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Probability of failure of waste disposals sites in Žirovski vrh uranium mine

Geologija, 2002
The only Uranium mine in Slovenia @irovski vrh was closed in 1990 due to economic reasons. After the closure extensive decommissioning works in the mine and in the surrounding began.
Tomaž Beguš
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Reading mine closure through Tłı̨chǫ self-determination

Journal of Political Ecology
In Northern Canada, the Tłı̨chǫ have experienced a long history of settler-imposed mining. The history of the mines is written into Tłı̨chǫ place names that hold the knowledge of ecological harm and repair, the community re-purposing of mining equipment ...
John B Zoe, Rebecca Jane Hall, Tee Wern Lim   +2 more
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The Impact of the Closure of Mines on the Local Environment from the Perspective of Qualitative Research on the Example of Poland

Management Systems in Production Engineering
The main aim of the article is to determine the impact of mine closure on the local environment, with particular emphasis on the social, economic and environmental problems that arise when mining activities are limited or discontinued.
Marszowski Ryszard, Jarosławska-Sobór Sylwia   +1 more
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Environmental and Closure Costs in Strategic Mine Planning, Models, Regulations, and Policies

Resources
This study explores the evolution of mine planning, with particular emphasis on the integration of environmental and social factors in alignment with the sustainable development.
David Oliveros-Sepúlveda, Marc Bascompta-Massanés, Giovanni Franco-Sepúlveda   +2 more
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Coal mine closure substantially increases terrestrial water storage in China

Communications Earth & Environment
The transition away from coal involves the widespread closure of coal mines. While the potential adverse consequences of these closures on industry and the local economy have received considerable attention, empirical evidence on the benefits of water ...
Rong Ma, Junlian Gao, ChengHe Guan, Bo Zhang   +3 more
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Characteristics of Carbon Monoxide and Ethylene Generation in Mine’s Closed Fire Zone and Their Influence on Methane Explosion Limits

Fire
Methane explosions often occur during the closure process of mine fire zones, during which the concentration of combustible gases such as monoxide and ethylene produced by coal combustion dynamically changes, which changes the risk of methane explosion ...
Dong Ma, Leilin Zhang, Tingfeng Zhu, Zhenfang Shi   +3 more
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Study on the prevention system of rockburst for the entire life cycle of underground coal mines

矿业科学学报
The existing prevention and control of rockbursts in mining mainly focus on the production phase, making it challenging to fundamentally curb rockburst disasters.
OUYANG Zhenhua, XU Qianhai, ZHANG Ningbo, ZHANG Tianzi, YI Haiyang, SHI Qingwen, LI Wenshuai, WANG Jiajia   +7 more
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Experimental simulation on the electrochemical mechanism of iron pollution from “dual-source” in closed coal mine water

Meitan kexue jishu
The closed coal mine water is mostly characterized by high iron. After mine closure and flooding, residual iron-prone devices and iron-bearing minerals form a “dual-source” iron pollution system in mine water, contributing to the release of iron in ...
Lai ZHOU, Tao YE, Shuangshuang ZHENG, Xueqiang ZHU, Jiangfeng WU   +4 more
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Mine closure in Ouro Preto: the remnants of the 18th century gold rush and the tourism as an economic opportunity

REM: International Engineering Journal
Mine closure is the set of all activities that follow the end of the productive phase of a mine, characterizing itself as the process of returning an area transformed by mining into a new condition of sustainability, considering the potential future and ...
Viviane da Silva Borges Barbosa, Hernani Mota de Lima, Sandro Laudares, Bráulio Magalhães Fonseca   +3 more
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Evaluating the influence of backfilling on the stability of an abandoned room-and-pillar mine: a case study in northern Spain

Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources
Bodovalle is a siderite mine located in northern Spain that is currently in the closure phase. The mine was exploited using the room-and-pillar method.
Emilio Trigueros, Manuel Cánovas, Javier Arzúa, José Manuel Baraibar   +3 more
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