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A note of thanks from the Executive Committee

A note of thanks from the Executive Committee

The 8th International Conference on Tailings Management, Tailings 2022 Executive Committee thanks the participation of more than 370 delegates from 24 countries who attended Tailings 2022, held from July 6 to 8 on a virtual format.

On this occasion, +60 presentations related to the latest developments and best practices in the transportation, disposal, control and monitoring of conventional, thickened, paste and filtered tailing storage facilities.

We are particularly grateful to:
• Minera Los Pelambres, Antofagasta Minerals, proud Main Sponsor of the Conference;
• The authors, for their invaluable technical contributions and willingness to share their knowledge and experiences;
• The Directing Members of the Organizing Committee, especially to the Chair of the Conference, Carlos Castro, for his great contribution and enthusiasm;
• The Technical Committee, for their collaboration to the revision of papers;
• The Advisory Committee, for their contribution to promote the conference;
• The Co-Organizing Institutions: AMTC, Universidad de Chile, Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Canada and TAILENG Center, USA.
• The sponsors, for their generous support;
• Media partners, for their support in the dissemination of the conference and for the delivery of updated information to the public in a timely manner.

And last, but certainly not least, we would like to thank all participants for their contribution to the technical discussion of presented works, which contributed to the success of the 8th version of Tailings.

Executive Committee
Tailings 2022

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Committees
TAILINGS 2022

The Organizing, Advisory and Technical committees support the promotion of the seminar. Likewise, they support by determining the technical focus of the seminar program. The technical committee reviews the written works that are received, establishing the highest technical quality. All committee members have a special discount on registrations.

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Carlos Castro
Chair
Commissioning Director, Ausenco, Peru
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Tamara Johndrow
2021 Chair
Director Tailings & Water, Freeport-McMoRan, USA
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César Pastén
Co-Organizer
Academic, AMTC, Universidad de Chile
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Caius Priscu
Co-organizer
Adjunct Professor, Norman B Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Canada
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Jorge Macedo
Co-Organizer
Assistant Professor, Georgia Tech, TAILENG, USA
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Carlos Barahona
Executive Director
General Manager, Gecamin, Chile
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Hugo Quelopana
Program Chair
Project Manager, Delfing, Chile
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Mimy Mackenzie
Conference Manager
Gecamin, Chile
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Andrea Rodríguez
Conference Coordinator
Gecamin, Chile
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Johan Boshoff
Directing Member
Group Head of Tailings, GoldFields, Australia
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Boris Garcia
Directing Member
Manager of Tailings Dams and Civil Works., Gran Colombia Gold Corp., Colombia
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Georgia Lysay
Directing Member
Director Tailings and Water, Freeport-McMoRan, USA
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Kimberly Morrison
Directing Member
Director, Tailings & Water Management, Newmont Mining Corporation, USA
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René Orellana
Directing Member
Tailings Corporate Manager, Codelco, Chile
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Luis Tejada
Directing Member
International Expert in Geotechnics and Tailings, Brazil
Testimonials
  • Desde sus inicios, estas conferencias nos han permitido visualizar las nuevas tendencias en tecnología e ingenierías, conocer y compartir buenas prácticas aplicables y fortalecer redes de contacto del mundo de los relaves. Sin duda, esto posibilita mejorar las competencias de nuestros equipos profesionales.

    René Orellana
    Gerente Corporativo de Relaves, Codelco, Chile
  • La conferencia contribuye en actualizar las tendencias de la industria en gestión de relaves, incluyendo aspectos relevantes de tecnologías convencionales y no convencionales para procesamiento, transporte y disposición en todo el ciclo de vida de las instalaciones.

    Luis Paredes
    Regional Principal Specialist in Geotechnical and Tailings, Ausenco, Chile
  • La conferencia es una instancia muy importante y recomendable para mantenerse actualizado en lo técnico en distintas áreas, y tanto o más importante, un hito de reunión entre distintos participantes del mercado minero

    Francisco Reyes
    Sedimentation Sales Manager, FLSmidth, Chile
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193
Represented Countries
18
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