Project proposal

We have submitted two proposals to CAIRN India Ltd for advising on their oil drilling sludge and solid waste issues.

We have submitted a joint project proposal to the Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL), India for valorisation of their waste (jarosite and jarofix). The initiative was made during the Indo:UK seminar and the waste material was tested for a 'proof of concept'.

Recently IU-CERI has identified a major socio-environmental issue arising from coal mine-fires in India and conceptualised a remedial framework, and submitted a joint project proposal to the British Council-DST under their UKIERI-2016 call.

Publications

Tripathi, Nimisha, Singh, Raj S. and Hills, Colin D. (2016). Soil Carbon Development in Rejuvenated Indian Coal Mine Spoil. Ecological Engineering, Volume 90, Pages 482-490.
Tripathi, Nimisha, Singh, Raj S. and Hills, Colin D. (2016). Reclamation of Mine-Impacted Land for Ecosystem Recovery. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9781119057901.

Selected environmental research projects completed by partner institutions

University of Greenwich

• Immobilisation of pollutants in cementitious binders
• The long term durability of stabilised/solidified wastes
• Carbonate remediation technologies
• Application of accelerated carbonation to the risk management of contaminated soils and wastes
• Use of accelerated carbonation technology (ACT) to improve chemical and physical characteristics of soils and wastes
• Sequestration of CO2 in wastes to produce stable construction materials
• Valorisation of biomass wastes by accelerated carbonation technology

CSIR-CIMFR

• Restoration and reclamation of contaminated mine wastelands
• Carbon storage and its stabilization in the coal mine overburden dumps through plantation and soil amendments
• Nutrient transformation in alternate land use systems
• Bio-remediation of metal contaminated soils and water
• Carbon sequestration in mine spoils and wastelands
• Bio-gasification of organic wastes
• Bio-desulphurisation of petroleum waste and coal
• Development of haul road dust collecting system in coal mining areas
• Utilisation of coal fly ash in different sectors
• Impact of post-mining subsidence on hydrology and forest cover
• Integrated ecological studies of different land uses
• Ex situ conservation of endemic plants