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Removing Impacts of Mining Activity and Reclamation

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Course Unit Code542-0733/08
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
HUM72Ing. Martin Hummel, Ph.D.
SAN02doc. Ing. Jindřich Šancer, Ph.D.
SEI08Ing. Miroslav Seidl, Ph.D.
Summary
The students will gain the knowledge of basic means of reclamation of land and waters, means of redevelopment of areas disturbed by deep and opencast mining activities during exploitation of raw materials. The fundamental phases of reclamation are discussed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The goal of the subject is mastered theoretic disposition for projection and resulting practice in questions ablation devastion landscapes plus resulting presentation terrain at the requested kind piece of land, according to valid national scheme reclamation.
Course Contents
1st Legislation on the issue of reserve deposits.
2nd Legislation on the issue of non-exclusive bearings.
3rd OPD plans. Plans for the use of bearings.
4th Disposal plans pit or quarry.
5th The consequences of the effects of mining on the surface of the underground mining and rehabilitation field.
6th The consequences of the effects of quarry mining on the environment.
7th Period technology raclamation process.
8th Mining and technical method of reclamation work on underground mining deposits.
9th Mining and technical method of reclamation work on the fracture of coal mining
bearings.
10th Mining and technical method of reclamation work on fracture conquer. non coal bearings.
11th Reclamation of agricultural technology.
12th Technology forestry reclamation.
13th Technology water reclamation.
14th Technology of other types of reclamation.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Hummel, M.: Mining and Environment, Ostrava, 2005
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.
Kryl,V., Frohlich,E.,Sixta,J: Zahlazení hornické činnosti a rekultivace,
Kryl,V. a kol.: Povrchové dobývání ložisek, skriptum VŠB – TU Ostrava, Ostrava, 1997, 282 s.
Štýs,S., Helešicová,L.: Proměny měsíční krajiny, ISBN-80-901291-0-2, Bílý slon Praha, Praha, 1992
Hummel,M.: Mining and Enviroment,Ostrava,2005
Recommended Reading:
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
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.
NATHANAIL, C. P., BARDOS, R.P. Reclamation of contaminated land. John Wiley and sons. 2004, ISBN 0-471-98560-0.
Štýs,S. a kol.: Území postižená těžbou nerostných surovin, SNTL/ALFA Praha, 1981
Horní zákon č. 44/1988 Sb. o ochraně a využití nerostného bohatství (horní zákon)
Vyhláška ČBÚ č. 104/1988 Sb. o racionálním využívání výhradních ložisek, o povolování a ohlašování hornické činnosti a ohlašování činnosti prováděné hornickým způsobem
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
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Individual consultations, Tutorials, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 18