Project SIRIMA

Project Goals

Proper management of the coal mine liquidation process is essential for ensuring the safety of land use. This safety includes both the health and life of residents and the conduct of business activities and the use of areas degraded by mining activities. The SIRIMA project focuses on increasing knowledge and experience related to the threats of post-mining areas in EU Member States especially related to uncontrolled movements of the earth’s surface.

These movements, apart from subsidence related to the conducted mining or movements resulting from the impact of mining tremors, can also take the form of uplifts caused by the lifting of the groundwater table in the rock mass and sudden, discontinuous deformations of the ground surface, i.e. sinkholes.

When sinkholes appear in urbanized areas of coal regions, they pose a real threat to buildings, technical infrastructure, roads and other utility facilities (Article 6). They can also pose a threat to human health and life, but most often, they cause strong anxiety, stress (Article 5) and indicate a lack of control by local government bodies over the managed areas.