Comprehensive assessment of the earth’s surface state disturbed by mining and ways to improve the situation: case study of Kryvyi Rih Iron-ore Basin, Ukraine
Journal: Frontiers in Environmental Science
Year: 2024

Introduction Complex mineral mining leads to critical earth’s surface disturbance and environmental pollution from industrial waste. This research aims to comprehensively study, assess and show the current scale of the earth’s surface disturbances in the largest mining region of Ukraine – the Kryvyi Rih. Iron-ore Basin and suggests ways to improve the situation based on backfill technologies for the earth’s surface rehabilitation and industrial waste utilization. Methods To identify the forms of