A total of 77 students attended this course, professionals from the public and private sector, teachers and students who wanted to update and deepen their knowledge on environmental assessment of mining productive initiatives.

After the course has ended, we must thank all those who participated and all the students, professionals and institutions that made its materialization possible.

Contents

Among the main contents, the following aspects were analyzed:

• Mineral-metallurgic contamination, identification of heavy metals and environmental consequences.
• Acid drainage: mineralogical, physical-chemical, biochemical factors and remedial steps.
• Microbiological developments to treat mining effluents by bioremediation.
• Litho-structural, climatic and hydro-geological aspects in the polluting effect of mining operations.
• Mining waste management: the European experience.
• Contributions from the UNSJ to the environmental knowledge of the Río Castaño basin, San Juan, Argentina.
• Mining effluent treatment: hard technologies and ecological applications.
• Collapse of the Aznalcóllar tailings dam: consequences, remediation and lessons learned.
• Evaluation and monitoring pollution risks: the use of dispersion physical-mathematical models and of geo-statistics.
• The experience obtained from environmental assessment in Chile.
• Environmental and mining safety control in the province of San Juan, Argentina.
• Geo-chemical studies in Chile and Spain and their environmental conclusions.

Organization

DIRECTORS:
Jorge Oyarzún (Geol.D.Sc.) Program Director GAM - joyarzun@userena.cl
Guido Soto – Executive Director CAZALAC Co-organizer - gsoto@cazalac.org

LECTURERS:
Dr J.Lillo (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid - Spain)
R.Oyarzun (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)
Dr Hugo Maturana (University ofLa Serena - Chile)
Dr Nora Paños (Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Argentina).
Dr. Jorge Oyarzún (University of La Serena - Chile)
Dr. Pablo Higueras (University of  Castilla-La Mancha, Spain)
M.Ing. Mónica Ramírez (National University of San Juan, Argentina).
Dr Ricardo Oyarzún (CEAZA - Chile)
Eng. Patricia de la Torre (National Environmental Commission, Chile)
Eng. Carlos Ghiglione (Environmental Management Directorate and Mining Police , San Juan - Argentina)

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT
University of  La Serena (Chile)
UNESCO (Flanders Project) (Belgium)
Regional Water Center for Arid and Semi-Arid Zones in Latin America and the Caribbean (CAZALAC)
Center of Advanced Studies in Arid Zones (CEAZA)
National Environmental Commission (CONAMA)
Environmental Management Directorate and Mining Police (San Juan - Argentina)
University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (spain)
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Madrid - Spain)
National University of San Juan (Argentina)
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