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Environmental Impacts Related to Closed Mines in Inner Mongolia

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  • Honglei Liu

    (School of Geosciences & Surveying Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing 100083, China
    North China Engineering Investigation Institute Co., Ltd., Shijiazhuang 050021, China)

  • Qiang Wu

    (School of Geosciences & Surveying Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing 100083, China
    National Engineering Research Center of Coal Mine Water Hazard Controlling, Beijing 100083, China)

  • Jianxin Chen

    (Geological Environment Monitoring Institute of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Hohhot 010020, China)

  • Mingjun Wang

    (Geological Environment Monitoring Institute of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Hohhot 010020, China)

  • Di Zhao

    (School of Geosciences & Surveying Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing 100083, China)

  • Cheng Duan

    (Geological Environment Monitoring Institute of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Hohhot 010020, China)

Abstract

Mining activities, while promoting social and economic development, alter the environments and ecosystems of mining areas. Some of the alterations have negative impacts on the environment, while some have positive impacts. By understanding the positive and negative impacts related to closed mines in Inner Mongolia, this research aims to seek advantages of the positive impacts on the environment and reduce the harm of the negative impacts, extending the mining value chain. The paper reviewed four main negative environmental impacts (NEIs) of closed mines and proposed four positive environmental impacts (PEIs) which include ecosystem services, cultural services, land resources and underground space resources, and energy sources and mineral resources. The paper focused on the environmental problems and the PEI utilization of closed mines in Inner Mongolia with 20 representative cases. It carefully studied the Minda Mine which is a good example to combine several PEI utilization objectives. Multiple PEI objectives, as well as the correlations among different objectives, can benefit closed mines ecologically, economically, and socially. In addition, a three-step framework for closed mine revitalization and the factors affecting the compound PEI objectives are mentioned in the paper.

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  • Honglei Liu & Qiang Wu & Jianxin Chen & Mingjun Wang & Di Zhao & Cheng Duan, 2021. "Environmental Impacts Related to Closed Mines in Inner Mongolia," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(23), pages 1-19, December.
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