542-0261/07 – Mining and the Environment (HŽP)
Gurantor department | Department of Mining Engineering and Safety | Credits | 5 |
Subject guarantor | Ing. Martin Hummel, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Martin Hummel, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | English |
Year of introduction | 1998/1999 | Year of cancellation | 2022/2023 |
Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Bachelor, Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The aim is for students to be able to assess the effects of mining on the environment and define how to prevent negative impacts.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Seminars
Project work
Summary
The course deals with the description of the environment and its components, the influence of mining on the individual components of the environment. Analysis of the mining operation leads to define which factors are more that are less essential and how they can be reduced. Furthermore, the subject deals with the remediation and reclamation areas affected by mining.
Compulsory literature:
KENNEDY, Bruce A., ed. Surface mining. 2nd ed. Littleton: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, c1990, 1194 s ISBN
0-87335-102-9 (váz.)978-0-87335-102-7.
Recommended literature:
HUMMEL, M.: Mining and Environment, Ostrava, 2005
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
control test
E-learning
Other requirements
Participation in the consultation and monitoring reports submitted during the semester.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1st Basic concepts, environmental legislation, organizational structure
2nd The impact of deep mining on the environment, the impact of mining activities on surface
tips, settlement trough
3rd Effect on the landscape caused by surface mining and quarrying
4th Work environment and hygiene, physical properties and protection against
adverse effects on health
5th Using a storage area for mine waste, waste disposal, recycling
6th Air pollution by mining and quarrying, scattering, separation of solid
emissions
7th Disposal of mine water, waste water purification
8th Effects of environmental destruction caused by mining companies, old mine workings, methane
9th Fossil fuels, new energy sources, secondary energy sources
10th Risk to environment during the mining of uranium ore mining, chemical production
11th Nuclear power, waste disposal
12th Transport of excavated materials, means of transport and their impact on the environment
13th Soil degradation, thermal desorption
14th Reclamation of land devastated by mining and quarrying
Exercise:
1st 123/98Sb Act. About Environment
2nd Reclamation of former mine in Ostrava - Excursion
3rd Nature and landscape 114/92Sb.
4th Measurement noise, vibration, temperature, radiation
5th Air 309/91
6th Monitoring of air pollution, excursions - Hydrometeorological Institute
7th Water Act 14/98
8th Mining Act in relation to environmental
9th Waste management legislation in
10th Preservation of agricultural land 231/99Sb.
11th Reclamation work in the industrial area of Ostrava
12th Environmental Impact Assessment - 244/92Sb.
13th Construction Law
14th Internet use in the environmental
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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