Ecological restoration of mining areas has mainly focused on the succession dynamics of vegetation and the fate of microbial communities remains poorly understood. We examined changes in soil characteristics and plant and microbial communities with increasing reclamation period in an open coal mine. Bacterial, archaeal and fungal communities were assessed by tag-encoded 454 pyrosequencing. At t...

Thermal power stations using pulverised coal as fuel, generate large quantity of ash as waste by product, which poses dual problem of environment and disposal. Flyash is a versatile material with many possible applications such as land filling and in land reclamation of low lying areas. An experimental investigation has been carried out to study the behaviour of compacted ash overlying sand dep...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to test for differences in injury rates for contractor-operated underground coal mines relative to owner-operated mines in Kentucky, controlling for other covariates. METHODS We used disparities between MSHA contractor data and surface reclamation permit data to identify mines operated by contractors. We then used negative binomial regression to estimate in...

Surface lignite coal mines in east Texas are commonly reforested using loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) following mining and reclamation activities. Due to the nature of such an extreme disturbance, altered growth patterns, growth rates, and productivity could be expected. We destructively sampled aboveand belowground tissue to develop prediction equations specific to these sites. These predictio...

The concentrations of metals in the buried marine sediment and groundwater were differently affected by land reclamation. Nine metals (V, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb) in sediment and coastal groundwater from reclamation areas in Shenzhen were examined. The gradually decreased concentrations (V, Cr, Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn) in sediment and relatively higher concentrations (V, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu and...

Coal fly ash (CFA), which is generated in huge quantities coal-fired power plants, a problem worldwide. Mixtures with and sewage sludge alter morphological biochemical characteristics of plants. In this experiment, the response pine, spruce, beech alder growing for four years to mineral mixtures based on coal high salinity (SS) was studied. The four-year experiment determined chlorophyll fluore...

Vegetation plays an important role in improving and restoring fragile ecological environments. In the Antaibao opencast coal mine, located in a loess area, the eco-environment has been substantially disturbed by mining activities, and the relationship between the vegetation and environmental factors is not very clear. Therefore, it is crucial to understand the effects of soil and topographic fa...

The paper presents the results of research and assessment revegetation degree in reclaimed areas using coal preparation waste Kemerovo region – Kuzbass. Reclamation disturbed lands was carried out by backfilling worked-out pits former mine with forming a root layer on leveled surface materials fertile soil (FSL) potentially rocks (PFR). During field survey reclamation sites, it found that when ...

Surface coal mining in Appalachia disturbs hundreds of hectares of land every year with the removal of valuable and ecologically diverse eastern deciduous forests. After the passage of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act in 1977, coal mine operators began planting a variety of grasses and legumes as a fast and economical way to reestablish a permanent vegetative cover to meet erosion...