BKS Webinar: Kazakhstan - Mine Waste/Tailings Management - Current Standards and Application Status

British-Kazakh Society Mining group is hosting a webinar in cooperation with UK Department for Business and Trade. This webinar will be focused on the mine waste/tailings management  in Kazakhstan. Some of the topics to be discussed will be:

Drivers for conformance audits     

• Reasons to conform (ICMM members, insurance, CoE, good practice etc)
• Independent vs internal audits. 

Conformance audit method     

• Independent audit process (RFI and self-assessment, review/gap analysis, optional site visit, audit, outcomes)

Trends over 3-years of audits  

• General conformance levels
• Key items/requirements that don’t conform, highlighting general Kazakhstan experiences (roles/responsibilities, DSR, DAR, TMS, foundation characterisation, legacy TSF issues such as early designs etc)

Host:

David Skeels - BKS, Director

UK DBT Welcome:

Assel Zhambulatova - Eastern Europe & Central Asia Regional Critical Minerals Lead, UK Department of Business and Trade, Astana

Moderator:

Richard Elmer - Regional Manager, Knight Piesold Ltd, London

Panel:

Jonah Akorli - Head of Dams and Tailing Storage Facilities, KAZ Minerals, Almaty - "Kazakh Perspective"

Martha Needs - Geotechnical Engineer, GISTM Specialist, Knight Piesold, London  - "GISTM conformance audit and 3 years of feedback including Kazakhstan"

Peter Jenner - Head of Tailings Lead and Zinc Glencore, Baar/Zug - "Implementation and changes in culture, benefits with emphasis on ICMM core member"

The panel discussion will be followed by a live Q&A session where you will have an opportunity to communicate directly with the speakers.

The event will be conducted in English with simultaneous Russian language interpretation available.