Landscape Transformations (1987–2022): Analyzing Spatial Changes Driven by Mining Activities in Ayapel, Colombia by Juan David Pérez-Aristizábal, Oscar Puerta-Avilés, Juan Jiménez-Caldera, Andrés Caballero-Calvo

“…This study, focused on the Municipality of Ayapel, Colombia, identifies the landscape units and analyzes the changes in land use and cover resulting from gold mining between the years 1987, 2002, and 2022, applying the CORINE Land Cover methodology, an adapted legend for Colombia, using Landsat satellite images. …”
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Submarine Disposal Method of Mine Tailings (Slurry Sludge) by Naim Sezgin

“…Due to negative effects of on-land storage facilities on the environment, mine tailings (or mine waste sludge) disposal in the receiving environments such as submarine, under constant reduction conditions and geochemically stable sulphite minerals, can see as a new and safer alternative method to land storage facilities. …”
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Ground Subsidence Evolution from 1000 m Deep Mining: A Case Study in Fengfeng Mining Area by Yueguan Yan, Ming Li, Jibo Liu, Weitao Yan, Jinman Zhang, Bang Zhou

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Field Measurement and Numerical Modelling Study on Mining-Induced Subsidence in a Typical Underground Mining Area of Northwestern China by Kai Zhang, Lu Bai, Pengfei Wang, Zhuang Zhu

“…In view of the fact that the research on land degradation above underground coal mines are completely or partially independent of coal mining activity and the fact that the mechanism behind mining-induced subsidence has not been well understood, this study presents a field measurement and numerical study of mining-induced subsidence with respect to mining activity of three adjacent longwall panels in a coal mine in Northwest China. …”
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Metamorphosis of Mining Landscapes in the Lower Lusatian Lignite Basin (Germany): New Uses and New Image of a Mining Region by Michel Deshaies

“…Since German reunification, the landscapes of the East German lignite basins, which have been shaped by open-cast mining, have undergone a profound transformation as a result of the closure of most of the mines. …”
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Analysis of Land Use/Land Cover Changes Using Remote Sensing Data and GIS at an Urban Area, Tirupati, India by Praveen Kumar Mallupattu, Jayarama Reddy Sreenivasula Reddy

“…No mining activities were found in the study area in 1976, but a small addition of mining land was found in 2003.…”
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Bioremediation of Ex-Mining Soil with the Biocompost in the Incubation Experiments by Elvrida Rosa, Sufardi Sufardi, Syafruddin Syafruddin, Muhammad Rusdi

“…A process called bioremediation can be used to turn abandoned mining sites into useful agricultural land. An alternative to enhancing the quality of the ex-siltstone mining soil so that it can be used again as agricultural land is the application of biocompost fertilizer. …”
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Reclaiming Subsidized Land: An Evaluation of Coal Gangue Interlayers by Yuling Gong, Zhenqi Hu, Kevin McSweeney

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Geography of Sand and Gravel Mining in the Lower Mekong River by Jean-Paul Bravard, Marc Goichot, Stéphane Gaillot

“…Sand and gravel mining from rivers has increased throughout the developed countries since at least the mid-1900s, for construction (concrete) and for landfill (railways, motorways, land reclamation in flooded areas, offshore reclamation). …”
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Application of Magnetometer-Equipped Drone for Mineral Exploration in Mining Operations by Dimitris Perikleous, Katerina Margariti, Pantelis Velanas, Cristina Saez Blazquez, Pedro Carrasco Garcia, Diego Gonzalez-Aguilera

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Influence of Coal Mining Activities on Soil's Agrochemical and Biochemical Properties by Svetlana Ivanova, Anna Vesnina, Nataly Fotina, Alexander Prosekov

“…Agrochemical and biochemical analysis of soil samples was conducted before and after the mining reclamation stage. The baseline indicators of coal mines indicated that all studied territories needed a full cycle of technologically disturbed land recultivation measures. …”
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Hydrogel and Organic Amendments to Increase Water Retention in Anthroposols for Land Reclamation by Valerie S. Miller, M. Anne Naeth

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Assessment of soil properties in technogenically disturbed lands of Kemerovo Oblast – Kuzbass by Maria Osintseva

“…Recultivation is a critical operation after mining operations. In Kemerovo Oblast – Kuzbass, Russia, a lot of land has suffered degradation due to stripping operations. …”
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Expertise and community juridification: Defense of subsoil and communal lands in Oaxaca, Mexico by Salvador Aquino-Centeno

“…The mining companies, the court and the federal government sought to undermine rights to indigenous community identity; the mining companies argued that they had private property and land concessions, whereas the government defended the nation's sovereignty over the subsoil. …”
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Mine Geological Environment Monitoring and Risk Assessment in Arid and Semiarid Areas by Jiaqi Jin, Chicheng Yan, Yixuan Tang, Yilong Yin

“…Along with the accelerated shift of coal mining to the ecologically fragile west, the contradiction between coal resource development and ecological protection in the western arid and semiarid coal mining areas is rapidly intensifying. …”
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Observations on old Serbian terminology for iron mining and processing: Želězo and gvozdje by Loma Aleksandar B.

“…The word železník in this sense, apparently calqued on Middle High German îsensmit, is attested in Old Czech, wherefrom it appears to have spread to Slovenia (place name Železniki) and perhaps also to the medieval Serbia, where the development of mining can be traced back to the mid-thirteenth century owing to the German settlers (OSerb Sasi, ‘Saxons’); presumably a part of them originated from the Czech lands; at least their first settlement on the Serbian soil, Brskovo, seems to have been named after Brzkov in the mining district around Jihlava (Iglau), on the historical border between Bohemia and Moravia. …”
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The Analysis of Spatiotemporal Changes in Vegetation Coverage and Driving Factors in the Historically Affected Manganese Mining Areas of Yongzhou City, Hunan Province by Jinbin Liu, Zexin He, Huading Shi, Yun Zhao, Junke Wang, Anfu Liu, Li Li, Ruifeng Zhu

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Geopolitical Concerns Arising From Mining Activities in Some Parts of Nigeria and Cameroon by Rifkatu Nghargbu, K'tso Nghargbu, Shekwonyadu Iyakwari

“…The concerns range from negative impacts of mining such as pollution-induced health problems as a result of contaminated water and land, destruction of aquatic creatures, mining pits as death traps, as well as destruction of farm lands. …”
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Assessing the Effects of Land Use Practices on the Environment in Rugarama North Ntungamo District. by Turyahabwe, Deus

“…There is need for policy making concerning environmental conservation measures through a forestation thus discouraging or reducing deforestation and education of masses should be encouraged relating to the efficient use of land use practices on environment through sensitizing people on dangers of mining and mining related effects.…”
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Empirical Study on Emotional Perception and Restorative Effects of Suzhou Garden Landscapes: Text Mining and Statistical Analysis by Zhenyu Zhang, Xiaomeng Wang, Mu Jiang

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