International Workshop

On behalf of the Dean’s authorities of the Faculty of Mining, Safety Engineering and Industrial Automation of the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, we have the honour of inviting to participate in the International Workshop 2025 “Revitalization of post-mining areas„

8.45 – 9.00	Registration of participants
9.00 – 9.15	Welcome and Introduction
9.15 – 9.30	Joydeep Roy Chief Consular Officer, Honorary Consulate of Poland in Kolkata, India Repurposing of closed Coal Mines in India – understanding the challenges & opportunities
9.30 – 9.45	Professor Titular de Universidad Francisco Javier Iglesias Rodriguez University of Oviedo, Spain CRMs Data Space: Common European Data Space on critical raw materials for the Green Deal – recovery potential from closed extractive coal waste facilities
09.45 – 10.00	Dr. Antonio Luis Marqués Sierra University of Oviedo, Spain Hydrometallurgical processes for the recovery of critical raw materials from coal mining waste
10.00 – 10.15	Prof. Dr. Stavros Kalaitzidis University of Patras, Greece The Bauxite Mining District of Parnassos-Ghiona in Central Greece: A CRM hotspot of EU
10.15 – 10.30	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Carsten Drebenstedt TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany Lessons learned from mine closure in Germany
10.30 – 11.00	Coffee break
11.00 – 11.15	Prof. Jamal Rostami Colorado School of Mines, Golden, USA Review of recent trends in mining industry
11.15 – 11.30	Dr. Kazbulat Shogenov Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) & SHOGenergy, Estonia A novel satellite-resonance spectral sounding technology for direct subsurface resource exploration
11.30 – 11.45	Prof. Lucio Zavanella University of Brescia, Italy Opportunities for abandoned mines: cases and initiatives in Italy
11.45 – 12.00	Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Frank Otto TH Georg Agricola, Bochum, Germany Usage of geotextiles in mining and postmining
12.00 – 12.30	Lunch
12.30 – 12.45	Prof. Kerstin Forsberg KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Crystallization of critical raw materials in waste processing
12.45 – 13.00	Full Professor Alexandre Chagnes Pierric Hubert ^1,2, Safi Jradi ², Laure Clerget ³, and Alexandre Chagnes ¹ ¹ Université de Lorraine, France ² Université Technologique de Troyes, France ³ Artemise SA, France Flexible recycling process of NMC-LFP black masses from spent lithium-Ion batteries
13.00 – 13.15	D. Sc. Eng., Prof. Valentyn Korobiichuk Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University, Ukraine Modern technologies for quarrying block stone
13.15 – 13.30	Assoc. Prof. Iwona Jonczy PhD, DSc Silesian University of Technology, Poland Metallurgical slag dumps as an element of the Upper Silesia landscape, as exemplified by the zinc dumps in Ruda Śląska
13.30 – 13.45	Discussion
13.45 – 15.00	Photo of all participants. Visit to the Laboratory of Mining Machines