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Bucim Clean Up - The Why and How |
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Bucim mine is an active copper mine. Disposed mining waste rock materials create environmentally hazardous conditions for residents and ecosystems in the local areas. Acid mine drainage, containing metals and sulphates reach downstream water bodies and pollute the water and soil. Flotation waste materials are discharged in a tailings reservoir and with the same material the impounding dam is simultaneously being built. Small dust particles, prone to wind erosion are transported by wind and endanger the local population in village of Topolnica.
The project intervention consists of construction of a system for collection and treatment of the waters from the mining zone and the waste-rock dump and pumping the polluted waters back into the technological process and the tailings reservoir. This prevents release of pollutants downstream, thus eliminating pollution of the rivers and soil.
Also, measures have been undertaken for protection from fugitive dust. More than 12 ha of biologically inactive bare land have been re-vegetated and a system for irrigation and wetting is under construction. The interventions are designed to prevent dust generation and minimize its propagation. Project interventions in Bucim can serve as an example of public-private partnership for other locations where historical pollution exists and where environmental liabilities have not been satisfactorily delineated during transformation of the enterprises.
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Clean-up Works for Bucim Mine Focused on Controlling Dust and Water Pollution |
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Clean-up works for Bucim Mine are focused on controlling dust and water pollution. The implementation of the major civil works and equipment supply contracts is underway and the prospects are good for the envisaged installations to become operational.
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System for Irrigation and Wetting Under Construction |
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The construction of a system for collection and treatment of the waters from the mining zone and the waste-rock dump and pumping the polluted waters back into the technological process and the tailings reservoir is underway. This will prevent release of pollutants downstream, thus eliminating pollution of the rivers and soil. Measures have been undertaken for protection from fugitive dust. More than 12 ha of biologically inactive bare land have been re-vegetated and a system for irrigation and wetting is under construction.
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Fugitive Dust Control and Irrigation System |
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Technical Design - Part 1, comprising intake, pumping station, pipeline and new water resevoir V=300 m3 has been completed. The design has been financed in parallel by Bucim Mine(part of co-financing). Currently the review of project documentation is ongoing and ToR and tender documents are under preparation for construction works/procurement of equipment. |
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Draft Feasibility Assessment and Main Technical Design Submitted |
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The Feasibility Assessment (FA) has been elaborated in order to identify and analyze clean-up technologies for all waters from Bucim Mine. The desired result is to collect and treat all polluted water in a sustainable and effective manner. |
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