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2017 - 2019
Environmental Recovery of the Mining Area of Mondego Sul
Ongoing
The former mining area of Mondego Sul is located in the municipality of Tábua, in the district of Coimbra, near the village of Ázere, on a hillside within the protection zone of the Aguieira reservoir.…
2016 - 2017
Environmental Remediation of the São Domingos Mining Area – Phase…
Ongoing
The vast degraded mining and metallurgical complex of the São Domingos mine is located near the village of the same name, originally built as housing stock for the mine, which brings into sharp focus the…
2005 - 2018
Environmental Remediation of the Urgeiriça Mining Area – Final Phase
Ongoing
The Urgeiriça mine is located south of Viseu, in the civil parish of Canas de Senhorim, in the municipality of Nelas, district of Viseu. The mine is situated in the village of Urgeiriça, which has…
2017 - 2018
Environmental Remediation of the Castelejo Mining Area
Concluded
The former mining area of Castelejo is located around 2 Km from Vila Cortês da Serra, in the municipality of Gouveia, district of Guarda. It was mined for uranium ore at two open sites from…
2017 - 2018
Environmental Remediation of the Formiga Mining Area
Concluded
The former mining area of Formiga is located in the civil parish of Arcozelo da Serra, a village located 800 m to the SSW of the mining area, in the municipality of Gouveia and district…
2017 - 2018
Environmental Remediation of the Vale de Videira Mining Area
Concluded
The former mining area of Vale de Videira is located in the civil parish of Ribamondego, in the municipality of Gouveia, district of Guarda. This mine was operated for the production of uranium (U3O8) between…
2017 - 2018
Environmental Remediation of the Vales Mining Area
Concluded
The former mining area of Vales is located in the civil parish of Maceira, in the municipality of Fornos de Algodres, district of Guarda. The Vales mine was first operated in 1922 by Société Urane-Radium…
2017 - 2018
Environmental Remediation of the Póvoa de Cervães Mining Area
Concluded
The former mining area of Póvoa de Cervães is located in the civil parish of Santiago de Cassurães and Póvoa de Cervães, municipality of Mangualde, district of Viseu. It was mined for the production of…
2015 - 2015
Environmental Remediation of the Prado Velho Mining Area
Concluded
The former Prado Velho mine is located in the civil parish of São Pedro do Jamelo e Pínzio in the municipalities of Guarda and Pinhel, district of Guarda. It was mined for uranium from 1976…
2006 - 2015
Environmental Remediation of the Aljustrel Mining Area
Concluded
The Aljustrel mine, or more appropriately, the “Aljustrel Mining Complex” which forms part of the Algares, São João and Moinho mining areas, and the metallurgical area of ​​Pedras Brancas, is located near the village of…
2015 - 2015
Environmental Remediation of the Forte Velho Mining Area
Concluded
The former Forte Velho mine is located in the civil parish of Guarda (Sé), municipality and district of Guarda. The underground mining was carried out on two floors, at depths of 30 and 60 m…
2015 - 2015
Environmental Remediation at the Former Barracão Factory
Concluded
The Barracão Former Radium Factory is located in the civil parish of Santana da Azinha, in the municipality and district of Guarda. Ores from surrounding mines containing high quantities of uranium were processed here, mainly…
2010 - 2015
Environmental Remediation of the Lousal Mining Area
Concluded
Lousal Mine is located in the civil parish of Azinheira dos Barros and São Mamede do Sadão, municipality of Grândola, district of Setúbal and covers an area of ​​around 30 ha. The deposit was recorded…
2015 - 2015
Environmental Remediation in the Fontinha Mining Area
Concluded
The former mining area of Fontinha is located in the civil parish of Girabolhos, in the municipality of Seia, district of Guarda. The area surrounding the deposit is forms part of the Beira Plateau, a…
2012 - 2012
Environmental Remediation of the Vale Côvo Mining Area
Concluded
The former mining area of Vale Côvo is located in the civil parish of Canas de Senhorim, in the municipality of Nelas and district of Viseu. It is located in the Ribeira da Pantanha drainage…
2011 - 2013
Environmental Remediation in the Bica Mining Area
Concluded
The former mining area of ​​Bica is located near the town of Quarta-Feira, civil parish of Sortelha, municipality of Sabugal and district of Guarda. Underground mining operations took place from 1951 to 1961 (phase of…
2011 - 2013
Environmental Remediation of the Cunha Baixa Mining Area
Concluded
The Cunha Baixa mine is located in the civil parish bearing the same name, in the municipality of Mangualde and district of Viseu. Reconnaissance mining operations began in 1967, followed by an excavation phase lasting…
2011 - 2012
Environmental Remediation in the Freixiosa Mining Area
Concluded
The former mining area of Freixiosa is located in the civil parish of Freixiosa, municipality of Mangualde and district of Viseu. Underground mining ended in 1982 with only one floor used to a depth of…
2011 - 2012
Environmental Remediation of the Barrôco I Mining Area
Concluded
The Barrôco I mine is located in the town of Ribamondego in the municipality of Gouveia and district of Guarda. It is located on a shallow slope facing SW, having an average elevation of 420…
2012 - 2013
Environmental Remediation in the Rosmaneira Mining Area
Concluded
The former mining area of Rosmaneira is located near a small village, Quinta de Santo António, attached the civil parish of Bendada in the municipality of Sabugal and district of Guarda. The Rosmaneira mine was…
2011 - 2013
Environmental Remediation in the Vale d’Arca Mining Area
Concluded
The former mine of Val d'Arca is located in the western part of the municipality of Sabugal, district of Guarda. It is situated near the village of Quarta-Feira in a steep valley close to the…
2007 - 2008
Recuperação Ambiental da Área Mineira de Terramonte
Concluded
The former mining area of Terramonte is located in the Merger of Parishes of Raiva, Pedorido and Paraíso (Raiva) belonging to the municipality of Castelo de Paiva and district of Aveiro.
2010 - 2011
Environmental Remediation of the Senhora das Fontes Mining Area
Concluded
The former mining area of Senhora das Fontes is located in the civil parish of Sorval, municipality of Pinhel, district of Guarda. It is situated in a flat area on a broad plateau corresponding to…
2007 - 2008
Environmental Remediation of the Espinho Mining Area
Concluded
The former mining area of Espinho is located in the civil parish of Espinho, in the municipality of Mangualde and district of Viseu. The town of Vila Nova de Espinho is located around 800 m…
2007 - 2008
Environmental Remediation of the Vale da Abrutiga Mining Area
Concluded
The former mining area of Vale da Abrutiga is located in the civil parish of Ázere, in the municipality of Tábua and district of Coimbra. Locally, the mine is located on a steep slope to…
2006 - 2007
Environmental Remediation of the Argozelo Mining Area
Concluded
The former mining area of Argozelo is located in the civil parish of Argozelo, municipality of Vimioso and district of Bragança, in the highest part of the topographic relief overlooking the village, where the master…
2007 - 2007
Environmental Remediation of the Covas Mining Area
Concluded
The former mining area of Covas is located in the civil parish of Vila Nova de Cerveira, in the municipality of Covas and district of Viana do Castelo. It is centered in the former Valdarcas…
2007 - 2007
Environmental Recovery of the Mining Area of Fonte Santa
Concluded
The concession of the Fonte Santa Mine, with an area of around 30 ha, is located in the parishes of Castelo Branco and Lagoaça, which belong, respectively, to the municipalities of Mogadouro and Freixo de…
2007 - 2007
Environmental Remediation of the Freixeda Mining Area
Concluded
This former mining area is located in the civil parishes of Freixeda and Trindade, respectively, which belong to the municipalities of Mirandela and Vila Flor, in the district of Bragança. The mine forms part of…
2007 - 2007
Environmental Remediation of the Montesinho Mining Area
Concluded
The former Montesinho mine is located near the Spanish border, in the civil parish of França, which belongs to the municipality and district of Bragança. The mining area is located around 500 m from the…
2007 - 2007
Environmental Remediation of the Murçós Mining Area
Concluded
The former mining area of Murçós is located in the civil parish of Murçós, municipality of Macedo de Cavaleiros and district of Bragança, around 1.5 km southwest of the town of Murçós and 2.7 km…
2007 - 2007
Environmental Remediation of the Ribeira Mining Area
Concluded
The former mine of Ribeira, with an area of ​​around 30 ha, is located in the civil parishes of Coelhoso and the Merger of Parishes of Parada and Faílde (Parada), belonging to the municipality and…
2002 - 2003
Environmental Remediation of the Jales Mining Area
Concluded
The former mining area of Jales is located in the civil parish of Jales and Vreia de Jales, in the municipality of Vila Pouca de Aguiar and district of Vila Real. The Jales gold mine…
2011 - 2013
Environmental Remediation in the Carrasca Mining Area
Concluded
The former mining area of Carrasca is located in the civil parish of Sortelha, municipality of Sabugal and district of Guarda. This mine had two exploration phases: the first, for Radium (1923-1924) and the second…
2011 - 2013
Environmental Remediation in the Coitos Mining Area
Concluded
The former mining area of Coitos is located in the civil parish of Bendada, municipality of Sabugal and district of Guarda. This former mine is situated on a shallow slope at average elevations of 510…
2011 - 2013
Environmental Remediation in the Pedreiros Mining Area
Concluded
The former mining area of Pedreiros is located in the civil parish of Sortelha, municipality of Sabugal and district of Guarda. It is located very close to Bica, in very rugged terrain, with the deposit…
2011 - 2013
Environmental Remediation of the Valdante Mining Area
Concluded
This former mining area is located 0.8 km from the village of Mesquitela and 1 Km from Cunha Baixa, at the foot of a moderately steep slope facing north and at average elevations of 400…