Sustainability, risk assessment and revitalization of post-mining pits and spoil dumps

 International Conference on
"Sustainability, risk assessment and revitalization of post-mining pits and spoil dumps"
RAFF and SUMAD projects' achievements

On October 6-7, 2022 in Wrocław, Poland an international conference entitled "Sustainability, risk assessment and revitalization of excavations and post-mining heaps" took place.

The conference summarized the most important achievements of the RAFF (“Risk assessment of final pits during flooding”) and SUMAD (“Sustainable Use of Mining Waste Dumps”) projects, financed by the Research Fund for Coal and Steel and the Ministry of Education and Science. The RAFF project deals with issues related to pit lakes, which are one of the most common uses of post-exploitation areas, while the SUMAD project aims at optimizing the sustainable use and long-term management of mining spoil dumps

The conference gathered representatives of research institutions, mining and energy companies and local government authorities from Poland, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Romania, Greece, Spain, France and Germany.
During the presentations many interesting aspects of geotechnical and hydrogeological conditions in coal post-mining areas, hazards related to formation of mine pit lakes, heterogeneity and a time-dependent mechanical behaviour of mine spoil material, modelling techniques were presented.

Together with the Co-organizer of the conference, the University of Nottingham, we would like to thank all the Speakers and Participants for very interesting presentations and discussions and Project Partners for fruitful cooperation.