Mining
region |
Factors
of influence on the geological environment by mining activities |
Areas of surface
deterioration
(km2) |
Rate of mine water
rising
(m3 per day) |
Technogenic level of
hazardous geological processes |
Volume of accumulated
waste
(million cub.m) |
Level of soil
pollution |
Donbas (bituminous coal) |
15 000 |
2.5x106 |
Land subsidence,
underflooding, dislocations, karst, erosion |
1050 |
Complex (heavy metals,
oil products and chemical compounds) |
Lviv-Volyn (bituminous
coal) |
150 |
0.06x106 |
Land subsidence,
underflooding, karst |
0.05 |
Complex (heavy metals and
chemical compounds) |
Dniprovskyi (brown coal,
lignite) |
20 |
0.24x106 |
underflooding,
dislocations |
Negligible |
Complex (heavy metals,
oil products) |
Dniprovsko-Donetsk
depression (crude oil, natural gas) |
Negligible |
No |
Negligible,
local |
No |
Complex, local
(oil products) |
Kryvbas (iron ore) |
170 |
0.13x106 |
Land subsidence,
underflooding, dislocations, karst |
1.6 |
Complex (heavy metals,
oil products and chemical compounds) |
Prycarpattia (natural
sulphur) |
150 |
0.13x106 |
Land subsidence,
underflooding, dislocations, karst, suffosion |
More than 50.0 |
High (chemical compounds,
sulphur, salts) |
