Reconocimiento de las problemáticas ambientales por efecto de la minería subterránea de carbón en el municipio de Guachetá.

Abstract

In recent years, the natural resources of the municipality of Guachetá have been affected due to underground coal mining, this type of affectation leads to the degradation of the quality of life of the residents of the municipality. This work recognizes the three main environmental problems in the municipality of Guachetá, where improvement options are established in the coal mines, storage yards and industrial areas. As first place, the processes of metallurgical and thermal coal extraction in the municipality are determined; Then the effects generated by the exploration and extraction are described, and finally the improvement actions are established to mitigate the environmental problems caused. The information for carrying out this work was taken and downloaded from the virtual library of the Antonio Nariño University of articles such as scopus, scienceDirect, journals and springer, in addition to this, information was taken from literature based on environmental problems due to underground coal mining.