Dissemination
Journal publications, conference proceedings
& edited books / chapters / sections
1. Cuenca, E., Del Galdo, M., Aboutaybi, O., Ramos, V., Nash, W., Rollinson, G. K., ... & Ferrara, L. (2024). Mechanical characterization of cement mortars and concrete with recycled aggregates from Coal Mining Wastes Geomaterials (CMWGs). Construction and Building Materials, 432, 136640.
https://zenodo.org/records/11614556
2. Foghi, E. J., Vo, T., Rezania, M., Nezhad, M. M., & Ferrara, L. (2024). Early age hydration behaviour of foam concrete containing a coal mining waste: novel experimental procedures and effects of capillary pressure. Construction and Building Materials, 414, 134811.
https://zenodo.org/records/11615725
3. Dejaloud, H., Rezania, M., & Khalili, N. (2023). Non-stationary anisotropy-dependent critical state for clays. Géotechnique, 1-17.
https://zenodo.org/records/11635541
4. Dejaloud, H., & Rezania, M. (2023). Double image stress point bounding surface model for monotonic and cyclic loading on anisotropic clays. Acta Geotechnica, 18(5), 2427-2456.
https://zenodo.org/records/11621394
5. Vo, T. L., Nash, W., Del Galdo, M., Rezania, M., Crane, R., Nezhad, M. M., & Ferrara, L. (2022). Coal mining wastes valorization as raw geomaterials in construction: A review with new perspectives. Journal of Cleaner Production, 336, 130213.
https://zenodo.org/records/11621682
6. Ma, G., Rezania, M., & Nezhad, M. M. (2022). Effects of spatial autocorrelation structure for friction angle on the runout distance in heterogeneous sand collapse. Transportation Geotechnics, 33, 100705.
https://zenodo.org/records/11635687
7. Ma, G., Rezania, M., & Nezhad, M. M. (2022). Stochastic assessment of landslide influence zone by material point method and generalized geotechnical random field theory. International Journal of Geomechanics, 22(4), 04022002.
https://zenodo.org/records/11635799
8. Ma, G., Rezania, M., Mousavi Nezhad, M., & Hu, X. (2022). Uncertainty quantification of landslide runout motion considering soil interdependent anisotropy and fabric orientation. Landslides, 19(5), 1231-1247.
https://zenodo.org/records/11621543
9. Rezania, M., & Dejaloud, H. (2021). BS-CLAY1: Anisotropic bounding surface constitutive model for natural clays. Computers and Geotechnics, 135, 104099.
https://zenodo.org/records/11635894
10. Dejaloud, H., & Rezania, M. (2021). Adaptive anisotropic constitutive modeling of natural clays. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 45(12), 1756-1790.
https://zenodo.org/records/11621097
11. Zielińska, A., & Piróg, K., (2021). Preliminary reconnaissance of the heap in Wałbrzych in the area of Victoria mine. Górnictwo Odkrywkowe. 2021, no. 2, pp. 33-36
https://zenodo.org/records/13234358
12. Rogosz, B., Resak, M., Szczepiński, J. & Bajcar, A., 2020. Projekt badawczy „Od odpadów wydobywczych po cenne zasoby: Nowe koncepcje gospodarki o obiegu zamkniętym (MINRESCUE) [Research project ”From mining waste to valuable resources: New concepts for a circular economy” (MINRESCUE)]. Górnictwo Odkrywkowe. 2020, no. 5, pp. 23-37.
https://zenodo.org/records/13234406
Presentations and seminars
1. Barabash, M., 2021. DTEK’s coal production within the global challenges. 4th International Coal Conference “Coal regions of Ukraine: just transition and coal mining. Ukrainian and international experience”. School of underground mining, Kiev, Ukraine. July 13th, 2021.
2. Barabash, M., 2021. Reduction of operational risks of coal mining in the context of global trends in the development of world energy. Berdiansk, Ukraine. September 9th, 2021.
3. Nash, W. and Crane, R.A., 2021. Recovery of REEs from Coal Mine Waste: A promising new flowsheet. 17th International Rare Earths conference. London, United Kingdom. Oct 10th-12th, 2021.
4. Nash, W. and Crane, R.A., 2021. Research relevant to the reprocessing of mine waste. BRGM Orléans, France. Sept 29th, 2021.
5. Aboutaybi.O. and Ghorbel. E., 2022. Research Project “ Effets de l’incorporation des déchets des mines de charbon sur les propriétés d’un MBE ”. 40èmes rencontres Universitaires de Génie Civil. Lille, France. May 23th-25th, 2022, https://rugc2022.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/22
Other activities
- BRGM: the goal of MINRESCUE as well as the specific objective to consider monetised environmental impacts in the overall project economic assessment was presented internally at BRGM to an audience of experts in mineral raw materials and circular economy.
- Press release on June 26th, 2021, available at https://nettg.pl/gornictwo/178344/zrownowazona-strategia-przetwarzania-odpadow-gorniczych-do-produkcji-geomaterialow-dla-celow-inzynierii-ladowej-i-budownictwa-podziemnego.
- Press release on February 12th, 2020, available at https://energiapress.pl/news/302/minrescue-czyli-odpady-niemal-na-wage-zlota/set/page/1
- PoliMi: Dr. Ferrara presented MINRESCUE at SAIE Bari (7-9 October 2021) in Bari, during an event organised by the Italian Chapter of American Concrete Institute on the contribution of the concrete construction industry to decarbonisation.
- PTG: it has been published on Poltegor Institute’s website information in Polish and in English that the project is under realisation.
- UOW: background and updated information on MINRESCUE have been published on Warwick University’s website and brochures, targeting specific audiences.
MINRESCUE - Products for Download
1. The waste database in the Minrescue project is a systematic compilation focusing primarily on waste generated by the project's main industrial partners, Polish Mining Group (PGG) and Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka (LWB). These partners were chosen as they represent mining operations with the most substantial potential for implementing innovative waste reuse technologies. This potential specifically relates to the mining and geoengineering sectors.
The consortium has identified a particular type of mining waste, known as jig waste, which exhibits the greatest versatility for reuse due to its specific size distribution of 0-20mm. This characteristic is significant because it mitigates the requirement for additional mechanical screening processes, streamlining the application of waste in various industrial processes.
Extremely detailed and comprehensive studies have been carried out on these waste types. The findings of these studies are meticulously documented and are accessible through the Database available on the Minrescue project's website and further published in the Zenodo repository (https://zenodo.org/records/13221126). This ensures that the data is readily available for researchers, policymakers, and industry stakeholders.
In addition to the primary data, the database has been enriched with supplementary information derived from extensive literature reviews. This supplemental data provides a broader characterisation of mining waste in Poland and Spain. These two countries are particularly relevant due to their ongoing mine closure activities, which result in a significant number of unreclaimed waste dumps. Thus, the database not only serves as a repository of empirical findings but also as a comprehensive resource integrating broader, literature-based insights on mining waste management in regions undergoing substantial industrial transitions.”
2. Here is the dynamic-link library (DLL) file of the developed constitutive model for simulation of complex aspects of geomaterials including mining waste materials that takes into account the anisotropy of their fabric, as well as the effects of destructuration/softening under loading. The DLL file of the model can be loaded in the commercial software PLAXIS as a user defined model for simulation purposes. The user of the model must take full responsibility when he/she uses the model for analysis and design purposes. (Zenodo link: https://zenodo.org/records/13145608)
3. Deliverables - The archive contains a complete set of Public Deliverables documenting the research conducted under the Minrescue project.
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