Rector of the Silesian University of Technology Professor Arkadiusz Mężyk PhD, DSc
has assumed honorary patronage of the 13th International Symposium on Mining with Backfill.

The Symposium Minefill 2020 – 2021 will be conducted remotely on May 25-27, 2021.
SILVER SPONSOR
All times are in Central European Summer Time (time in Warsaw, Berlin, Paris etc.)
A detailed program for each session is displayed when you click on the session header.
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08:00 |
Mine Backfill Workshop <br> Introduction
- DAVID STONE, President of MineFill Services, Washington, USA |
Keynote Lecture
- THE NEW NORMS FOR BACKFILL DISPOSAL WITH TAILINGS |
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14:00 |
Welcome and Opening
- VIOLETTA SOKOŁA-SZEWIOŁA, The Chairman of the Symposium |
Session 10
- Laboratory testing on static and dynamic behaviours of backfill - part 2 |
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14:15 |
Keynote Lecture
- MINE BACKFILLING IN THE FRAMEWORK OF NOVEL MINE WASTE INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT: LEGISLATION, TECHNOLOGIS AND PRACTICES TRENDS
MOSTAFA BENZAAZOUA, |
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15:15 |
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Symposium Closing Remarks
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15:30 |
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08:00 |
Mine Backfill Workshop <br> Introduction
- DAVID STONE, President of MineFill Services, Washington, USA |
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14:00 |
Welcome and Opening
- VIOLETTA SOKOŁA-SZEWIOŁA, The Chairman of the Symposium |
Day 0, Monday, 24th May | Day 1, Tuesday, 25th May | Day 2, Wednesday, 26th May | Day 3, Thursday, 27th May | |
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14:15 |
Keynote Lecture
- MINE BACKFILLING IN THE FRAMEWORK OF NOVEL MINE WASTE INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT: LEGISLATION, TECHNOLOGIS AND PRACTICES TRENDS
MOSTAFA BENZAAZOUA, |
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08:00 |
Keynote Lecture
- THE NEW NORMS FOR BACKFILL DISPOSAL WITH TAILINGS |
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14:00 |
Session 10
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15:15 |
Symposium Closing Remarks
- Closing Remarks, |
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DAVID STONE, President of MineFill Services, Washington, USA
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Presenter: Dr. David Stone, MineFill Services, Inc.
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Short break
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Presenter: Dr. David Stone, MineFill Services, Inc.
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Presenter: Mr. Chris Lee, Golder Associates
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Presenter: Mr. Chris Lee, Golder Associates
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Presenter: Mr. Matt Treinen, Paterson and Cooke
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Presenter: Mr. Matt Treinen, Paterson and Cooke
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Presenter: Mr. Jeremy Palmer, Quattro Project Engineering
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Mine Backfill Workshop
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Presenter: Mr. Jeremy Palmer, Quattro Project Engineering
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VIOLETTA SOKOŁA-SZEWIOŁA, The Chairman of the Symposium
FERRI P. HASSANI, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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MINE BACKFILLING IN THE FRAMEWORK OF NOVEL MINE WASTE INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT: LEGISLATION, TECHNOLOGIS AND PRACTICES TRENDS
MOSTAFA BENZAAZOUA,
Full Professor Institute for Research in Mines and the Environment (IRME), Mineral Technology Research and Service Unit (URSTM), Canada
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Application of new technology and new equipment in mining with backfill
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Case studies - part 1
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THE NEW NORMS FOR BACKFILL DISPOSAL WITH TAILINGS
DAVID STONE,
President of MineFill Services, Washington, USA
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Paste backfill measurements and testing – part 1
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Binders, admixtures and other chemicals to improve fill performance
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Case studies - part 2
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Paste backfill measurements and testing – part 2
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Backfill reticulation: pumping, piping, hydraulic analyses
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Laboratory testing on static and dynamic behaviours of backfill - part 1
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Minefill geomechanics, numerical modeling, mitigation of subsidence
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Laboratory testing on static and dynamic behaviours of backfill - part 2
An environmental drivers for backfill
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Closing Remarks,
VIOLETTA SOKOŁA-SZEWIOŁA, The Chairman of the Symposium
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