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Professor, BSc(Eng) MSc(Eng) Witw., PhD Imp.Coll.(Lond.)
The University of Western Australia (M051), 35 Stirling Highway,
6009 Perth
Australia
My research focusses on improving practices related to the management of mining residue materials, particularly mine tailings. Ensuring there are no further catastrophic failures of tailings storage facilities, such as have occurred over recent years, is the primary theme of my research. The problems I work on relate to characterisation of tailings strength under static and dynamic loading and associated methods of analysis of stability. My work utilises a range of both laboratory and field testing techniques, as well as numerical modeling. Recent work includes evaluating how to avoid generation of tailings completely by developing novel in situ extraction techniques for hard-rock ore bodies.
I joined UWA in 2005, moving from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg, South Africa, where I was the Associate Dean for Research, and leader of the Waste Impact Minimisation Programme. I hold a Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering (cum laude) and a Masters degree in Engineering, both from Wits, and a PhD in Engineering from Imperial College, London.
Director, Future Tails, and Professor of Civil and Mining Engineering
Geotechnical engineering of mine tailings
Electrokinetic (EK) dewatering of soft soils and tailings
In situ extraction of gold and copper from deep, hard-rock ore bodies using EK
Stabilising underground mining voids using cemented paste backfill
Combining field monitoring of tailings storage facilities and real-time stability evaluations.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Conference paper › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Conference paper › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Reid, D. (Creator), Fanni, R. (Contributor) & Fourie, A. (Contributor), The University of Western Australia, 2022
DOI: 10.26182/826h-yg87
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Jaksa, M., Fourie, A. & Deng, A.
ARC Australian Research Council
10/01/22 → 10/01/25
Project: Research
16/07/20 → 30/12/24
Project: Research
Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia
1/04/19 → 30/06/25
Project: Research