- Title
- Utilization methods and practice of abandoned mines and related rock mechanics under the ecological and double carbon strategy in china—a comprehensive review
- Creator
- Du, Kun; Xie, Junjie; Khandelwal, Manoj; Zhou, Jian
- Date
- 2022
- Type
- Text; Journal article; Review
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/191856
- Identifier
- vital:17897
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.3390/min12091065
- Identifier
- ISSN:2075-163X (ISSN)
- Abstract
- Governance of abandoned mines has become a pressing issue for China. The utilization of abandoned mines is a technology that can solve the problem of governance and recreate the value of mines, which is in line with the current strategic goals of ecological protection and double carbon in China. In this paper, the various utilization models and the advances in rock mechanics of abandoned mines across the globe are summarized and reviewed. The utilization models of abandoned mines can be categorized into four aspects: Energy storage, Waste treatment, Ecological restoration, and carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration. There are a number of applications and uses of abandoned mines, such as pumped storage, compressed air storage, salt cavern gas/oil storage construction, carbon dioxide storage and utilization, radioactive waste disposal and treatment, and tourism development. Various progress practices of abandoned mines are discussed in detail with emphasis on the national conditions of China. The basic rock mechanics problems and advances involved in the construction of the facilities related to the utilization of abandoned mines are discussed and evaluated. The establishment of relevant research and experimental platforms will contribute to the sustainable development of China’s mining industry and the improvement of clean technologies. © 2022 by the authors.
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Relation
- Minerals Vol. 12, no. 9 (2022), p.
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Rights
- Copyright © 2022 by the authors
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 3705 Geology; 4019 Resources engineering and extractive metallurgy; Abandoned Mines; Double Carbon; Resource Development And Utilization; Rock Mechanics
- Full Text
- Reviewed
- Funder
- This research was funded by the science and technology innovation program of Hunan province (2021RC3007) and the Distinguished Youth Science Foundation of Hunan Province of China (2022JJ10073).
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