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Reclamation of Regions Affected by Mining

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 542-0916/03
Abbreviation RÚPT
Course title Reclamation of Regions Affected by Mining
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Mining Engineering and Safety
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Jindřich Šancer, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Basic terminology and legislation related to the remediation and reclamation of areas affected by mining.
Impact of mining on the environment.
Types of remediation and reclamation of areas affected by mining.
Influencing the choice of reclamation method, plans of reclamation.
Stages of reclamation works.
Mining-technical stages of reclamation.
Biotechnical stages of reclamation.
Design of reclamation works - remediation and reclamation plans.
Work schedules, creation and drawing of financial reserves for remediation and reclamation.
Examples of remediation and reclamation and their contribution to the environment in the Czech Republic and in the world.

E-learning

Literature

SPITZ, Karlheinz a John TRUDINGER. Mining and the environment: from ore to metal. 2nd edition. Leiden, The Netherlands: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2019]. ISBN 978-0-8153-7899-0.
TRIPATHI, Nimisha, Raj Shekhar SINGH a Colin D. HILLS. Reclamation of mine-impacted land for ecosystem recovery. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell, [2016]. ISBN 978-1-119-05790-1.
Surface mining environmental monitoring and reclamation handbook. c1983. ISBN 0-444-00791-1.

Advised literature

HUMMEL, Martin. Mining and environment. Ostrava: VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, 2005. ISBN 80-248-1008-5.
STALMACHOVÁ, Barbara a Edyta SIERKA. Managed succession in reclamation of postmining landscape. Ed. 1st. Košice: Technická univerzita v Košiciach, 2014. ISBN 978-80-553-1852-3 .