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Paste 2027

29th International Conference on Paste, Thickened and Filtered Tailings
Late May 2027 | Eastern Canada

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Paste 2027

We are delighted to announce that Paste 2027 will be held in eastern Canada, late May 2027.

We are also very happy to be partnering with WSP as our collaborating organisation for this conference. 

Stay tuned for more details!

Collaborating Organisation

Paste 2027 Chair

Sue Longo
Senior Technical Director
WSP, Canada

Sue is a principal and senior project manager with over 24 years’ experience in domestic and international mining projects, with a focus on backfill and tailings disposal in the mining, power and oil sand industries. Sue has worked on conceptual, feasibility and detailed engineering design mandates, as well as start-up and commissioning assignments and operation of pilot plants. She has acted as the design and site lead on a multimillion dollar contracted backfill delivery program for a closed uranium and gold mines in Canada.

Conference Themes

  • Thickening and filtration
  • Rheology
  • Emerging issues and technology
  • Surface disposal
  • Backfill
  • Transportation
  • Case studies
  • Underground and backfill
  • Design with closure in mind
Learn more

View the program in the event brochure.

Paste 2026 Chair

Stephen Wilson
Managing Director – Europe
Paterson & Cooke (UK), Ltd.

As Chair of Paste 2026, Stephen looks forward to fostering open dialogue, sharing best practices, and supporting the continued evolution of responsible tailings management worldwide.

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ACG Online Repository of Conference Proceedings

There is a range of papers from previous Paste conferences that are freely available to download from the Online Repository of Conference Proceedings.

Data source: ACG internal analysis, March 2026

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Available for purchase….  Comprehensive Handbook on Mine Fill

Background

Co-editors Professor Yves Potvin and Dr Ryan Veenstra, together with worldwide mine fill experts, have written a new and comprehensive technical publication to examine the evolution of mine fill practice over the last two decades. This handbook advances the safe, efficient and economic application of fill within the mining community.

Content

This comprehensive publication explores both the theoretical and practical aspects of mine fill application with a range of examples covering:

Mine Fill Within the Mining and Tailings Life Cycle

Co-editors

Professor Yves Potvin
Professor of Mining Geomechanics
Australian Centre for Geomechanics

Dr Ryan Veenstra
Principal Backfill Specialist
Gold Fields

Fundamentals
  • Mine fill constitutive materials
  • Classification and dewatering of tailings
  • Fluid mechanics of mine fill
  • Geomechanics of mine fill
Operation
  • Mine fill placement and risk mitigation
  • Mine fill management
Design
  • Mine fill exposure stability
  • Cemented rockfill systems
  • Hydraulic fill systems
  • Cemented paste mine fill systems
  • Underground distribution system
  • Early age behaviour of hydraulic and paste fill and their containment
Readership

This publication is a valuable reference for mining practitioners, early career geotechnical engineers, operating and regulatory professionals, consultants, academics, researchers and other mine fill peers.

Purchase your copy!