International audienceThe Lorraine iron ore basin, in north-eastern France near to the border with Luxemburg, extends over 1,700 km² in a highly urbanised region. Mining ceased in 1997. In a little over a century 40,000 km of galleries were dug creating more than a billion cubic metres of residual voids. Modern working was by the room and pillar method followed, in some cases, by depillaring. At the end of the 1990s a series of major accidents (subsidence, sinkholes) occurred, some of which affected the safety of people and property. In the wake of these events, the French government developed a mining-risk management policy and introduced tools to provide, initially, for expert study and research and, later, for operational interventions.T...
International audienceEven if most French mining sites are defmitively closed, potential risks remai...
International audienceThe end of mining operations in the Lorraine region raises the problem of post...
The occurrence of outburst phenomena in coal mine galleries mined in sandstone is generally attribut...
International audienceDue to its historical and economical evolution, we are now facing consequences...
International audienceAfter a period of long and intense mining, France as many industrial countries...
INERIS has been involved for many years in supporting the French public authorities in defining nati...
The several subsidence events that have occurred during second half of the 1990s in the French Lorra...
International audienceDuring the period, which follows mining exploitation, traditionally called "po...
During the period, which follows mining exploitation, traditionally called "post-mining", ...
International audienceThe Pontgibaud lead-silver mining district, which was one of the largest in Eu...
International audienceFor many years the French economy was based on a quite developed mining indust...
International audienceEven if most French mines are definitively closed, potential risks remain abov...
With this thesis, I have studied the evolution of Lorraine's mining landscape, from the nineteenth c...
The closure of mines has increased significantly since the last century and significant environmenta...
International audienceWith the end of mining activity and the sale of miners’ dwellings, the questio...
International audienceEven if most French mining sites are defmitively closed, potential risks remai...
International audienceThe end of mining operations in the Lorraine region raises the problem of post...
The occurrence of outburst phenomena in coal mine galleries mined in sandstone is generally attribut...
International audienceDue to its historical and economical evolution, we are now facing consequences...
International audienceAfter a period of long and intense mining, France as many industrial countries...
INERIS has been involved for many years in supporting the French public authorities in defining nati...
The several subsidence events that have occurred during second half of the 1990s in the French Lorra...
International audienceDuring the period, which follows mining exploitation, traditionally called "po...
During the period, which follows mining exploitation, traditionally called "post-mining", ...
International audienceThe Pontgibaud lead-silver mining district, which was one of the largest in Eu...
International audienceFor many years the French economy was based on a quite developed mining indust...
International audienceEven if most French mines are definitively closed, potential risks remain abov...
With this thesis, I have studied the evolution of Lorraine's mining landscape, from the nineteenth c...
The closure of mines has increased significantly since the last century and significant environmenta...
International audienceWith the end of mining activity and the sale of miners’ dwellings, the questio...
International audienceEven if most French mining sites are defmitively closed, potential risks remai...
International audienceThe end of mining operations in the Lorraine region raises the problem of post...
The occurrence of outburst phenomena in coal mine galleries mined in sandstone is generally attribut...