Use of Abandoned Mines

Type of study	Follow-up MasterBachelor
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	542-0765/01
Abbreviation	USAMIN
Course title	Use of Abandoned Mines
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Mining Engineering and Safety
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Jindřich Šancer, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to Mining
2. Environmental impact of Mining.
3. Socieconomic aspects of mining to postmining area
4. Legislation associated to postmining
5. Geomechanical assesment of stability underground mine workings
6. Possibilities of usage abandoned mines to geothermal energy
7. Possibilities of usage abandoned mines for eletrical energy
8. Possibilities of usage abandoned mines for museums, showrooms and underground laboratories
9. Possibilities of usage abandoned mines as waste storage
10. Possibilities of usage abandoned mines as woter reservoars
11. Possibilities of usage surface areas (brownfields) of abandoned mines
12. Possibilities of usage tailings and dumps
13. Reclamation of postmining areas

E-learning

https://lms.vsb.cz/usamin

Literature

Stevens, Rob. Relinquishment of Closed Mine Sites: Policy Steps for Governments. International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), 2023. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep53194. Accessed 2 Nov. 2023.
R. Salmon, C. Franck, Th. Lombard, R. Hadadou. Post-Mining Risk Management in France. 2019,Ineris - DRS-19-178745-02406A. https://www.ineris.fr/fr/post-mining-risk-management-france.
ISO 20305:2020 Mine closure and reclamation — Vocabulary
https://www.iso.org/obp/ui
ISO 24419-1:2023(en) Mine closure and reclamation – Managing mining legacies — Part 1: Requirements and recommendations
https://www.iso.org/obp/ui
ISO/TR 24419-2:2023(en) Mine closure and reclamation – Managing mining legacies — Part 2: Case studies and bibliography
https://www.iso.org/obp/ui

Advised literature

KLÁT, Jaroslav a MATĚJ, Miloš. National cultural heritage site Michal/Petr Cinger coal mine, Ostrava. Přeložil Chris HOPKINSON. Ostrava: National Institute for the Protection and Conservation of Monuments and Sites, Regional Unit in Ostrava, c2007. ISBN 978-80-85034-38-7

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