Problems and prospects of using industrial waste in mine reclamation

In the modern world, the problem of the formation of solid industrial waste is becoming increasingly urgent. Storing such waste leads to negative consequences and also requires available space for its placement. However, with the tightening of the requirements of Russian legislation in the field of environmental protection and rational use of land resources, it has become necessary to create dump structures with maximum parameters. At the same time, in terms of lithological composition and content of useful components, many types of accumulated waste represent a large source of secondary raw materials for the creation of new materials. The main objective of this work is to substantiate the sustainable parameters of mining waste disposal structures and the re-involvement of production waste in the process of their reclamation. This approach will ensure the safety of mining operations, reduce the technogenic load on the environment and reduce the volume of use of soil resources involved in the formation of the soil-vegetative layer on the surface of the dumps. The results of the research carried out in this work are of high significance and can be used to create technologies for the reclamation of industrial territories of dump complexes, which in turn will ensure the safety of mining operations and effectively use secondary resources to restore the natural environment.

Kutepov Yu. I., Kutepova N. A., Mukhina A. S. Problems and prospects of using industrial waste in mine reclamation. MIAB. Mining Inf. Anal. Bull. 2024;(12-1):5-21. [In Russ]. DOI: 10.25018/0236_1493_2024_121_0_5.

Yu.I. Kutepov¹, Dr. Sci. (Eng.), Professor, Head of Laboratory, e-mail: koutepovy@mail.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3698-3072,
N.A. Kutepova¹, Dr. Sci. (Eng.), Chief Researcher, e-mail: koutepovy@mail.ru,
A.S. Mukhina¹, Cand. Sci. (Eng.), Researcher, e-mail: aleksandra_sergeevna94@mail.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0707-8914,
¹ Empress Catherine II Saint-Petersburg Mining University, 199106, Saint-Petersburg, Russia,

Yu.I. Kutepov, e-mail: koutepovy@mail.ru.

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