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Study on Mine Reclamation Regimes for Redeveloping Closed Mines of Korea  

Kim, Dae-Hyung (Mineral economics Dept., Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources)
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Economic and Environmental Geology / v.42, no.6, 2009 , pp. 619-626 More about this Journal
Abstract
The price fluctuation of minerals are commonly occurred through the change of market condition, and the redevelopment of closed mines are usually happened if commercial requirement can be satisfied. After 2003, as the price of most of metals increased very rapidly, Korea government tried to find the possibility of reopening for some closed metal mines. The purpose of this article is to suggest the proper ways how effectively to regulate the mine pollution concerning the redevelopment of closed mines. For this work, with the recent price trends of metals and reopening possibility of closed metal mines in Korea were reviewed. And analysing the problems of regulations for the mine development permission and mine pollution control and reclamation process of Korea, several amendments of environmental and mining regulation regimes for redevelopment of closed mines were proposed.
Keywords
closed mine; mine redevelopment; mine reclamation; mine development regime;
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