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Exploitation of mineral resources aimed at protection of environment - can this be?

Surface mining of mineral resources enables massive excavation, but results in extensive degradations of a specific area, either in non-reclaimed state, or left with a significant change in the purpose for which this land can be used. It is also important that certain mineral resources that were previously dumped as overburden can, due to changes in economic conditions, frequently become a valuable raw material. In this paper, the possibilities for exploitation of the piled technical stone in the former surface bauxite mine named Stari Gaj (near Obrovac, inland from Zadar) are discussed as a characteristic example of such an exploitation project.

mineral resource; environment; dumping; reclaiming

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