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<p>After mining works are completed and the mine is permanently closed, the holder of the mining rights must carry out monitoring in accordance with the applicable legislation and for the purpose of controlling the extraction area. This includes monitoring of the changes that have occurred during the process of mining, both on the surface and below it. This article presents an example of a monitoring program after the mining works are completed. The extraction of raw mineral material in an underground mine results in various impacts on the surface and underground space. The areas or segments of monitoring are divided into two parts in this article: The underground part includes monitoring of the geomechanical, climatic, and hydrogeological changes, while monitoring on the surface requires special attention to be paid to the stability conditions of the surface above old mine works and hydrogeological conditions in the area above the extraction or impact area. A practical example of the monitoring program that needs to be made when a mine closes is given in the article. The program covers areas, presents the ways and methods of measurement, as well as reporting of the measurements. The analysis procedure of already existing measurements, which need to be analyzed and included in the preparation of the monitoring program, is also presented.</p>
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After mining works are completed and the mine is permanently closed, the holder of the mining rights must carry out monitoring in accordance with the applicable legislation and for the purpose of controlling the extraction area. This includes monitoring of the changes that have occurred during the process of mining, both on the surface and below it. This article presents an example of a monitoring program after the mining works are completed. The extraction of raw mineral material in an underground mine results in various impacts on the surface and underground space. The areas or segments of monitoring are divided into two parts in this article: The underground part includes monitoring of the geomechanical, climatic, and hydrogeological changes, while monitoring on the surface requires special attention to be paid to the stability conditions of the surface above old mine works and hydrogeological conditions in the area above the extraction or impact area. A practical example of the monitoring program that needs to be made when a mine closes is given in the article. The program covers areas, presents the ways and methods of measurement, as well as reporting of the measurements. The analysis procedure of already existing measurements, which need to be analyzed and included in the preparation of the monitoring program, is also presented.

Monitoring after the conclusion of mining works

Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering

Materials and Geoenvironment

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After mining works are completed and the mine is permanently closed, the holder of the mining rights must carry out monitoring in accordance with the...

	Category [Limit]
Segment	I	II	III	IV
Movement measurements	Above 50 mm, also new measurement sites	Up to 50 mm and deformation trend	Up to 20 mm and deformation trend	Below 20 mm
Inclinometer measurements	Above 50 mm, also new measurement sites	Up to 50 mm and deformation trend	Up to 20 mm and deformation trend	Below 10 mm

Surface mines	Underground mines	Closed mines
- Mine operation	- Geotechnical characterization	- Land subsidence monitoring
- 3D mapping	- Rock size distribution	- Recultivation
- Bank stability	- Monitoring and measurement of gases	- Surface mapping
- Mine safety	- Mine rescuing	- Detecting gas pockets
- Structure monitoring		- Acid leakage monitoring
- Facility management

Monitoring after the conclusion of mining works

Article Category: Original scientific paper

Publicado en línea: 03 may 2021

Páginas: 177 - 184

Recibido: 24 mar 2021

Aceptado: 24 mar 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rmzmag-2020-0020

Palabras clave
monitoring, stability, extraction area, measurement method

© 2021 Tomaž Hribar et al., published by Sciendo

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

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Impact categorization [1].

The scope of unmanned aerial vehicle uses in mining [4].

Monitoring after the conclusion of mining works

Article Category: Original scientific paper

Publicado en línea: 03 may 2021

Páginas: 177 - 184

Recibido: 24 mar 2021

Aceptado: 24 mar 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rmzmag-2020-0020

Palabras clavemonitoring, stability, extraction area, measurement method

© 2021 Tomaž Hribar et al., published by Sciendo

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

Figure 1

Figure 2

Figure 3

Figure 4

Figure 5

Impact categorization [1].

The scope of unmanned aerial vehicle uses in mining [4].

Palabras clave
monitoring, stability, extraction area, measurement method