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Title: ABANDONED LOCATIONS AFTER MINERAL EXPLORATION - ENVIRONMENTAL BURDEN OR PERSPECTIVE SOURCES OF RAW MATERIALS?

ABANDONED LOCATIONS AFTER MINERAL EXPLORATION - ENVIRONMENTAL BURDEN OR PERSPECTIVE SOURCES OF RAW MATERIALS?
Peter Sottnik; Tomas Farago; Ondrej Brachtyr; Jaroslav Vozar
10.5593/sgem2022/1.1
1314-2704
English
22
1.1
•    Prof. DSc. Oleksandr Trofymchuk, UKRAINE 
•    Prof. Dr. hab. oec. Baiba Rivza, LATVIA
Mining wastes represent a specific type of waste and, like sites after mining, represent sites where a comprehensive assessment of pollution at these sites needs to be approached, taking into account various specific conditions. Subsequently, the design of the remediation technologies used at a specific location must also be adapted to this fact.
Until now, mining waste facilities (heaps and sludge ponds) have been treated as environmental burdens. However, it should be borne in mind that abandoned extractive waste facilities may be a significant source of minerals in the future, due to improved treatment technologies and combined with new requirements in the raw materials market (requirements for new useful components that have not been mined in the past). Many extractive waste facilities also contain elements that are currently listed as critical raw materials for the European Union.
Within the project APVV-17-0317 "Antimony - a critical element and a dangerous contaminant affecting biodiversity in mining sites" a preliminary survey and research was carried out at selected sites in order to determine the potential of deposited materials as secondary sources of minerals. Samples of flotation sludge used in our research were taken at the localities of Dubrava, Medzibrod and Cucma from tailing ponds after the extraction of antimony, which is one of the critical raw materials for the EU.
[1] COM/2020/474 final – Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Resilience in Critical Raw Materials: Mapping the Road to Greater Security and Sustainability. Brussels, 3 September 2020.
[2] Blengini, G.A., Mathieux, F., Mancini, L., Nyberg, M., Viegas, H.M. (Editors); Salminen, J., Garbarino, E., Orveillon, G., Saveyn, H., Mateos Aquilino, V., Llorens Gonzalez, T., Garcia Polonio, F., Horckmans, L., D'Hugues, P., Balomenos, E., Dino, G., de la Feld, M., Madai, F., Foldessy, J., Mucsi, G., Gombkoto, I., Calleja, I. (2019): Recovery of critical and other raw materials from mining waste and landfills: State of play on existing practices, EUR 29744 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, ISBN 978-92-76-08568-3.
This work was carried out with the support of the project APVV-17-0317 "Antimony - a critical element and a dangerous contaminant affecting biodiversity in mining sites".
conference
Proceedings of 22nd International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2022
22nd International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2022, 04 - 10 July, 2022
Proceedings Paper
STEF92 Technology
International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM
SWS Scholarly Society; Acad Sci Czech Republ; Latvian Acad Sci; Polish Acad Sci; Serbian Acad Sci and Arts; Natl Acad Sci Ukraine; Natl Acad Sci Armenia; Sci Council Japan; European Acad Sci, Arts and Letters; Acad Fine Arts Zagreb Croatia; Croatian Acad Sci and Arts; Acad Sci Moldova; Montenegrin Acad Sci and Arts; Georgian Acad Sci; Acad Fine Arts and Design Bratislava; Turkish Acad Sci.
203-208
04 - 10 July, 2022
website
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antimony mines, mining waste, raw materials

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