Abstract
Purpose.Substantiation of the managerial decisions to minimize the risks of mining the Bilanivske ferruginous quartzite quarry on its northeastern margin. Methods. The legislative, methodological, cartographic and literary materials on the topic, as well as the area of survey have been analyzed. The necessary cartographic plotting and calculations have been performed. An abstract-logical method is used to formulate conclusions and theoretical generalizations. Findings. The ecological risks of the Bilanivske quarry northeastern margin have been substantiated: presence of uranium ore deposits and a radioactive anomaly; geochemical pollution of groundwater; a depression cone, large in area and in depth, can be formed in the region; a probability of using explosives when mining the field; use of the Bilanivske quarry eastern side for laying mine shafts and adits. The question is raised about the expected expansion of the Bilanivske quarry boundaries to the east during its mining, as well as falling into the sanitary protection zone boundaries of the northwestern residential community of the Nova Haleshchyna urban-type settlement. It is recommended, when mining the Bilanivske and Kremenchuk (Haleshchynske) iron ore deposits, to develop for them a unified draft Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and a unified draft of sanitary protection zone, taking into account the fact of their mutual influence on the environment. Originality.For the first time, based on a combination of geological, mining, technological and spatial factors, a site (zone) of mutual risks has been identified in the Bilanivske and Kremenchuk (Haleshchynske) iron ore deposits development. The site has an area of 165 ha, bounded by the northeastern side of the Bilanivske quarry and the southern boundary of the planned Haleshchynske mine. Practical implications.The research results can substantiate the need to resettle the residents from the northwestern residential community of the Nova Haleshchyna urban-type settlement, taking into account the Bilanivske field development by the open-pit method. In addition, they also can serve as a basis for resolving disputes between these residents and the administration of Ferrexpo Belanovo Mining LLC (Bilanivske Mining Plant).
Highlights
The Bilanivske quarry was laid for mining the Bilanivske ferruginous quartzite field of the Kremenchuk magnetic anomaly
The bounds of the mining allotment are determined by the boundaries of a mining facility specified in a special permit for the use of subsoil, as well as by the contours of mineral reserves assessed by the State Commission of Ukraine on mineral reserves, taking into account the rock displacement zones or flattening the sides of the quarry (Article 12, 18 of the Regulations on the procedure for granting mining allotments)
In the case of the Bilanivske quarry, it is advisable to adhere to the principle of interdependence, since the northeastern part of the Bilanivske ferruginous quartzite field adjoins the southern part of the Kremenchuk (Haleshchynske) high-grade iron ore deposit (Fig. 1)
Summary
The Bilanivske quarry was laid for mining the Bilanivske ferruginous quartzite field of the Kremenchuk magnetic anomaly (southwestern part of the Poltava region, Ukraine). According to the current in Ukraine “Regulations on the procedure for organizing and conducting pilot development of mineral deposits of national importance”, approved by order of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine No 34/m dated 03.03.2003, the quarry still operates as a pilot industrial facility. Ferrexpo industrial group (legal entity Poltava Mining and Processing Plant OJSC, a subsidiary of the Ferrexpo Poltava Mining group) received a special permit for subsoil use of the Bilanivske deposit for the extraction of ferruginous quartzites and associated minerals as early as on 20.12.2004. According to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No 608 dated 17.06.2009, this special permit has been reissued to Ferrexpo Belanovo Mining LLC, a newly created division of the Ferrexpo group. It was here that the stripping operations of the Bilanivske quarry and the study of the engineeringgeological and hydrogeological conditions of the deposit development began
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