Ecological rehabilitation and long term monitoring of post mining areas
KOMAG continues their work with drone flights to be ready for monitoring of rehabilitation of postmining lands with use of the technologies and solutions developed in the REECOL project. This time the flights were carried out over two locations –
On 11.04.2024 the project partners met in person in Velenje (Slovenia) and online during a meeting hosted by Premogovnik Velenje (https://www.rlv.si/) to discuss the completed, current and future task. Each partner gave a presentation about their work.
Poltegor-Instytut recently visited the Konin Brown Coal Mine, focusing on the Pątnów II B open-pit mine, where mining activities ceased in 2023. The purpose of this visit was to select areas for research on the compost mixture developed by the
Poltegor-Instytut currently works on development of an innovative laboratory compost aimed at improving the rehabilitation processes for post-mining landscapes. This effort is an integral part of the REECOL project’s commitment to addressing soildegradation in post-mining areas.The Institute’s recent work has
On 26.03.2024 an online meeting of project partners involved in WP5 ‘Short and long term monitoring of ecosystem rehabilitation’ took place. It was organized by BRGM, and representatives of the following partners participated: Poltegor-Instytut, Valorhiz, INERIS, GIG, VUHU, TUC, PPC
A public lecture by Dr. M. Rehor from the Brown Coal Research Institute took place on 23.03.2024 at the campus of the Jan Evangelista Purkyne University in the city of Ústí nad Labem. Students, stakeholders and other interested persons were
The project ideas were shared during a conference organized by KOMAG – KOMEKO 2024 . A presentation was given during a session ‘Sustainable development in post-mining areas’ .You can see the presentation here: https://youtu.be/V2QRQfVnStI?t=2199. Additionally, the project roll-up was displayed.
KOMAG’s REECOL team met to discuss issues regarding: a) development of prototype system for non-contact soil remediation and b) monitoring the areas where the system will be used. For the device for spraying the compost, design assumptions were agreed. In
Poltegor-Instytut is currently working intensively on preparing an innovative laboratory compost that will improve the rehabilitation process of post-mining areas.At this stage, work on the isolation of microflora from selected compost substrates is carried out. It is this microscopic life
GIG and KOMAG met to discuss selection of post-mining rehabilitation case study areas that will be used for development and testing of the project solutions. The meeting took place in GIG’s facilities.