From initial design to post-closure activities, incorporating resilience at every stage of a tailing’s storage facility’s lifecycle, including tailings, water, and environmental management, has become essential for addressing environmental, technical, economic, and social challenges. Each phase of the mining cycle — design, operation, closure, and post-closure — requires the application of robust technical solutions and monitoring systems that consider risks associated with climate change, geotechnical and hydrological conditions, as well as evolving regulatory requirements. Resilience integration is a continuous effort throughout the life of a mine, ensuring that the mining project itself has positive societal impacts. 

This course provides a technical approach to resilience integration in tailings, water, and environmental management, focusing on tools and analytical methods such as numerical modeling, structure stability assessments, and adaptive design solutions. You will explore how the latest advancements in technology and data management can help strengthen the resilience of tailings facilities and optimize restoration and post-closure plans. 

Using case studies and lessons learned from recent mining projects, this course offers an overview of best technical practices while emphasizing the importance of going beyond minimum regulatory requirements. You will have the opportunity to interact with technical experts, share your own experiences, and engage in discussions on innovative solutions that ensure the long-term sustainability and resilience of mining projects. 

This course is designed for those looking to enhance their technical skills while integrating a comprehensive perspective on resilience and sustainable tailings management, including exchanges with experts from various technical and environmental fields. 

Presenter Descriptions: 

• Lincar Pedroni (P.Eng., MBA, Ph.D.) is the Technical Director of Mine Reclamation at AtkinsRéalis. He has over 26 years of engineering experience in diverse multicultural environments across several countries. His career in the mining industry includes water management, mine tailings management, dam safety, and mine site reclamation. A geotechnical engineering expert, he integrates hydrology, hydrogeology, hydraulics, and environmental engineering to develop sustainable solutions.

• Anh-Long Nguyen (P.Eng., M.Sc.A.) is a water management and treatment engineer at AtkinsRéalis, where he has worked since 2006. He applies his expertise to mining project development, from design through commissioning and operational monitoring. His areas of expertise include developing water management plans, water balance and quality modeling, and designing treatment processes for mining effluents. 

• Amir H. Zamani (P.Eng.) is a rock mechanics and mining geotechnical engineer with over 23 years of experience in the mining industry. He has conducted geotechnical studies for tailings storage facilities, including slope stability, liquefaction potential assessment of tailings and foundations, and coupled stress-deformation analyses under static and seismic loading. His expertise also includes seepage analysis, geosynthetics design, seepage control, underground drainage system design for tailings storage facilities, foundation consolidation, and settlement analysis.