542-0261/08 – 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 | 3 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master, Bachelor |
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.
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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
Elaboration of semester work, written and oral exam.
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, nuclear power, waste disposal
11th Transport of excavated materials, means of transport and their impact on the environment
12th Soil degradation, thermal desorption
13th Reclamation of land devastated by mining and quarrying
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction