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SUMMARY:Linking Science, Society, Business and Policy for the Sustainable U
 se of Abandoned Mines in the SADC Region
DESCRIPTION:With ever increasing global demands for mineral resources and t
 he associated rise in mining activities worldwide, pressure is mounting to 
 soon find affordable ways of using exhausted mines in a manner that avoids 
 former mining areas becoming long-term liabilities, often posing environmen
 tal and health risks while placing large financial burdens on future genera
 tions. Apart from once-off investment for post-closure remediation these co
 sts are also caused by indefinite tasks such as ongoing post-mining water m
 anagement. In order to identify innovative ways for avoiding such scenarios
  from playing out – especially in the many mining-dominated developing econ
 omies of the SADC* region – international experts will meet at a dedicated 
 conference in Johannesburg, South Africa from 28 to 30 November 2017.  Orga
 nised by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and the Academy
  of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) the conference is funded by the German 
 Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). It forms a continuation 
 of the ‚Science-Business-Society-Dialogue’ conference that took place in 20
 16 in Pretoria and aims at bringing together key players from these differe
 nt backgrounds. In view of the enormous volumes of acid mine drainage emana
 ting from flooded gold mines in and around Greater Johannesburg and the imm
 anent closure of hard coal mining in the Ruhrgebiet of Germany in 2018, thi
 s year’s conference theme is highly topical for both countries, South Afric
 a as well as Germany.  The conference will have approximately 100 hand-pick
 ed international experts from a number of mining nations including eminent 
 scientists but also high-level representatives of the mining and associated
  manufacturing industry, civil society and policy. The emphasis is on innov
 ative ways to prevent closed and abandoned mines from becoming long-term, i
 f not indefinite, liabilities in an affordable and sustainable manner. Amon
 g other options this includes the use of closed mines for the generation an
 d storage of renewable energy. For the first time the meeting brings togeth
 er all five international research teams currently investigating the feasib
 ility of this concept at actual sites in Australia, Finland, Germany and So
 uth Africa. In addition, successes and failures in remediating legacy sites
  will be shared based on national case studies (e.g. German uranium and har
 d coal mining) as well as regional (UNESCO’s current study on abandoned min
 es in Africa) and global experiences (International Atomic Energy Agency, I
 AEA). The conference also explores social and legal requirements for succes
 sfully turning inherited liabilities into future assets and for preventing 
 legacy sites from forming in the first place. Finally, new ways of benefici
 ation and resource extraction from mining waste are presented, too. Partici
 pants include:   \n\nMr. Bobby Godsell (past CEO of AnglogoldAshanti Ltd. a
 nd special advisor to the South-African government)Representatives of inter
 national organisations (e.g. United Nations - International Atomic Energy A
 gency, UNESCO Research programme on impacts of abandoned mines in Sub-Sahar
 an Africa, International Mine Water Association, International Geographical
  Union – Commission for Water Sustainability)Scientific institutions (from 
 Germany: Technical Resource University Freiberg, Energy Research Centre Low
 er Saxony, Fraunhofer Institute IKTS Dresden, Ruhr University Bochum, Techn
 ical University Clausthal, University Duisburg-Essen; from South Africa: Co
 uncil for Geoscience, Council for Industrial and Scientific Research, Minte
 k, North-West University, South African Institute for Mining and Metallurgy
 , University of the Witwatersrand, Water Research Commission; other: Chines
 e Academy of Science, Pwani University Kenya)Representatives of mining and 
 associated industries (e.g. BBE Group, Chamber of Mines of Namibia, Chamber
  of Mines of South Africa, DMT GmbH und Co. KG, Genex Power Ltd, Mining Ind
 ustry Association of Southern Africa, Pyöry Energy GmbH, Sibanye-Stillwater
  Ltd., Voith Hydro Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Wismut GmbH)Non-Governmental Orga
 nisations (e.g. Bench Marks Foundation, Federation for a Sustainable Enviro
 nment)Governmental departments and institutions (e.g. Department of Trade a
 nd Industry, Department of Science and Technology, Department for Water Aff
 airs and Sanitation, Southern African – German Chamber of Commerce and Indu
 stry: Competence Centre Mineral Resources)\n\n  *SADC = Southern African De
 velopment Community
LOCATION:Johannesburg, Südafrika
DTSTAMP:20251112T170935Z
DTSTART:20171128T080000Z
DTEND:20171130T160000Z
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