The Research Center of Post-Mining (FZN) at the TH Georg Agricola University (THGA) in Bochum/Germany has significantly expanded the range of its research programme since 2019/2020. Its scope has now been broadened by the new research division “Reactivation and Transition”. Research in this division focuses on land development and regional policy, socio-economic aspects and governance of post-mining. Emphasis is less ...
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Assessment of Remedial Options for Sustainable Operation of the Mirny Mine
The Mirny Mine is located in the northern Russia, where arctic conditions are present year-round. It is a large, open-pit and underground diamond mine with an open-pit depth of approximately 500 m below ground surface and a current depth of the underground mine workings of approximately 900 m below ground surface. From the ground surface, shallow geologic units with approximately ...
Read More »German Post-Mining as a Role Model for Developments in China
Due to the recent announcement by the Chinese President Xi Jinping to become carbon neutral by 2060, China is facing a major upheaval. Because in China, power generation is the largest consumer of coal and remains a major future source of energy. In the upcoming age of renewable energies and climate protection, the transition to a more sustainable energy supply ...
Read More »Employment Stimulus for Post-Coal Mining Regions
The decision to phase out coal in Germany – and not only there –with the corresponding loss of added value and jobs in coal production and use raises the question of how sufficient new employment stimuli can be created for the regions of the coal industry in the post-coal-mining era. The federal government’s answer is the billions set aside by the ...
Read More »Backfilling and Securing of Abandoned Small-Scale Coal Mines with Coal Combustion By-Products (CCBs) Generated at Power Plant Sites and with Domestic CCB’s Generated at Ger District Sites
Mongolia is heavily dependent on coal due to its energy sector. During the last decades in the power plants and the households of the capital city, Ulaanbaatar, coal has been burned from the mines of the subbituminous coal deposits of Nalaikh, Baganuur and Shivee-Ovoo. The calorific value of this subbituminous coal is comparatively low, it contains huge amounts of different ...
Read More »Research Areas in Post-Mining
The Research Institute for Post-Mining (FZN) at TH Georg Agricola University (THGA) in Bochum/Germany, has developed an integrated approach to meet the challenges of the post-mining era. Therefore, post-mining covers four research areas: Perpetual tasks and minewater management; Geomonitoring in post-mining; Material science for the preservation of industrial heritage; Reactivation and transition. The institute is trying to fulfill central requirements ...
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