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Mamert Mbonimpa, Dr.-Ing

Professeur titulaire

Institut de recherche en mines et en environnement (IRME)

Campus de Rouyn-Noranda

Room :: F-103
Phone :: 819 762-0971 ext 2618 (opens in a new tab)
Toll-free :: +1 877 870-8728 ext 2618 (opens in a new tab)

Email :: mamert.mbonimpa@uqat.ca (opens in a new tab)

Education

Dr.-Ing. en géotechnique (Université de Hanovre, Allemagne, 1994-1998)
« Magister » en géotechnique et infrastructures (Université de Hanovre, Allemagne, 1991-1993)
Ingénieur civil en génie civil (Université du Burundi, 1981-1987)

Areas of expertise

Géotechnique environnementale et minière
Mécanique des sols, incluant sols non saturés
Hydrogéologie classique et environnementale
Rhéologie et transport de résidus miniers
Gestion environnementale des rejets miniers
Techniques de restauration des sites miniers générateurs de DMA

Publications

Source: ORCID (opens in a new tab)

2025

Consistency and Rheological Properties of Cemented Paste Backfills Prepared with Tailings with Varying Free Muscovite Content

Journal article
Mining

DOI: 10.3390/mining5010010 (opens in a new tab)

2024

Geomembrane displacement monitoring system installed in a multilayered cover at the Aldermac mine site

Conference paper
E3S Web of Conferences

DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202456919001 (opens in a new tab)

2023

Optimization of Soil-Sludge Mixtures by Compaction for Potential Use in Mine Site Reclamation

Journal article
Minerals

DOI: 10.3390/min13060806 (opens in a new tab)
Properties of HDPE Geomembrane Exhumed 20 Years After Installation in a Mine Reclamation Cover System

Journal article
International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering

DOI: 10.1007/s40891-022-00421-y (opens in a new tab)

2022

Effects of freeze-thaw cycles on the properties of polyethylene geomembranes

Journal article
Geosynthetics International

DOI: 10.1680/jgein.21.00043a (opens in a new tab)
Evaluation of the Performances of a Monolayer Cover with an Elevated Water Table Used for the Reclamation of the Abandoned Aldermac Mine Site (Québec, Canada)

Journal article
Mining

DOI: 10.3390/mining2010005 (opens in a new tab)
Rheological characterization of cemented paste backfills containing superabsorbent polymers (SAPs)

Journal article
Construction and Building Materials

DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.125863 (opens in a new tab)

2021

Evaluation of mine site reclamation performance using physical models: Case of Ity mine (Ivory coast)

Journal article
Journal of African Earth Sciences

DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2021.104110 (opens in a new tab)
Specific mixing energy of cemented paste backfill, part i: Laboratory determination and influence on the consistency

Journal article
Minerals

DOI: 10.3390/min11111165 (opens in a new tab)
Specific mixing energy of cemented paste backfill, part ii: Influence on the rheological and mechanical properties and practical applications

Journal article
Minerals

DOI: 10.3390/min11111159 (opens in a new tab)

2020

A geochemical evaluation of a monolayer cover with an elevated water table for the reclamation of the Doyon-Westwood tailings ponds, Canada

Journal article
Environmental Earth Sciences

DOI: 10.1007/s12665-019-8797-8 (opens in a new tab)
Influence of frozen conditions on the oxygen diffusion coefficient in unsaturated porous materials

Journal article
Acta Geotechnica

DOI: 10.1007/s11440-018-0690-1 (opens in a new tab)
Laboratory study of low-sulfide tailings covers with elevated water table to prevent acid mine drainage

Journal article
Canadian Geotechnical Journal

DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2018-0875 (opens in a new tab)
Rational design of waste rock (MUCK) barricades (WRBS) as paste backfill-retaining structures

Conference paper
Rock Mechanics for Natural Resources and Infrastructure Development- Proceedings of the 14th International Congress on Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, ISRM 2019

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2019

Dewatering of mine tailings slurries using superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) reclaimed from industrial reject of baby diapers: A preliminary study

Journal article
Minerals

DOI: 10.3390/min9120785 (opens in a new tab)
Mine backfilling in the permafrost, part I: Numerical prediction of thermal curing conditions within the cemented paste backfill matrix

Journal article
Minerals

DOI: 10.3390/min9030165 (opens in a new tab)
Mine backfilling in the permafrost, part II: Effect of declining curing temperature on the short-term unconfined compressive strength of cemented paste backfills

Journal article
Minerals

DOI: 10.3390/min9030172 (opens in a new tab)

2018

An analytical solution of gibson’s model for estimating pore water pressures in accreting deposition of slurried material under one-dimensional self-weight consolidation. Part II: Impervious base

Journal article
Indian Geotechnical Journal

DOI: 10.1007/s40098-017-0242-x (opens in a new tab)
An analytical solution of gibson’s model for estimating the pore water pressures in accreting deposition of slurried material under one-dimensional self-weight consolidation. Part i: Pervious base

Journal article
Indian Geotechnical Journal

DOI: 10.1007/s40098-017-0234-x (opens in a new tab)
Assessment of rheological parameters of high density cemented paste backfill mixtures incorporating superplasticizers

Journal article
Construction and Building Materials

DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.09.066 (opens in a new tab)
Effect of superplasticizers on the consistency and unconfined compressive strength of cemented paste backfills

Journal article
Construction and Building Materials

DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.05.288 (opens in a new tab)

2017

Comparison between the predictive modified Kovács model and a simplified one-point method measurement to estimate the water retention curve

Journal article
Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science

DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2016.1218476 (opens in a new tab)
Effects of superplasticizer on rheological properties of cemented paste backfills

Journal article
International Journal of Mineral Processing

DOI: 10.1016/j.minpro.2017.02.003 (opens in a new tab)
Use of acid mine drainage treatment sludge by combination with a natural soil as an oxygen barrier cover for mine waste reclamation: Laboratory column tests and intermediate scale field tests

Journal article
Minerals Engineering

DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2016.11.017 (opens in a new tab)

2016

Experimental Characterization of the Shrinkage and Water Retention Behaviour of Tailings from Hard Rock Mines

Journal article
Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

DOI: 10.1007/s10706-015-9942-0 (opens in a new tab)
Field Experiments to Test the Elevated Water Table Concept Combined with a Desulfurized Tailings Cover Layer

Conference paper
Geotechnical Special Publication

DOI: 10.1061/9780784480137.029 (opens in a new tab)
Influence of freeze–thaw cycles on the performance of covers with capillary barrier effects made of crushed rock–bentonite mixtures to control oxygen migration

Journal article
Canadian Geotechnical Journal

DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2015-0155 (opens in a new tab)
Preliminary geotechnical assessment of the potential use of mixtures of soil and acid mine drainage neutralization sludge as materials for the moisture retention layer of covers with capillary barrier effects

Journal article
Canadian Geotechnical Journal

DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2014-0319 (opens in a new tab)
Review of the Reclamation Techniques for Acid-Generating Mine Wastes upon Closure of Disposal Sites

Conference paper
Geotechnical Special Publication

DOI: 10.1061/9780784480137.034 (opens in a new tab)

2015

Curing time effect on consolidation behaviour of cemented paste backfill containing different cement types and contents

Journal article
Construction and Building Materials

DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.11.008 (opens in a new tab)
Laboratory Column Experiment to Evaluate Oxygen Diffusion through Covers with Capillary Barrier Effects Subjected to Freeze-Thaw Cycles

Conference paper
Proceedings of the International Conference on Cold Regions Engineering

DOI: 10.1061/9780784479315.004 (opens in a new tab)
Valorisation of acid mine drainage treatment sludge as remediation component to control acid generation from mine wastes, part 1: Material characterization and laboratory kinetic testing

Journal article
Minerals Engineering

DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2014.10.015 (opens in a new tab)
Valorization of acid mine drainage treatment sludge as remediation component to control acid generation from mine wastes, part 2: Field experimentation

Journal article
Minerals Engineering

DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2014.10.020 (opens in a new tab)

2014

Laboratory study of highly pyritic tailings submerged beneath a water cover under various hydrodynamic conditions

Journal article
Mine Water and the Environment

DOI: 10.1007/s10230-014-0264-x (opens in a new tab)

2013

Conversion of the modified kov́cs model parameters tothe brooks and corey and van genuchten model parameters for the water retention curve of sandy and silty soils

Journal article
Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000563 (opens in a new tab)
Determination of the reaction rate coefficient of sulphide mine tailings deposited under water

Journal article
Journal of Environmental Management

DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.06.037 (opens in a new tab)
Field Study of the Chemical and Physical Stability of Highly Sulphide-Rich Tailings Stored Under a Shallow Water Cover,Field Study der chemische und physikalische Stabilität von hoch sulfidreichen Tailingsmaterialen gelagert unter einem flachen Wasser Abdeckung

Journal article
Mine Water and the Environment

DOI: 10.1007/s10230-012-0213-5 (opens in a new tab)

2012

A modified oxygen consumption test to evaluate gas flux through oxygen barrier cover systems

Journal article
Geotechnical Testing Journal

DOI: 10.1520/GTJ103621 (opens in a new tab)
Predicting Hysteresis of the Water Retention Curve from Basic Properties of Granular Soils

Journal article
Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

DOI: 10.1007/s10706-012-9529-y (opens in a new tab)

2011

Field investigation of a suction break designed to control slope-induced desaturation in an oxygen barrier

Journal article
Canadian Geotechnical Journal

DOI: 10.1139/T10-045 (opens in a new tab)
Oxygen consumption test to evaluate the diffusive flux into reactive tailings: Interpretation and numerical assessment

Journal article
Canadian Geotechnical Journal

DOI: 10.1139/t11-015 (opens in a new tab)

2009

Discussion on "Effects of different drying rates on shrinkage characteristics of a residual soil and soil mixtures" by Henry Krisdani, Harianto Rahardjo, Eng-Choon Leong [Engineering Geology 102 (2008) 31-37]

Journal article
Engineering Geology

DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2009.05.001 (opens in a new tab)
Oxygen diffusion and consumption in low-sulphide tailings covers

Journal article
Canadian Geotechnical Journal

DOI: 10.1139/T08-132 (opens in a new tab)

2008

Column test investigation on the performance of monolayer covers made of desulphurized tailings to prevent acid mine drainage

Journal article
Minerals Engineering

DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2007.11.006 (opens in a new tab)
Optimisation of single-layer cover made of desulphurized tailings: Application to the doyon mine tailings impoundment

Conference paper
Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration - SME Annual Meeting and Exhibit 2008: "New Horizons - New Challenges"

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2007

Discussion "determination of the hydraulic conductivity function of a highly compressible material based on tests with saturated samples" by Parent, S.-E., Cabrai, A., Dell'Avanzi, E., and Zornberg, J.G

Journal article
Geotechnical Testing Journal

DOI: 10.1520/gtj100643 (opens in a new tab)
Field experimental cells to evaluate the hydrogeological behaviour of oxygen barriers made of silty materials

Journal article
Canadian Geotechnical Journal

DOI: 10.1139/T06-120 (opens in a new tab)

2006

A convenient graphical representation of compaction data

Journal article
Geotechnical Testing Journal

DOI: 10.1520/gtj12695 (opens in a new tab)
A linear graphical method to predict the effect of compaction on the hydraulic conductivity of clay liners and covers

Journal article
Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

DOI: 10.1007/s10064-005-0031-0 (opens in a new tab)
Measurement of oxygen consumption and diffusion in exposed and covered reactive mine tailings

Conference paper
7th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage 2006, ICARD - Also Serves as the 23rd Annual Meetings of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation

DOI: 10.21000/jasmr06021156 (opens in a new tab)
Modification of the predictive MK model to integrate hysteresis of the water retention curve

Conference paper
Geotechnical Special Publication

DOI: 10.1061/40802(189)210 (opens in a new tab)
Predicting the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity of granular soils from basic geotechnical properties using the modified Kovács (MK) model and statistical models

Journal article
Canadian Geotechnical Journal

DOI: 10.1139/T06-044 (opens in a new tab)
Predictive model for the water retention curve of deformable clayey soils

Journal article
Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2006)132:9(1121) (opens in a new tab)
Reactivity and mineralogical evolution of an underground mine sulphidic cemented paste backfill

Journal article
Minerals Engineering

DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2005.10.006 (opens in a new tab)

2005

"Goodbye, Hazen; Hello, Kozeny-Carman," by W. David Carrier III

Journal article
Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2003)129:11(1054) (opens in a new tab)

2004

A laboratory study of covers made of low-sulphide tailings to prevent acid mine drainage

Journal article
Environmental Geology

DOI: 10.1007/s00254-003-0919-6 (opens in a new tab)
Measurement and prediction of the oxygen diffusion coefficient in unsaturated media, with applications to soil covers

Journal article
Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

DOI: 10.1023/B:WATE.0000036803.84061.e5 (opens in a new tab)

2003

A model to predict the water retention curve from basic geotechnical properties

Journal article
Canadian Geotechnical Journal

DOI: 10.1139/t03-054 (opens in a new tab)
Diffusion and consumption of oxygen in unsaturated cover materials

Journal article
Canadian Geotechnical Journal

DOI: 10.1139/t03-040 (opens in a new tab)

2002

Practical pedotransfer functions for estimating the saturated hydraulic conductivity

Journal article
Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

DOI: 10.1023/A:1016046214724 (opens in a new tab)
The management of mining discharges in a context of sustainable development and environmental protection,La gestion des rejets miniers dans un contexte de développement durable et de protection de l'environnement

Conference paper
Proceedings, Annual Conference - Canadian Society for Civil Engineering

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2001

Diffusion of oxygen through a pulp and paper residue barrier: Discussion

Journal article
Canadian Geotechnical Journal

DOI: 10.1139/cgj-38-3-658 (opens in a new tab)

2000

Simple hydraulic functions using basic tailings properties

Conference paper
2000 Annual Conference Abstracts - Canadian Society for Civil Engineering

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Mamert Mbonimpa, Dr.-Ing

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Professeur titulaire

Workplace

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Education

Areas of expertise

Publications

Consistency and Rheological Properties of Cemented Paste Backfills Prepared with Tailings with Varying Free Muscovite Content

Geomembrane displacement monitoring system installed in a multilayered cover at the Aldermac mine site

Optimization of Soil-Sludge Mixtures by Compaction for Potential Use in Mine Site Reclamation

Properties of HDPE Geomembrane Exhumed 20 Years After Installation in a Mine Reclamation Cover System

Effects of freeze-thaw cycles on the properties of polyethylene geomembranes

Evaluation of the Performances of a Monolayer Cover with an Elevated Water Table Used for the Reclamation of the Abandoned Aldermac Mine Site (Québec, Canada)

Rheological characterization of cemented paste backfills containing superabsorbent polymers (SAPs)

Evaluation of mine site reclamation performance using physical models: Case of Ity mine (Ivory coast)

Specific mixing energy of cemented paste backfill, part i: Laboratory determination and influence on the consistency

Specific mixing energy of cemented paste backfill, part ii: Influence on the rheological and mechanical properties and practical applications

A geochemical evaluation of a monolayer cover with an elevated water table for the reclamation of the Doyon-Westwood tailings ponds, Canada

Influence of frozen conditions on the oxygen diffusion coefficient in unsaturated porous materials

Laboratory study of low-sulfide tailings covers with elevated water table to prevent acid mine drainage

Rational design of waste rock (MUCK) barricades (WRBS) as paste backfill-retaining structures

Dewatering of mine tailings slurries using superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) reclaimed from industrial reject of baby diapers: A preliminary study

Mine backfilling in the permafrost, part I: Numerical prediction of thermal curing conditions within the cemented paste backfill matrix

Mine backfilling in the permafrost, part II: Effect of declining curing temperature on the short-term unconfined compressive strength of cemented paste backfills

An analytical solution of gibson’s model for estimating pore water pressures in accreting deposition of slurried material under one-dimensional self-weight consolidation. Part II: Impervious base

An analytical solution of gibson’s model for estimating the pore water pressures in accreting deposition of slurried material under one-dimensional self-weight consolidation. Part i: Pervious base

Assessment of rheological parameters of high density cemented paste backfill mixtures incorporating superplasticizers

Effect of superplasticizers on the consistency and unconfined compressive strength of cemented paste backfills

Comparison between the predictive modified Kovács model and a simplified one-point method measurement to estimate the water retention curve

Effects of superplasticizer on rheological properties of cemented paste backfills

Use of acid mine drainage treatment sludge by combination with a natural soil as an oxygen barrier cover for mine waste reclamation: Laboratory column tests and intermediate scale field tests

Experimental Characterization of the Shrinkage and Water Retention Behaviour of Tailings from Hard Rock Mines

Field Experiments to Test the Elevated Water Table Concept Combined with a Desulfurized Tailings Cover Layer

Influence of freeze–thaw cycles on the performance of covers with capillary barrier effects made of crushed rock–bentonite mixtures to control oxygen migration

Preliminary geotechnical assessment of the potential use of mixtures of soil and acid mine drainage neutralization sludge as materials for the moisture retention layer of covers with capillary barrier effects

Review of the Reclamation Techniques for Acid-Generating Mine Wastes upon Closure of Disposal Sites

Curing time effect on consolidation behaviour of cemented paste backfill containing different cement types and contents

Laboratory Column Experiment to Evaluate Oxygen Diffusion through Covers with Capillary Barrier Effects Subjected to Freeze-Thaw Cycles

Valorisation of acid mine drainage treatment sludge as remediation component to control acid generation from mine wastes, part 1: Material characterization and laboratory kinetic testing

Valorization of acid mine drainage treatment sludge as remediation component to control acid generation from mine wastes, part 2: Field experimentation

Laboratory study of highly pyritic tailings submerged beneath a water cover under various hydrodynamic conditions

Conversion of the modified kov́cs model parameters tothe brooks and corey and van genuchten model parameters for the water retention curve of sandy and silty soils

Determination of the reaction rate coefficient of sulphide mine tailings deposited under water

Field Study of the Chemical and Physical Stability of Highly Sulphide-Rich Tailings Stored Under a Shallow Water Cover,Field Study der chemische und physikalische Stabilität von hoch sulfidreichen Tailingsmaterialen gelagert unter einem flachen Wasser Abdeckung

A modified oxygen consumption test to evaluate gas flux through oxygen barrier cover systems

Predicting Hysteresis of the Water Retention Curve from Basic Properties of Granular Soils

Field investigation of a suction break designed to control slope-induced desaturation in an oxygen barrier

Oxygen consumption test to evaluate the diffusive flux into reactive tailings: Interpretation and numerical assessment

Discussion on "Effects of different drying rates on shrinkage characteristics of a residual soil and soil mixtures" by Henry Krisdani, Harianto Rahardjo, Eng-Choon Leong [Engineering Geology 102 (2008) 31-37]

Oxygen diffusion and consumption in low-sulphide tailings covers

Column test investigation on the performance of monolayer covers made of desulphurized tailings to prevent acid mine drainage

Optimisation of single-layer cover made of desulphurized tailings: Application to the doyon mine tailings impoundment

Discussion "determination of the hydraulic conductivity function of a highly compressible material based on tests with saturated samples" by Parent, S.-E., Cabrai, A., Dell'Avanzi, E., and Zornberg, J.G

Field experimental cells to evaluate the hydrogeological behaviour of oxygen barriers made of silty materials

A convenient graphical representation of compaction data

A linear graphical method to predict the effect of compaction on the hydraulic conductivity of clay liners and covers

Measurement of oxygen consumption and diffusion in exposed and covered reactive mine tailings

Modification of the predictive MK model to integrate hysteresis of the water retention curve

Predicting the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity of granular soils from basic geotechnical properties using the modified Kovács (MK) model and statistical models

Predictive model for the water retention curve of deformable clayey soils

Reactivity and mineralogical evolution of an underground mine sulphidic cemented paste backfill

"Goodbye, Hazen; Hello, Kozeny-Carman," by W. David Carrier III

A laboratory study of covers made of low-sulphide tailings to prevent acid mine drainage

Measurement and prediction of the oxygen diffusion coefficient in unsaturated media, with applications to soil covers

A model to predict the water retention curve from basic geotechnical properties

Diffusion and consumption of oxygen in unsaturated cover materials

Practical pedotransfer functions for estimating the saturated hydraulic conductivity

The management of mining discharges in a context of sustainable development and environmental protection,La gestion des rejets miniers dans un contexte de développement durable et de protection de l'environnement

Diffusion of oxygen through a pulp and paper residue barrier: Discussion

Simple hydraulic functions using basic tailings properties