Mining of Mineral Deposits National Mining University ISSN 2415-3443 (Online) | ISSN 2415-3435 (Print) Founded in DNIPRO UNIVERSITY Journal homepage http://mining.in.ua 1900 of TECHNOLOGY Volume 13 (2019), Issue 1, pp. 24-38 1899 UDC 622.013:553.041 https://doi.org/10.33271/mining13.01.024 REVIEW OF MAN-MADE MINERAL FORMATIONS ACCUMULATION AND PROSPECTS OF THEIR DEVELOPING IN MINING INDUSTRIAL REGIONS IN UKRAINE M. Petlovanyi1*, O. Kuzmenko1, V. Lozynskyi1, V. Popovych2, K. Sai1, P. Saik1 1Dnipro University of Technology, Dnipro, Ukraine 2Lviv State University of Life Safety, Lviv, Ukraine *Corresponding author: e-mail
[email protected], tel. +380963194577 ABSTRACT Purpose. Analysis of the man-made mineral formations of ore mining and smelting, fuel and energy complexes deve- lopment accumulation, location and prospects amount in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Methods. Comprehensive approach, including analysis of state statistics, waste handling sites (WHSs), regional envi- ronmental report, environmental passport of the region, as well as data from other information sources is used in the work. Aerial photographs of man-made formations were obtained using the Google Earth 7.1.8 satellite program. Findings. The analysis of the main man-made mineral formations of ore mining and smelting, fuel and energy com- plexes accumulation in Ukraine (coal and mining industry waste heaps, tailing dumps, ash dumps, smelter slag dumps) was conducted, their amount and occupied areas were estimated. According to the densest location of man-made for- mations, they are divided into 4 regions: the Prydniprovsk region, the Kryvyi Rih region, the Nikopol region, the Pav- lohrad region. According to information sources, the content of some valuable components in man-made formations has been established.