Researchers from the Environmental Rehabilitation and Ecosystem Dynamics team at SMI-ICE-Chile took part at the 1st Congress of Salt Flats and High Andean Ecosystems, organized by the Natural Laboratory Node for Salt Flats and the Laboratory of Microbial Complexity...
At the recent Latin American Congress of Environmental Sciences of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Bío Bío, in Concepción, the SMI-ICE-Chile researcher presented the results of a study to prevent acid mine drainage, one of the greatest...
Her presentation, titled «Preliminary Evaluation of Passivation Technology to Prevent Acid Mine Drainage in Copper Tailings,» is the result of a project involving, in addition to Marcela Calderón, researchers Dilan Campos Quiroz, David Rubinos, and Jacques Wiertz from...
“Tailings are nothing more than ground rock mixed with an aqueous solution,” explained Dr. Jacques Wiertz at the opening ceremony of the International Congress on Tailings Management, organized by Gecamin, where he presented as co-organizer of SMI-ICE-Chile at the...
The online training session, attended by 115 participants, was part of the preliminary program for Tailings2025, the International Congress on Tailings Management, organized by Gecamin. The course was taught by Dr. Jacques Wiertz, leader of the Environmental...
The acid drainage generated in mining waste dumps is one of the greatest environmental and economic challenges facing the mining industry. So much so that the current mining closure law, which seeks to ensure the chemical stability of facilities, requires mining...
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