ECOLOGY

Original paper

UDC 622.882(470.53):622.85 © I.V. Zenkov, E.V. Kiryushina, Eduardo Gusmo Pereira, Yu.P. Yuronen, 2025

ISSN 0041-5790 (Print) • ISSN 2412-8333 (Online) • Ugol’ – Russian Coal Journal, 2025, № 1, pp. 109-112

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18796/0041-5790-2025-1-109-112

A STUDY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES UPON COMPLETION OF UNDERGROUND COAL MINING OPERATIONS IN THE NOVGOROD AND TVER REGIONS

Authors

I.V. Zenkov, Siberian Research Institute of Mining and Surveying, Krasnoyarsk, 660025, Russian Federation, e-mail: zenkoviv@mail.ru

E.V. Kiryushina, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russian Federation

Eduardo Gusmo Pereira, Federal University of Viosa, Florestal, 35690-000, Brazil

Yu.P. Yuronen, Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology, Krasnoyarsk, 660037, Russian Federation

Authors Information

Zenkov I.V. – Doctor of Engineering Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for Scientific Work, Siberian Research Institute of Mining and Surveying, Krasnoyarsk, 660025, Russian Federation, e-mail: zenkoviv@mail.ru

Kiryushina E.V. – PhD (Engineering), Associate Professor, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russian Federation

Pereira Eduardo Gusmo – PhD (Biological), Associate Professor, Federal University of Viosa, Florestal, 35690-000, Brazil

Yuronen Yu.P. – PhD (Engineering), Associate Professor, Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology, Krasnoyarsk, 660037, Russian Federation

Abstract

The article presents the results of studying the environmental state of lands disturbed upon completion of underground coal mining of the coal-bearing areas of the Moscow region coal basin in the territory of the Novgorod and Tver Regions. The areas of mine spoil banks have been revealed. The directions are defined of the coal and rock mixture transfer from the surface of the mine spoil banks to the rivers under the action of atmospheric precipitation. Complex activities are proposed to accelerate the recovery of the environmental balance on the surface of the mine spoil banks by applying loose Quaternary rocks with the thickness of at least one meter and sowing leguminous and cereal crops as well as trees and shrubs.

Keywords

Coal mines, remote sensing of the Earth from space, Moscow Region coal basin, Novgorod Region, Tver Region, coal mines, mine spoil banks, mining ecology, environmental challenges.

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For citation

Zenkov I.V., Kiryushina E.V., Pereira Eduardo Gusmo, Yuronen Yu.P. A study of the environmental challenges upon completion of underground coal mining operations in the Novgorod and Tver Regions. Ugol’. 2025;(1):109-112. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.18796/0041-5790-2025-1-109-112.

Paper Info

Received November 25, 2024
Reviewed December 16, 2024
Accepted December 26, 2024