A GIS-based methodology for identifying sustainability conflict areas in mine design – a case study from a surface coal mine in the USA

Craynon, John R.; Sarver, Emily; Ripepi, Nino; Karmis, M.

doi:10.1080/17480930.2015.1035872

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“…The works performed with the use of the tools of geographic information systems, combined with a cartographic presentation, will allow to verify the coexistence between the facilities and the local communities, and can be used for future assessments of "social acceptance". The usefulness of GIS tools in dealing with social licencing issues has been confirmed in Craynon's work (Craynon, 2016). Social acceptance is a key indicator of the socio-political risk associated with a mining project (Que, et al, 2015).…”

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Copper ore post-flotation settling tanks in Poland: social acceptance or objection?

Pactwa

Górniak-Zimroz

2021

Environ Dev Sustain

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The issues concerning mining have been causing a wide variety of emotions. Objection to and disagreement with new investments, but also social acceptance for the operation of mining plants offering stable employment. Production in this sector is associated with the generation of waste. In the case of copper ore mining, the result of the entrepreneur's activity consists of waste treatment facilities in the form of post-flotation settling tanks. In addition to the inactive facilities in Lower Silesia, there is also the settling tank Zelazny Most, which is used and expanded. The large area and risk to the environment allow to suppose that the existence of settling tanks in social space generates conflicts or it is conducive to the emigration of the residents. In order to verify the above-mentioned hypothesis, the authors used geographic information systems to analyse the current population status and expansion of the road and rail network, the residents’ drinking water sources and soil permeability in five impact zones. The achieved results allow to conclude that the facilities belonging to KGHM PM S.A. coexist with their surroundings, thus gaining social acceptance. The proposed research methodology can be used by the entrepreneurs, but also local authorities to evaluate the acceptance of mining waste disposal facilities.

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confidence: 89%

Copper ore post-flotation settling tanks in Poland: social acceptance or objection?

Pactwa

Górniak-Zimroz

2021

Environ Dev Sustain

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“…Craynon et al [25] carried out a GIS-based spatial analysis considering social, environmental, and economic factors for the sustainable development of mineral and energy resources. In addition, a case study was conducted to identify potential sustainability conflict zones in mining design.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The case study suggests that the use of this approach could have promoted better communication and planning. The adoption of such a process could assist in the transition to a new regulatory framework that is based on and promotes sustainable development principles [25].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Examples include ore reserve detection and estimation using spatial 3D query tools [13], visualization of uncertainty in open-pit boundaries [17], and land-use selection after mine closure using multi-criteria decision analysis [70]. Furthermore, mining-induced potential conflicts [24,25], disasters [47,[53][54][55], and hazards [59][60][61][62][63] can be identified in advance using spatial analysis tools. Finally, all of the data and information are shared with multiple users to discuss optimal decisions through enterprise GIS technology [42].…”

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Review of GIS-Based Applications for Mining: Planning, Operation, and Environmental Management

2020

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In this study, geographic information system (GIS)-based methods and applications utilized for mine development were reviewed. Three types of GIS-based studies, namely studies on mine planning, operation, and environmental management, were examined to describe the role of GIS as a decision-making support tool in mine development. This review was conducted by classifying previous GIS-based studies into several subtopics that pertain to mine development activities and the range of environments to be managed. Because the use of GIS is appropriate for spatial data management related to ore deposits and mine environment conditions at various scales, the applications of GIS-based methods in mine development could be expanded further.

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“…To resolve or prevent land-mining conflicts, previous studies proposed many methods. Such as comprehensive planning and management of coal mining and land use before coal exploiting (Hilson 2002;Delang et al 2013;Wawryk 2014;Johnsen 2016), systematic engineering approaches through simultaneously considering social, economic, and environmental factors to optimize mining design for more sustainable mining activities (Craynon et al 2016), and land use policies. They concluded that mining companies, governments, communities, and the public should focus on factors such as mining disturbance to land, mine waste management and land reclamation and mining right transfer fees.…”

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Coordinating urban construction and coal resource mining based on equilibrium value between coal reserve and land resource in coal cities

Jiang

Wang

et al. 2021

Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk

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With the acceleration of urbanization and industrialization, coal cities in China are suffering from the conflicts between urban construction and coal mining (land-mining). Land-mining conflicts in coal cities have caused serious destruction of land resources and the aggravation of ecological and economic conflicts. In order to deal with the land-mining conflict, we proposed a new threedimensional spatial analysis framework to overall plan the underground coal exploitation and aboveground land use based on economic comparative advantage and value equilibrium theory. First, estimating aboveground land resource value (LP) and underground coal resource value (MP), then comparing MP and LP by equilibrium analysis method to recognize three-dimensional development boundary. Last three boundaries derived were used to divide the study area into four parts (construction/mining-forbidden area, construction put-off/mining-limited area, construction limited/ mining-put-off area and construction forbidden/mining area). Ji'ning, a typical Chinese land-mining conflict city, is taken as a case to verify the effectiveness of the new method. The results show that the amount of coal mining and urban construction area increased by about 2 times, the new method can resolve land-mining conflicts in coal cities. It can contribute to a better reference for the design of coal city regulation and control policies design.

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A GIS-based methodology for identifying sustainability conflict areas in mine design – a case study from a surface coal mine in the USA

Cited by 17 publications

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Copper ore post-flotation settling tanks in Poland: social acceptance or objection?

Copper ore post-flotation settling tanks in Poland: social acceptance or objection?

Review of GIS-Based Applications for Mining: Planning, Operation, and Environmental Management

Coordinating urban construction and coal resource mining based on equilibrium value between coal reserve and land resource in coal cities

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