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<p>Jiu Valley is in an extensive transition process from an area rich in coal deposits to an area with 0 Carbon emissions. Coal mining was carried out in 14 mining perimeters arranged along the Jiu Valley. At the same time, the extraction of the useful mineral substance resulted in waste material that was stored in tailings dumps. Out of the total of 49 landfills, 25 have been greened, 15 are inactive and 9 are active. The total area occupied by them is approximately 210 ha, arranged near mining operations, in the valleys of some streams and even in the vicinity of human settlements. The paper aims to identify the potential for soil contamination due to inactive tailings dumps.</p>
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Jiu Valley is in an extensive transition process from an area rich in coal deposits to an area with 0 Carbon emissions. Coal mining was carried out in 14 mining perimeters arranged along the Jiu Valley. At the same time, the extraction of the useful mineral substance resulted in waste material that was stored in tailings dumps. Out of the total of 49 landfills, 25 have been greened, 15 are inactive and 9 are active. The total area occupied by them is approximately 210 ha, arranged near mining operations, in the valleys of some streams and even in the vicinity of human settlements. The paper aims to identify the potential for soil contamination due to inactive tailings dumps.

Research on the Identification of Inactive Mining Sites with the Potential for Soil Contamination in the Jiu Valley – Case Study Balomir Tailings Dump

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Jiu Valley is in an extensive transition process from an area rich in coal deposits to an area with 0 Carbon emissions. Coal mining was carried out in 14...

Research on the Identification of Inactive Mining Sites with the Potential for Soil Contamination in the Jiu Valley – Case Study Balomir Tailings Dump

Published Online: Jul 03, 2024

Page range: 53 - 59

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/minrv-2024-0015

Keywords
coal, exploitation, tailings dumps, storage, heavy metals, contamination

© 2024 Mădălina-Flavia Ioniţă et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Research on the Identification of Inactive Mining Sites with the Potential for Soil Contamination in the Jiu Valley – Case Study Balomir Tailings Dump

Published Online: Jul 03, 2024

Page range: 53 - 59

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/minrv-2024-0015

Keywordscoal, exploitation, tailings dumps, storage, heavy metals, contamination

© 2024 Mădălina-Flavia Ioniţă et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Keywords
coal, exploitation, tailings dumps, storage, heavy metals, contamination