The Process of Designing the Post-Mining Land Reclamation Investment Using Process Maps. Case Study

Katarzyna Midor, Witold Biały, Joanna Rogala-Rojek and Piotr Matusiak
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Katarzyna Midor: Faculty of Organization and Management, Silesian University of Technology, Roosevelta 26, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland
Witold Biały: Faculty of Organization and Management, Silesian University of Technology, Roosevelta 26, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland
Joanna Rogala-Rojek: KOMAG Institute of Mining Technology, Pszczyńska 37, 44-101 Gliwice, Poland
Piotr Matusiak: KOMAG Institute of Mining Technology, Pszczyńska 37, 44-101 Gliwice, Poland

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 17, 1-10

Abstract: In the present day, Europe is moving away from fossil fuels. This is due to the need to reduce CO 2 emissions released to the atmosphere. As a result of this process, especially in Upper Silesia, Poland, there will be more areas requiring measures after the closing of mines. Reclamation of post-mining areas is a very difficult task, as there is no universal method of planning the recultivation. During mining operations, we observed many forms of environmental degradation. The article presents the use of one of the newer and increasingly used modeling methods in recultivation processes—the process map. Analysis of the investment is presented, based on the example of the recultivation of a pit after closing the hard coal mine. The main purpose of the analysis was to shorten the designing time of the construction and realization process. Two maps of processes were made, and a map of the existing and desired processes, as well as the benefits from this, are shown. This article presents only one of the stages of the recultivation process—the investment project process—, treating it as an example for optimizing the entire project related to recultivation.

Keywords: post-mining areas; reclamation; process map; recultivation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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