evaluation of AMD, Sudbury, November 1994
  
• W.004
  Évaluation économique des techniques de traitement du drainage minier acide (DMA), Sudbury, novembre 1994
  
• W.005
  Economic Evaluation, "Implications of Long-Term Treatment" and "Chemical Treatment of AMD", Vancouver, February 1995
  
• W.006
  Acid Mine Drainage Control in the Coal and Metal Mining Industries, Sydney, June 1995
  
• W.007
  In-Pit Disposal Practices for AMD Control/Lime Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage, Sudbury, October 1995
  
• W.008
  Selection and Interpretation of Chemical Prediction Methods and Mathematical Prediction Methods, Pointe-Claire, December 1995
  
• W.009
  Acid Mine Drainage Technology Transfer Workshop, Winnipeg, March 1996
  
• W.010
  Dry Covers Technologies Workshop, Sudbury, April 1996
  
• W.011
  Monitoring and Waste Management for Acid Mine Drainage, Saskatoon, June 1996
  
• W.012
  Water Covers to Prevent Acid Mine Drainage Workshop, Vancouver, September 1996
  
• W.013
  The Prediction of Acid Rock Drainage Workshop, Vancouver, November 1996.
  
• W.014
  Managing Mine Wastes in Permafrost Zone, Edmonton, May 1997***
  
• W.015
  Prevention Technologies for Acid Mine Drainage, Fredericton, November 1997
  
• W.016
  Acidic Drainage Workshops, Fredericton, Moncton, March 1998

BC-MEND Annual ML/ARD Workshop Notes

• W.013
  4^th Annual BC Mines ARD Symposium. The Prediction of Acid Rock Drainage. Vancouver, November 1996.
  
• BC.01
  5^th Annual BC Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) - MEND 2000 Metal Leaching and ARD Workshop. Risk Assessment and Management. Vancouver, December 1998.
  
• BC.02
  6^th Annual BC MEM - MEND 2000 Metal Leaching and ARD Workshop. Case Studies, Research Studies and Effects of Mining on Natural Water Bodies. Vancouver, December 1999.

7^th to 14^th Annual BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources (MEMPR) - MEND Metal Leaching/ARD Workshop Proceedings are available from Bitech.

MEND Workshop Notes, 1999-2005

• ME.01
  Assessment and Management of Risks Associated with Metal Leaching and Acid Rock Drainage at Mine Sites, Sudbury, September 1999.
  
• ME.02
  Case Studies on Wet and Dry Covers for Tailings and Waste Rock, Sudbury, September 1999.
  
• W.017
  Proceedings of the 2004 Ontario MEND Workshop, Sludge Management and Treatment of Weak Acid or Neutral pH Drainage, Sudbury, Ontario. May 2004.
  
• W.018
  Proceedings of the MEND Maritimes Workshop, Challenges in Acidic Drainage: Case Studies on Mitigation Technologies and Current Research, Halifax, Nova Scotia. May 2006.
  
• W.019
  Proceedings of the MEND Manitoba Workshop, Challenges in Acidic Drainage for Operating, Closed or Abandoned Mines, Winnipeg, Manitoba. June 2008.

ICARD Workshop Notes (Vancouver, May/June 1997)

• IW.01
  Water Covers and Underwater Disposal.
  
• IW.02
  Chemical Prediction Techniques for Acid Rock Drainage***
  
• IW.03
  Predictive Models for Acid Rock Drainage***
  
• IW.04
  Dry Covers for Mine Tailings and Waste Rock***
  
• IW.05
  Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage***
  
• IW.06
  Bonding and Security***
  
• IW.07
  Waste Rock and Tailings Disposal Technologies

Updated report list, executive summaries and other MEND information available from the MEND website.

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