International Seminar on Paste Backfill in China (ISPBC) was initiated by Research Center of Paste Backfill and Mining, University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB). The Seminar commenced in 2013 and will be continued every two years.

1st International Seminar on Paste Backfill in China

The first Seminar (ISPBC 2013) was held in Beijing on 4-6 November, 2013. 308 delegates from China, Canada, Australia, the United States, and Germany attended the seminar and shared the achievement and improvement of paste technology in China and other countries. Six themes were covered in 20 presentations. The whole event went smoothly due to the well-prepared organizing committee and the participants had a great time both in the seminar and the dinner.

  

                   Opening Ceremony (ISPBC 2013)                              Keynote Speech (ISPBC 2013)

2nd International Seminar on Paste Backfill in China

On 6-9 November, 2015, the second Seminar (ISPBC 2015) was held in Changsha, Hunan Province. More than 400 representatives from universities, mining companies, research institutes and equipment manufacturers engaged in the research and application of paste backfill attended the meeting. The theme of ISPBC 2015 was ‘Paste Technology Innovation Drives Green Mining Development’. 33 academic reports covered different topics such as paste thickening, mixing, transport, chemicals, case study and so on, of which more than 60% was given by practitioners. The Seminar, showing the latest research results on paste backfill from theory to practice, created more communication and co-operation opportunities for domestic and international mining industry communities.

 

                     Opening Ceremony (ISPBC 2015)                               Discussion (ISPBC 2015)

3rd International Seminar on Paste Backfill in China

The 3rd International Seminar on Paste Backfill in China (ISPBC 2017) and the 20th International Seminar on Paste and Thickened Tailings (Paste 2017) took place from 15-18 June, 2017, in Beijing, China. Attended by more than 500 delegates from 14 countries, the 3rd Seminar was a truly international leading forum successfully organized by University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB) and the Australian Centre for Geomechanics (ACG). Forty-five high-quality papers were published in the Proceedings. 37 excellent speeches including 4 invited lectures and 33 keynote speeches were presented during the 3rd Seminar. Delegates shared advances in technology which is related to rheology, thickening, transport, tailings disposal and mine fill, and were able to discuss field applications and obtain feedback from practitioners working at mine sites worldwide.

  

                          Opening Ceremony (ISPBC 2017)                            Keynote Speech (ISPBC 2017)

4th International Seminar on Paste Backfill in China

The fourth Seminar (ISPBC 2019), hosted by Beijing University of Science and Technology and Central South University, was held in Changsha. More than 500 experts, professors and leaders from 5 foreign countries and 32 domestic universities, 13 scientific research institutions and 83 mining enterprises attended the conference.

During the discussion, experts and scholars carried out extensive and in-depth exchanges around the research results and topics such as ' new progress and new challenges of paste filling ', ' successful application of paste filling technology in Chambishi ', ' rheological adaptability analysis of total tailings paste ', ' stability and reliability of paste filling and its solutions '.

 Opening Ceremony (ISPBC 2019)               Seminar Meeting (ISPBC 2019)