TY - JOUR N2 - The purpose of the research was mapping, inventorization, and valorization of coal mining waste dumps from the mines of JSW SA company, for the needs of recovery of coal from the dump material as well as the reclamation and management of examined facilities. The valorization of post-mining waste dumps has been carried out using a methodology which considers the problems of reclamation, management, accessibility of the dumps as well as environmental hazards connected with disposing of mining and preparation wastes on the ground surface. An inventorization of 10 coal mining waste dumps coming from 6 mines of JSW SA including in their range 7 deposits: Borynia, Jastrzębie, Zofiówka, Budryk, Knurów, Szczygłowice and Pniówek was carried out. The source material within the localization of particular dumps was obtained from archival materials coming from coal mines and municipalities where the dumps are located. Verified data has been drawn on topographical map, which results in the map of coal mining waste dumps. The results of the valorization of the dumps comprise the defining of: the name of the dump, state of the dump, surface of the dump, accessibility, name of the coal mine from where the wastes come from, type of technical and biological reclamation and possibilities of coal recovery, which have been brought on the drawn map. Basing on collected and elaborated data, an attempt of defining of potential possibilities of recovery of coal from the dumps and connection of coal quality in the deposits of JSW SA and in waste material was made. The results of the research showed that in spite of preliminary information that a majority of the investigated dumps may be considered as potential facilities for coal recovery, ultimately the recovery is economically justified only in several cases (5 facilities). L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/106864/PDF/marcisz-gawor-probierz.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/106864 PY - 2018 IS - No 4 EP - 97–114 DO - 10.24425/122592 KW - Upper Silesian Coal Basin KW - hard coal KW - waste dumps KW - mining wastes KW - valorization A1 - Marcisz, Marek A1 - Gawor, Łukasz A1 - Probierz, Krystian PB - Komitet Zrównoważonej Gospodarki Surowcami Mineralnymi PAN PB - Instytut Gospodarki Surowcami Mineralnymi i Energią PAN VL - vol. 34 DA - 2018.12.27 T1 - Valorization of coal mining waste dumps from the mines of Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa SA for the needs of recovery of coal and further reclamation and management SP - 97–114 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/106864 T2 - Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi - Mineral Resources Management ER -