Some valuable minerals, such as lignite, are extracted through open-pit mining works. After
the cessation of mining activity, large-scale gaps result in the landscape. These gaps, also …

Controlled flooding of the remaining gaps of former quarries (especially lignite quarries) and
the formation of lakes that can take different uses is one of the ways of recovering and …

The Reocín mine is located in Cantabrian region, in northern Spain. Its exploitation ended in
2003 due to the exhaustion of its reserves. In November 2004, the controlled flooding of the …

Flooding the remaining gaps of lignite open-pits and the formation of so-called open-pit
lakes tends to become an increasingly common practice in Romania (in the Oltenia Mining …

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When fine particles known as flammable powders are suspended in the air under specific
circumstances, they have the potential to explode. There could be many serious fatalities …

Formation of so-called open-pit lakes has become an increasingly common practice in
Romania (more precisely in the-Oltenia Mining Basin, where the lignite deposit contained in …

This study aims to present some ecological aspects regarding these lakes, and, as case
study, we chose the lake formed in the remaining gap of Urdari open-pit (within the Rovinari …

The geotechnical characteristics of rocks influence their behavior in terms of their strength
and stability. Changing the geotechnical characteristics of the rocks is the direct cause of the …

Tworzenie jezior w wyrobiskach pozostałych po kopalniach odkrywkowych staje się coraz
bardziej powszechną praktyką w Rumunii (dokładniej w Zagłębiu Górniczym Oltenia, gdzie …