P r r e s s e n t t s s a
S H O R T C O U R S E F O R I I N D U S T R Y I I N
C O A L L A N D T H E E N V I I R O N M E N T
S u s s t t a i i n a b l l e d e v e l l o p m e n t t o f f t t h e c c o a l l i i n d u s s t t r r y t t h r r o u g h e n v i i r r o n m e n t t a l l r r e s s p o n s s i i b i i l l i i t t y t t h r r o u g h o u t t t t h e c o a l l v a l l u e c h a i i n
19-23 AUGUST 2013
Wits Sports Administration Building, Sturrock Park, West Campus
University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The purpose of this course is to present a co-ordinated overview of
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Environmental issues identified in key sectors of industry
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Environment, health and safety in the production and utilisation of coal
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Current legislation in terms of water, land and air (atmosphere) and
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Climate change, its impact on South Africa and the impending Low C Economy
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Implications for the future sustainability of the Southern African coal industry
The latest scientific, engineering and technological developments in clean coal technologies designed to mitigate these impacts will be discussed.
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There is increasing pressure on environmental issues in the world at large and the need for sustainable
development in third world sectors in particular, including Southern Africa. Of specific concern is the role played
by fossil fuels in land, water and atmospheric pollution.
The hosting of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in South Africa in 2002 was the result of world wide action in this regard. More recently the hosting in South Africa of COP17 emphasized the tremendous global push to reduce greenhouse emissions with a view to halting the rise in temperatures and with it the apparently inevitable change in global climates. Towards this end, the Department of the Environment is now gearing up for far more stringent environmental constraints in South Africa including the introduction of a carbon tax within a year or so.
For these reasons, increasing attention is being placed on environmental issues associated with the coal industry.
Such pressures are of inestimable importance in a region in which the export of coal generates a major proportion of foreign earnings and employment opportunities, and where domestically more than 90% of its national power generation and 40% of its total liquid fuel production are coal-based. Coal is therefore of major strategic interest in terms of the country’s future sustainability and in the long term welfare of its industries, economics and the health of its people.
The ultimate goal of this Course is to highlight the most cost-effective, innovative and technologically efficient methods of environmental protection in order to ensure
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Continued production, export and use of coal in this region and
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Maximum environmental protection in all sectors of industry.
Through participation in this Course, candidates will have the opportunity to establish a multidisciplinary and collaborative network of committed and informed scientists, engineers, technologists, policy makers and financiers who collectively will assist in facing the multitude of challenges facing sustainable development in this sector of the world in the future.
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Geologists and mineral (coal) resource managers
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Mining engineers and mine planners
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Coal processing engineers
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Marketing and trading personnel
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Power generation and industrial users of coal
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Engineering manufacturers
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Fuel and energy consultants
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Environmental scientists and engineers
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Project managers, energy auditors and financial funding agencies
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Legal and risk assessment teams involved in climate change
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Government policy planners
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Researchers and academics from academia.
DAY 1 – MONDAY 19 AUGUST 2013
LAND (MINING) AND THE ENVIRONMENT
08:00-09:00 - Registration
09:00-10:30 - Climate change and the environment: Introduction. Mr Dave Collins,
10:30-11:00 - Tea
11:00-13:00 - Environmental impact of Mining: challenges of opencast and underground coal mining.
Mr Andrew Kinghorn, Consultant
13:00-14:00 - Lunch
14:00-15:30 - Principles of sustainability, mine closure and its consequences. tbc

15:30 -15:45- Tea
15:45-17:00 Environmental costs and liabilities: Mining and Environmental legislation. tbc
DAY 2 – TUESDAY 20 AUGUST 2013
WATER AND THE ENVIRONMENT
08:00-09:00 - Registration
09:00-10:30 - Water resources of South Africa - Part 1. Availability, sustainability, legislation. Prof K Wittheuser
Delta-H Water Systems Modelling (Pty) Ltd.
10:30-11:00 -. Tea
11:00-13:00 - Water resources of South Africa - Part 2. Impact on fracking for shale gas and CBM. Prof K
Wittheuser, Delta-H Water Systems Modelling (Pty) Ltd.
13:00-14:00 - Lunch
14:00-15:30 - Impact of coal mining on the water resources of South Africa; acid mine drainage; ground water and geohydrology. Prof K Wittheuser, Delta-H Water Systems Modelling (Pty) Ltd.
15:30-15:45 - Tea
15:45-17:00 - Impact of beneficiation on the environment: processing, handling, stockpiling, disposal of discards and slurry dams and methods to prevent Acid Mine Drainage (AMD). Mr Johan de
Korte, CSIR
DAY 3 – WEDNESDAY 21 AUGUST 2012
ATMOSPHERE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
08:00-08:30 - Registration
08:30-10:30 - Atmospheric emissions - Types of emissions and their formation and mitigation: NOx, SOx, particulates from coal-fired power stations; calculations of emissions. Mr Frans Bosch, Eskom
10:30-11:00 - Tea
11:00-12:00 - Emissions monitoring and control. Mr Frans Bosch, Eskom
12:00-13:00 - Atmospheric modelling. Mr Gabi Mkhatshwa, Eskom tbc
13:00-13:45 - Lunch
13:45-15:30 - Air quality management: Dr Theresa Bird, Airshed
15:30-15:45 - Tea
15:45-17:00 - Carbon capture and storage (CCS) - principles and practice, and application in South Africa. Dr
Brendan Beck, SACCCS
DAY 4 – THURSDAY 22 AUGUST 2012
CLIMATE CHANGE, CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGIES AND LEGISLATION:
08:00-09:00 - Registration
09:00-10:30 - Sustainability in the coal mining and production industries . Southern Africa’s position. Dr Marie
Parramon-Gurney, Endangered Wildlife Fund
10:30-11:00 - Tea
11:00-13:00 - TBA
13:00-14:00 - Lunch
14:00-15:30 - Atmospheric legislation: Current and impending government initiatives., Adv Avhantodi Munyai,
Dept of Environment. t.b.c.
15:30 -15:45- Tea
15:45-17:00 - Clean Coal Technologies and mitigation, future processes (FBC,USC,IGCC,UCG). Prof Mark van der Riet, Eskom
DAY 5 - FRIDAY 23 AUGUST 2012
VISIT TO POWER STATION
09:00 to 13:00 - Visit to Kelvin Power Station for lectures and plant visit. NB: PP equipment required.

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1.
February 17-21 - Coal Quality and utilisation; a clean and sustainable Fuel
2.
March 17-21 - Economic Geology and Exploration of SA Coal
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May 12-16
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June 9-13
- Coal Extraction and Exploitation (Mining)
- Coal Preparation
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July 28-August 1- Coal Combustion and Power Generation
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September 1-5 - Carbon Capture ad Storage
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October 6-10 - Underground Coal Gasification
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November 3-7 - Coal Management and Marketing
- MINN 7023
- MINN 7028
- MINN 7047
- CHMT 7002
- CHMT 7004
- CHMT 7068
- CHMT 7069
- CHMT 7006
NB: Courses are subject to cancellation or date changes. Please check via “Technical enquiries”
(Margaret.blair@wits.ac.za or falcons@icon.co.za or the relevant Schools in the University)
TECHNICAL ENQUIRIES: Prof R Falcon
Mrs Maggie Blair 011 7171 7387 (margaret.blair@wits.ac.za)
DAILY and WEEK LONG INDUSTRIAL ATTENDANCE:
Mrs Lesley Stephenson 011 447 1490 (lstephenson@mweb.co.za)
Cell: 083 679 0697
FORMAL ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS:
Mrs Vanessa Naidoo 011 717 7521 School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering (CHMT)
Mrs Mona Shah 011 717 7409 School of Mining Engineering (MINN)