Assessment, Restoration and Reclamation of Mining Influenced Soils

Jaume Bech, Emeritus Professor of Soil Science at the University of Barcelona (UB). Degrees in Biological Sciences, Pharmacy and Geological Sciences. Ma in Geology, PhD in Pharmacy and PhD in Biology. Full Prof. in Soil Science at UB (1975-2007). Director of the Agricult. Engin. High School. Tech Univ. of Barcelona. Author of more than 400 papers, Editor of 34 Special Issues in Catena, JSS, EGAH, JGE. Honorary Professor from University of: Kuban State Agrarian (Russia), Piura (Peru), Cuenca (Ecuador), ESPOL Guayaquil (Ecuador), Honor Diploma La Frontera Temuco (Chile), Institute for Biology and Pedology of National Academy of Sciences (Kyrgyz Republic). Dr. Honoris Causa of 13 Universities from Bulgary, Chile, Ecuador, Georgia, Kyrgysztan, Peru, Russia and Spain. Honorary Member of 7 National Soil Sciences Societies from Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Ecuador, Georgia, Greece, Romania and Russia. Honorary Member of: VIII Com. Div. SSS EGU and IUSS. Officier dans “L’Ordre des Palmes Academiques”, France. Prof. Claudio Bini. Degree in Geological Sciences (University of Florence, 1969). Academic position: Full Professor (Chair of Soil Science). Academic career: Fellowship at the University of Perugia (1970 – 1974) and Florence (1975 – 1980); Researcher at the University of Florence, 1980 - 1987; Associated Professor, University of Udine, 1988 - 1994; Associated Professor, University of Venice, 1995 - 2004. Full Professor, University of Venice, 2005-2015. Member of numerous Scientific Societies. Vice-chairman of Division 1.2 –Soil Geography (IUSS) for the period 2006-2008. Co-Convener of scientific sessions at EGU, ICOBTE, EUROSOIL. Associate Editor of Soil Research (2012-currently). Associate Editor of Journal of Soils and Sediments (2012-currently). Reviewer for several international journals (STOTEN, EMAS, EGAH, Geoderma, Geoexplo, Catena). Prof. Bini authored ca. 200 scientific papers, published in national and international journals, and several books with international publishers (Nova Editor, Springer, Elsevier). Mariya A. Pashkevich received her Ph.D. in Hydrogeology at Mining. Pashkevich held a 10-month internship at the Geological School of Lorraine Polytechnic Institute (France) and received a diploma of international engineer-expert in the field of Geology and Geoecology. In 1995–1996 she won the contest of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, and had a 10-month internship at Geological Faculty of the University of Liege (Belgium). During this internship, the methodology developed by Pashkevich was tested and implemented for assessment of environmental hazards of sulfide mining waste. In 2002, Pashkevich was elected as professor of National Mineral Resources University (Mining University). In 2005, she took on leadership in the new Department of Geoecology and became a Head of the Department. Pashkevich is the author of more than 180 scientific papers, including three monographs: "Technogenic massifs and their impact on the environment" (2000), "Ecology of the geological environment" (2002), "Rational remediation methods for technogenic pollution focuses of hydrocarbon compounds" (2008), she also had 11 patents for inventions.

1. Classification and environmental impact of mining dumps
2. A multianalytical approach for the assessment of toxic element distribution in soils from mine and quarry areas
3. Hazard assessment of soils and spoils from the Portuguese Iberian Pyrite Belt mining areas and their potential reclamation
4. Mine waste: assessment of environmental contamination and restoration
5. Environmental risk assessment of tailing ponds using geophysical and geochemical techniques
6. Tailings impoundments of Polish copper mining industry-environmental effects, risk assessment and reclamation
7. Assessment and reclamation of soils from uranium mining areas: Case studies from Portugal
8. Reclamation by containment: Polyethylene-based solidification
9. Geochemical barriers for soils protection in mining areas
10. Aspects of reclamation of mining influenced soils in southern European Russia
11. Proposals for remediation of soils affected by mining activities in South-East Spain
12. Reclamation of sites impacted by mining activities. Stabilisation/Solidification of 232Th-contaminated soils
13. Ecoefficient in situ technologies for the remediation of sites affected by old mining activities: the case of Portman Bay, Murcia, Spain
14. Organic mulching to improve soil mining restoration
15. Heavy metals contamination of mine soils, their risk assessment and bioremediation
16. Potential hazards elements accumulation in soils and native plants from areas affected by mining activities in South America
17. Mine water discharges in Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Poland): assessment of impact and management concepts