“Management of Environmental RIsks During and After mine closure” (MERIDA)
Number: RFCR-CT-2015-00004
Period of implementation: December 15, 2015 — December 15, 2019.
Source of funding: The European Union’s Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS) and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (grant 3582/FBWiS/2016/2).
Environmental Risk Management During and After Mine Closure acronym MERIDA
The task was funded from the state budget as part of the “Horizon 2 Premium” initiative.
Task Title: “Environmental Risk Management During and After Mine Closure, acronym MERIDA” Funding amount and total task value: 271,992 PLN
Task Description: The funding covers supplements to salaries for individuals participating in the project titled “Environmental Risk Management During and After Mine Closure, acronym MERIDA”, carried out under the Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS-2020), based on agreement no. MERIDA RFCR-CT-2015-00004; and the International Co-Funded Projects program, based on agreement 531739/PnH2/2022.
Project participants:
- Główny Instytut Górnictwa – project coordinator,
- Strata Mechanics Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences:
- Division of Rock Mechanics,
- Division of Mine Ventilation.
- DMT GmbH & Co. KG (Germany),
- Imperial College London (Great Britain),
- University of Exeter (Great Britain),
- University of Oviedo (Spain),
- Technical University of Ostrava (Czech Republic),
- HUNOSA (Spain),
- French National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risks (France),
- Kompania Węglowa S.A. (since 2016 — Polska Grupa Górnicza S.A.).
The aim of the project is to develop a methodology for managing the environmental risks associated with the closure of coal mines, both during and after closure, and to develop an integrated approach that will allow the industry to implement the methodology anywhere. MERIDA will produce a best practices manual to be used by the industry and decision-makers for the systematic assessment of the main environmental threats of closure, both qualitatively and quantitatively. Strata Mechanics Research Institute was responsible for tasks related to subsidence and uplift hazards as well as gas emissions.
Contact person: D. Sc. Eng. Jerzy Krawczyk, Associate Professor
