Paste 2026

28th International Conference on Paste, Thickened and Filtered Tailings
14–16 April 2026 | Lisbon, Portugal

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Save the Date!

We are excited to announce that the 28th International Conference on Paste, Thickened and Filtered Tailings, Paste 2026, will be held 14-16 April 2026 in Lisbon, Portugal, in collaboration with Paterson & Cooke.

Collaborating Organisation

Paste 2026 Chair

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

Stephen is a mining engineer with over 12 years’ experience in providing consultancy services to the minerals industry, with particular specialisation in tailings dewatering and mine backfill. He has a mining engineering degree from Camborne School of Mines in Cornwall, and is a chartered engineer with the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. In 2013, Stephen established the Paterson & Cooke Cornwall office.

Conference Themes

  • Thickening and filtration
  • Rheology
  • Emerging issues and technology
  • Surface disposal
  • Backfill
  • Transportation
  • Case studies
  • Underground and backfill

Abstracts are due 18 August 2025!

Learn more and submit your abstracts

View the event brochure.

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.

View the Repository

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  • Calculate paste fill volumes and bund capacities.
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  • Analyse UCS test results and fit a strength prediction model.
  • Assess the pressure and friction profile of the paste reticulation path.

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Now 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
Global Backfill Specialist
Newmont

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!