Mine Sited after Mine Activity: The Brownfields Methodology and Kuzbass Coal Mining Case
Michal Cehlár,
Juraj Janočko,
Zuzana Šimková,
Tomas Pavlik,
Maxim Tyulenev,
Sergey Zhironkin,
Magerram Gasanov
Affiliations
Michal Cehlár
Dean’s Office of the Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnologies, Technical University of Kosice, Letná 9, 04200 Kosice, Slovak Republic
Juraj Janočko
Dean’s Office of the Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnologies, Technical University of Kosice, Letná 9, 04200 Kosice, Slovak Republic
Zuzana Šimková
Dean’s Office of the Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnologies, Technical University of Kosice, Letná 9, 04200 Kosice, Slovak Republic
Tomas Pavlik
Dean’s Office of the Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnologies, Technical University of Kosice, Letná 9, 04200 Kosice, Slovak Republic
Maxim Tyulenev
Open Pit Mining Department, Kuzbass State Technical University, Vesennyaya Street, 28, Kemerovo 650000, Russia
Sergey Zhironkin
Engineer Basic Training School, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Lenin Avenue 30, Tomsk 634050, Russia
Magerram Gasanov
Engineer Basic Training School, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Lenin Avenue 30, Tomsk 634050, Russia
Operating life of a mine lasts from a few years to several decades. Mine closure occurs once the mineral resource is exhausted, or operations are no longer profitable. Mine closure plans are required by most regulatory agencies worldwide before a mining closure permission is granted, and must demonstrate that the site will not pose a threat to the environment and health of the society in future. The article describes a new tool, the brownfields methodology, which can help to promote the revitalization of old mining areas as a part of their technological modernization and subsoil full extraction with environmental damage reduction.
