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Environmental aspects of mining - MG432P25
Title: Těžba a životní prostředí
Czech title: Těžba a životní prostředí
Guaranteed by: Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Mineral Resources (31-430)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2020
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: winter s.:written
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Level: basic
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Guarantor: doc. Mgr. Petr Drahota, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): doc. Mgr. Petr Drahota, Ph.D.
Annotation -
Last update: doc. Mgr. Petr Drahota, Ph.D. (01.06.2012)
The course covers the environmental problems and solutions associated with various aspects of the mining process. It emphasizes the characterization, monitoring, disposal and treatment of sulphidic wastes and mine waters.
Literature -
Last update: doc. RNDr. Jiří Zachariáš, Ph.D. (11.05.2009)

Lottermoser B. (2007) Mine wastes. Characterization, treatment and environmental impact. Springer, 304 str.

Jambor J.L., Blowes D.W., Ritchie (editoři) (2003) Environmental aspects of mine wastes. Short Course Series, vol 31, Mineralogical Association of Canada, 430 str.

Plumlee G.S., Logsdon M.J. (editoři) (1999) The environmental geochemistry. Part A: Processes, techniques, and health issues. Reviews in Economic Geology, vol. 6A. 371 str.

Lintnerová O. (2002) Vplyv ťažby nerastných surovín na životné prostredie. Univerzita Komenského Bratislava, 160 str.

Requirements to the exam - Czech
Last update: doc. Mgr. Petr Drahota, Ph.D. (23.02.2024)

Písemná zkouška (7-8 otevřených otázek) v rozsahu odpřednášené látky.

Syllabus -
Last update: doc. Mgr. Petr Drahota, Ph.D. (01.06.2012)

1. Definitions, mine waste production, historic mining, present-day unregulated and regulated mining, rehabilitation of mine waste and mine sites

Sulphidic mine wastes (2-4)

2. primary minerals, weathering of sulphides, oxidation and gas transport, acid buffering reactions, coal mine wastes

3. secondary minerals, hydrogeology of mine waste, acid generation prediction

4. monitoring sulfidic wastes, environmental impacts, controls of sulphide oxidation

Mine water (5-8)

5. classification, sources, sampling and analysis, the microbiology of mine water, secondary minerals, adsorption/desorption processes

6. Eh-pH conditions, the Fe system, the Al system, the As system, the Hg system, the sulfate system, the carbonate system

7. monitoring mine water, spatial and temporal variations of acid mine drainage, modeling of mine water composition, environmental impacts

8. treatment of acid mine drainage

9. cyanide ? occurrences and uses, geochemistry, Au extraction, analysis and monitoring, environmental impact, cyanide attenuation

Entry requirements - Czech
Last update: doc. Mgr. Petr Drahota, Ph.D. (02.10.2023)

Přednáška je vhodná pro studenty, kteří již absolvovali Ložiskovou geologii (MG432P01) a Geochemii (MG431P01). Není to však podmínkou, zejména u studentů oboru Chemie životního prostředí.

 
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