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With the current situation in world economy, rare earth elements are a valuable resource for many innovative technologies. Low supply of these elements and sparse mining sources concentrated in just a few countries caused REE to become a resource critical to the development of many high-tech branches of the industry. Although rare earth elements are widespread in the nature, due to their low concentration in most minerals, their processing based on flotation, gravity or magnetic separation of a concentrate is ofte...

The process of Underground Coal Gasification involves risks of uncontrolled/unpredictable course of the gasification process. To minimize the risks of contaminants leaking outside the georeactor zone in the event of emergency is of a significant importance when aiming to maintain safe course of the process. The article presents methods and measures aimed at reducing the risk. These methods are based on reduction of the impact of released gaseous contaminants generated during the process. In order to achieve it, a ...

The activities carried out in the georeactor area during and after the completion of the process of extracting fuels based on underground coal gasification have a significant role in minimizing the environmental impact of the technology. Selecting the optimum, most effective method of removing contaminants from the underground coal gasification process should help to increase the safety of the process. The article deals with the idea of filling a post-processing cavern. The method involving geotechnics used to fil...