Possibilities of recycling of metallurgical slags and coal mining wastes and reclamation of dumping grounds in Upper Silesian Coal Basin (southern Poland)

摘要

The problem of disposing of post metallurgic and coal mining wastes in Upper Silesian Coal Basin [USCB] is discussed. Characteristics of petrographic and miner-alogical composition of wastes as well as description of geochemical processes occurring in the waste material are presented. Environmental impacts of waste dumps and threats for the inhabitants living in the neighbourhood of these objects are shown. The possibilities of the secondary use of material collected on the dumps and further reclamation of described areas are indicated.