Renovation of closed coal mines

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to show that a change of situation in the world market and mineral resources’ depletion lead to closing of numerous mining companies. There is an urgent necessity to establish environment safety and recover economic value of disturbed soils for their further use. The paper provides cases of successful revitalization of areas, including industrial areas, where the landscape or family entertainment parks were created. There are priority grounds for public amenity projects implemented in industrial zones as a part of quality of environment upgrade in industry-based towns. Given the fact that Ukraine opens a competition for new jobs and economy development in mining regions, the paper presents information proving that closed coalmines require renovation projects feasible to change the situation significantly, making these regions worth of investments. The paper outlines differences between the industrial and technology parks. In particular, there are advantages and gains of industrial parks, current theoretical suggestions for their creation in closed coalmines areas, the case of practical implementation of an industrial park prototype in operating mines and present problems of industrial parks creation and operation. The number of industrial parks in Ukraine is one of the fewest in the world. For late 2020, Ukraine registered only 45 industrial parks and only 23 of them had managing companies. The paper gives the grounds that to create industrial parks of Brownfield type is the most efficient solution for closed coalmines areas recovery.