About 450 delegates from several countries attended the Second International Conference on the Abatement of Acidic Drainage in mid-September in Montreal.
Some 125 speakers at the 3-day conference presented papers on studies conducted around the world. The purpose of the conference was to bring about techniques and methodologies that will eliminate as much as possible the incidence of the problem, and to find solutions to the situations that may cause acidic drainage.
In Canada, research on acidic drainage is conducted through the Mine Environment Neutral Drainage (MEND) program. MEND brings together members of the mining industry, Energy Mines and Resources Canada, CANMET (Canada Centre for Minerals and Energy Technologies), Environment Canada and the governments of British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick. The first conference on the subject took place in Norway in 1988.
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