Heavy metal-and organic-matter pollution due to self-heating coal-waste dumps in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Poland)

Á Nádudvari, B Kozielska, A Abramowicz… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study provides potential insight between self-heating coal-waste dumps and related
environmental pollution in southern Poland. Samples collected from dumps in the Upper …

Coal mining waste in Poland in reference to circular economy principles

K Pactwa, J Woźniak, M Dudek - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
The article deals with the problem of mining waste, which is the largest group of waste
balance in Poland. Based on research, the current state of waste management in Polish coal …

Examining the effect of spontaneous combustion on vegetation restoration at coal waste dumps after reclamation: Taking Medicago sativa L.(Alfalfa) as an indicator

H Ren, W Xiao, Y Zhao - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
The Spontaneous combustion problem poses a significant threat to the coal waste dumps
after reclamation. Spontaneous combustion alters the soil environment and further affects …

High concentrations of HgS, MeHg and toxic gas emissions in thermally affected waste dumps from hard coal mining in Poland

Á Nádudvari, J Cabała, L Marynowski… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study aims to provide numerous environmental research approaches to understand the
formation of mineral and organic mercury compounds in self-heating coal waste dumps of …

Distribution of coal and coal combustion related organic pollutants in the environment of the Upper Silesian Industrial Region

Á Nádudvari, MJ Fabiańska, L Marynowski… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, a large sample set (276) was separated into up to 15 groups, including coal, fly
ash, total particulate matter, coal wastes, river sediments, and different water types …

Environmental influence of gaseous emissions from self-heating coal waste dumps in Silesia, Poland

M Fabiańska, J Ciesielczuk, Á Nádudvari… - Environmental …, 2019 - Springer
Gaseous emissions from seven self-heating coal waste dumps in two large coal mining
basins, Upper and Lower Silesia (Poland), were investigated by gas chromatography (GC …

An experimental study of possible post-war ferronickel slag waste disposal in szklary (Lower silesian, poland) as partial aggregate substitute in concrete …

M Małek, M Jackowski, W Łasica, K Dydek… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Aggregates derived from waste, due to the growing awareness of global warming, are more
and more often used in the concrete production process. This way, their disposal not only …

Self-heating coal waste fire monitoring and related environmental problems: case studies from Poland and Ukraine

Á Nádudvari, A Abramowicz… - Journal of …, 2021 - ojs.bibl.u-szeged.hu
The self-heating of coal waste dumps is considered as a serious environmental issue,
wherever active or inactive coal mining has been present. This issue is introduced from two …

Organic minerals in a self-heating coal-waste dump in Upper Silesia, Poland: Structure, formation pathways and environmental issues

Á Nádudvari, T Krzykawski, M Jabłońska… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The study presents research on the unusual appearance of purple-colored organic minerals,
ravatite (phenanthrene) and freitalite (anthracene), occurring in the migrating front wall of a …

Selected ions and major and trace elements as contaminants in coal-waste dump water from the Lower and Upper Silesian Coal Basins (Poland)

L Lewińska-Preis, E Szram, MJ Fabiańska… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Many temporary and permanent reservoirs of water occur on or near coal-waste dumps in
the Lower-and Upper Silesian Coal Basins (Poland). Little or nothing is known of the degree …