Post Mining
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Risk Management of Abandoned Mines: 2020 and 2019 – Between Requirement Analysis and Expert Reports on the Impact Relevancy of Abandoned Mines
In 2011, the NRW mining authority initiated the systematic analysis and evaluation of surface fracture relevant shafts within the state of North Rhine-Westphalia’s area of responsibility as part of risk management regarding potential hazards of abandoned mines. The measures that have been taken subsequently aim to, amongst others, prevent physical…
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Mining Area Agreement (BBFV) RUHR – Study Regarding the Effectiveness of a New Form of Cooperation
The mining industry of the past has left long-lasting tracks in the territorial structure of the Ruhr area. Dealing responsibly with the area’s mining heritage in terms of sustainable regional developments is a major challenge. In 2014, the 17 pertinent municipalities and districts, together with the state government of North-Rhine…
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Open-Pit Mine Backfilling with External Soil Material
North-Rhine Westphalia is among the federal states that are richest in raw materials. In numerous operations, quartz gravel, quartz sand, clay and bedrock are won, provided, they are subject to the guidelines of the Federal Mining Act (BBergG) and supervised by the District Council Arnsberg, Department for Mining and Energy…
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Ongoing Post-Mining Deficiencies in Raw-Materials Policy and the Repurposing of Mining Infrastructure
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…
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Using Remote Sensing Data for Various Operational Tasks at the NRW Mining Authority
The NRW Mining Authority in Dortmund has been employing remote sensing data as part of its operating remit for quite a number of years. Orthophotographs and laser scanning data have been used by the NRW Geobasis services for basic survey purposes since the start of the millennium and after 2011…
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Post-Mining Research on Reactivation and Transition
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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