Presentations for Track B: SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS: information in support of capacity building (technical papers and panel discussions)

Monday 11:30 - 13:00, Country Perspectives on Mineral Sustainability, Chair: Dirk Van Zyl, University of Nevada , USA

African Mining Observatory (AMO): An Initiative to Support a Sustainable Management of Mineral Resources in Africa, G. Récoché and A. Chamaret

Connections in the Goldmining Sector of Burkina Faso, S. Luning

Tools for Sustainable Management of Gold Resources in Greece, N.D. Arvanitidis

Sustainable Development Indicators for the Greek Industrial Minerals Sector, K. Valta, K. Komnitsas, and M. Grossou-Valta

Monday 14:00 - 15:30, New Sustainability Indicators, Chair: Nikos Arvanitidis, IGME, Greece

Measures of Innovativeness as Indicators of Sustainability, P.M. Godinho

Development of Sustainability Indicators for the Assessment of Alternative Management Systems of Spent, Portable Batteries, K. Adam, N. Voudouris, F. Chalkiopoulou, C. Zografidis, and I. Vassilopoulos

Equipment Reliability: An Indicator for Sustainable Development in Mining, N. Vayenas

Tuesday 09:00 - 10:30, Innovation in Sustainable Development, Chair: John Craynon, Office of Surface Mining, USA

Mineral Dust Emissions Generated in Norwegian Surface Mineral Production - Sources, Requirements and Monitoring Programmes, H.T. Mikkelsen and T. Myran

Sustainable Drilling for Oil and Gas: Challenging Drilling Environments Demand New Formulations of Bentonite Based Drilling Fluids, V. Kelessidis

Recovery Silver and Gold by Direct Oxidative Pressure Cyanidation, J.R. Parga , J.L. Valenzuela, H. Moreno and D.L. Cocke

Examples of Mitigating the Post-Mining Impacts of Surface Coal Mining Eastern Coal Fields, USA, H.E. Naumann, H.E. Swisher, E.J. Laporte

Tuesday 14:00 - 15:30, Sustainable Management of Practices, Processes and Wastes, Chair: Carol Russell , U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , USA

Proactive Safety Practices at S&B Industrial Minerals S.A., M. Stefanakis

A Study on Best Available Techniques for the Management of Stone Wastes, G. Papantonopoulos, M. Taxiarchou, N. Bonito, K. Adam and I. Christodoulou

Linking IBA's and Project Management - A Case Study, S. Moutsatsos, V. Kazakidis and J. Fowler

The Residual Radioactivity Influence Monitoring From Technological Wastes For Chemical Fertilizers Factories With Soil And Plants From Bordering Areas, Gh. Crutu, C. Manea, G. Groposila and N. Groza

Wednesday 08:30 - 10:30, Aspects in Reclamation and Rehabilitation, Chair: Ioannis Paspaliaris, NTUA, Greece

Rehabilitation of Disturbed Areas by Mining Activities in High Floristic Diversity Areas: The Case of Mt Giona, G. Brofas, P. Trigas, G. Mantakas, G. Karetsos, C. Thanos, K. Georghiou and Chr. Mermiris

Development of Indicator Based Revegetation SDSS in Areas Affected by Mining Activities, X. Zhu, D. Li and K. Komnitsas

Study of Fauna in a Bauxite Mining Area in Central Greece, A. Sfougaris

The Effect of Phytotechnic Treatment on Establishment and Survival of Different Grass Species and Cultivars at a Limestone Quarry, E.M. Abraham, Z. Koukoura and P. Kostopoulou

Factors Affecting Tree Growth in Bauxite Mining Wastes, K. Tsiouvaras, A. Kyriazopoulos, A. Karagiannidis, P. Rakimbei, N. Barbayiannis and V. Keramidas

Wednesday 11:00 - 13:00, Sustainability Indicators for Mining Projects, Chair: George Markopoulos, Thracean Mines, Greece

Sustainability in Small Scale Mining, P.N. Martens, J.B. Pateiro-Fernández and S. Speer

Benchmarking and Sustainability Indicators for Surface Mining Operations, C. Roumpos, F. Pavloudakis and M. Galetakis

Sustainability Indicators for Mineral Sands Mining in Virginia, USA, W. Lee Daniels, Z.W. Orndorff, M.M. Alley, L.W. Zelazny and C. Teutsch

Technological Innovation as an SDI for the Minerals Industry, Z. Nivolianitou

Opening of Talc Deposit in Gemerská Poloma - Slovakia, J. Engel, M. Cehlar and P. Rybar

Tuesday 11:00 - 12:30, Panel Discussion II: Integrating Sustainability in Capacity Building Chairs: Dirk Van Zyl, Chair, Department of Mining Engineering, University of Nevada-Reno, USA and Chris Moran, Director, Centre for Water in the Minerals Industry, The University of Queensland, Australia

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