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Terminated in academic year 2009/2010

Environmental Protection in Opencast Mining

Type of study Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 542-0312/02
Abbreviation OŽPLD
Course title Environmental Protection in Opencast Mining
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Mining Engineering and Safety
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Milan Mikoláš, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Syllabus of lectures:

1st Ecology and Environment.
2nd Caring for the environment and environmental management.
3rd Consequences of changes worsening environment.
4th Main legislation tying the issue to the environment.
5th Lithosphere and its effect on mining activities.
6th Pedosphere and its effect on open pit activities.
7th Hydrosphere and its effect on open pit activities.
8th Atmosphere and its effect on open pit activities.
9th Waste management, categorization of waste repository.
10th Main sources of waste in the mining and mineral processing of building materials.
11th The importance of remediation and reclamation works for the environment.
12th Mechanization and resources for remediation and reclamation work.
13th Remedial work and techno-economic stage of reclamation in the terrain affected by surface mining of commercial minerals.
14th Bio-economic stage of the reclamation works.

Literature

B.A. Kennedy.: Surface Mining - 2nd ed.. - Littleton : Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, c1990 - xi, 1194 s. : il., mapy ISBN 0-87335-102-9 (váz.)978-0-87335-102-7

Advised literature

Hummel, M.: Mining and Environment, Ostrava, 2005