
More than half (64 %) of the waste from metal

Mines are covering about 678 hectares of Slovenian territory. Of waste sites from metal mines and 76,188,000 m3 Impact of mining waste, which has been carried out since the EU Directive on the management of waste fromĮxtractive industries (Directive 2006/21/EC hereafter) was adopted into national law. It provides a basis for further research into the environmental Inventory is in the open access Google Earth file. Non-metallic mineral resource mines, 156 waste sites from metal mines and 18 waste sites from coal mines. Based on a selected methodology, the inventory contains information on 33 metal mines, 43 coal mines, 51 In order to establish the inventory, a definition of the work methodology, a comprehensive research of theĪrchived and published literature, and the harmonisation and management of the collected data was carried On closed and abandoned mining waste sites in Slovenia is given.


Furthermore, a detailed overview of information Geological Survey of Slovenia (GeoZS) over the last two decades. Underground and surface mines and mining waste sites in Slovenia, collected within the framework of the The presented work provides a comprehensive inventory of data on closed (or in closing phase) and abandoned
