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| GEOL0281-4 | Environmental aspects of industrial and mining activities
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| Duration : | 25h Th, 1d FW, 25h Labo., 5h Proj. |
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| Lecturer : | Stoyan Gaydardzhiev |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| The activities related to sustainable exploitation of primary and secondary resources word wide are associated with strong environmental pressure. Therefore it is imperative for an engineer to be aware about the administrative and legislative procedures linked to environmental impact studies during industrial and mining activities. The legal requirements and the procedures differ from country to country. During this course the following aspects will be covered: EMP (environmental management plan and auditing, waste management and environmental control, effluents treatment and tailing ponds management, sites rehabilitation. The principle geochemical risks linked to management of mining and industrial tailings will be presented, together with those related to the management of wastes derived from mineral concentration plants. The environmental issues linked to small scale mining will be covered as well. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Get aware the students with the main effects which the industrial and mining activities bear on environment
After attending the cours the students will be able to
- understand the management aspects of mining and industrial activities and their implication to the local legislation and the conservation of natural resources.
- get acquainted and being able to analyse the pros and the cons of the different methods for rehabilitation of industrial and mining sites |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| A basic knowldge in chemistry (general reactions) is compulsory. A knowledge about the mineral processing techniques is desirable. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The course includes lectures (25 h) covering the theoretical aspects, practical lab works and site visits (if possible)
The lab works (including calculations) will cover the aspects of:
Acid generation capacities of mine/industrial wastes; Acid neutralising features of mine wastes; Mobility characterisations for certain heavy metal elements.
The results from the lab tests (in groups) should be presented in a form of a written report. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face
First quadrimester - Wednesdays - from 8:30 to 12:30, room S33, B37
Lectures, lab works, site visits, seminars. The slides for the lectures are in English. Lab work instructions will be available to students before each practical. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Lecture material as pdf files will be available at the Ecampus platform.
Literature:
Sustainable development and the future of mineral investment (2000) in Otto J. & Cordes J (eds), UN Publications ; Christopher Wood. (1997)
Mining and Environment:From Ore to Metal, Karl-Heinz Spitz, CRC Press, 2008
Environmental impact assessment - a comparative review, Longman; Larry Canter. Environmental impact assessment, (1997) McGraw Hill Int.; Environmental Management in the Australian Minerals and Energy Industries - principles and practices, (1999) D. Mulligan (ed.) UNSW press book. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Written exam. The students could be questionned either in Eglish or in French during the exam. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| The cours is delivered during the first quadrimester |
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Contacts :
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| Stoyan GAYDARDZHIEV - Prof. B 52/3, office -1/412, 04 3669120
S.Gaydardzhiev@ulg.ac.be
Pierre-Henry KOCH, Assistant B 52/3,
ph.koch@ulg.ac.be |
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