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Strategies for Remediation of Former Opencast Mining Areas in Eastern Germany

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Environmental Impacts of Mining Activities

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Lignite was for decades the main source of energy and the primary raw material used by the chemical industry in the now German Federal States of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Brandenburg. Except during the initial phases of extraction, lignite was exclusively recovered by opencast mining. The close ties between industry and mining led to the establishment of major industrial operations such as petrochemical, organochemical, and electrochemical plants located near the mining centers. In terms of its quality and composition, lignite in eastern Germany can be classified into West and East Elbian formations, corresponding to the Central German and the Lusatian mining districts.

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Stottmeister, U. et al. (1999). Strategies for Remediation of Former Opencast Mining Areas in Eastern Germany. In: Azcue, J.M. (eds) Environmental Impacts of Mining Activities. Environmental Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59891-3_16

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