EISLEBEN, GERMANY Reclamation of slag heaps, Eisleben, Germany Subproject 1: Rohhütte Helbra Subproject 2: Rohhütte Eisleben Subproject 3: Lead plant Hettstedt Short description of mining or processing waste present in

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AITIK, SWEDEN The Aitik mine, near Gällivare in northern Sweden, is the largest Cu mine in Europe. The following description i based on Lindvall and Eriksson (2003, The climate is sub-arctic, with an annual mean

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• Tailings
• Copper extraction techniques
• Mining
• Kolwezi tailings project
• Environmental issues with mining
• Environment
• Acid mine drainage

ZINKGRUVAN, SWEDEN The Zinkgruvan Mine is an underground zinc and lead mine that has been in operation sinceDecommissioning plans were described by Axelsson and MellbergThe extracted stopes are backfilled

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• Environment
• Zinkgruvan
• Mining
• Environmental issues with mining
• Tailings
• Waste

STRÅSSA, SWEDEN Type of mining or processing waste Extraction of crushed rock from iron ore mining waste. Basic description of mining or processing process Material extracted from waste pile with excavator. Removal of o

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• Stone
• Construction
• Gravel
• Sedimentology
• Nature
• Tailings
• Mining
• Particle size
• Chat
• Environment
• Waste
• Pavements

ERVALLA, SWEDEN Studies have demonstrated that sludge and ashes are suitable materials for covering of waste deposits. When covering mine waste with ash and sludge various positive effects would arise, since the producti

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• Martin County
• Kentucky
• Sludge
• Leachate
• Waste management
• Sewerage
• Environment

GARPENBERG, SWEDEN At the Garpenberg mine in Bergslagen, Boliden produces about one million tonnes of complex sulphide ore annually (5.6 % Zn, 2.2 % Pb and 0.1 % Cu). Mining in the area has been going on since the 9th ce

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• Acid mine drainage
• Mining
• Environmental issues with mining
• Tailings
• Waste

RANSTAD, SWEDEN Mine waste leachate from this deposit, containing elevated concentrations of various metals and non-metals (e.g. iron, manganese, arsenic, uranium, zinc), is treated in a so-called Natural Treatment Syste

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• Waste management
• Laboratory techniques
• Water treatment
• Water pollution
• Environmental soil science
• Leachate
• Sedimentation
• Filtration
• Water filter
• Chemistry
• Environment
• Sewerage

FALUN, SWEDEN Type of mining or processing waste Extraction of weathered sulphidic mining waste from Cu-Zn-mining for production of red color pigment. Basic description of mining or processing process where mining waste

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• Economic geology
• Mining
• Occupational safety and health
• Chalcopyrite
• Falu red
• Ore
• Pigment
• Copper
• Ochre
• Chemistry
• Matter
• Crystallography

STEKENJOKK, SWEDEN Stekenjokk is a stratabound volcanogenic Zn-Cu deposit of Caledonian age, situated in northern Sweden close to the Norwegian border. The average grade was 3.2 % Zn, 1.4 % Cu, 0.3 % Pb and 40 g/tonne Ag

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• Environment
• Dam
• Mining
• Environmental issues with mining
• Waste
• Tailings

TECHNOLOGIES OF PRODUCTION OF COAL, AGGREGATES AND CERAMIC SHALE FROM HARD COAL PROCESSING WASTES (Koperski and Lech, 2007) Haldex is the leading Polish producer of aggregates and other raw materials from hard coal proce

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• Technology
• Coal
• Recycling
• Environmental issues with mining
• Tailings
• Mining
• Crusher
• Anthracite
• Waste
• Environment
• Coal mining