In Slovenia, about 2 million tons of inert civil engineering waste material (concrete, asphalt, mixed) is produced annually, and it is mainly used in road and highway construction. 16 % and 50 % of waste material reached recycling works in 2002 and 2005, respectively. About 95 % of that material was recycled, and 5 % deposited. The recycled material is still used with caution, and for that reason, suitable legislation is needed. In the future, systematic separation of civil engineering waste material should be carried out.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1686357
A set of 19 indicators has been created that comprises information on: air, water, soil (agriculture land), landscape, climate change, material availability, nature conservation, cultural heritage, local communities, health and safety, access to information. The indicator shows that almost 50 % of mining areas are within NATURA 2000 areas. This reflects the fact the that 37 % of Slovenian territory is listed as NATURA 2000 area, designations that were made in 2004. Conversely, most of the mining areas were established before 2004.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1669205
Based on Fourier transforms and chemical composition of minerals, X-rax patterns and d-spacing values have been calculated for micas, talc and pyrophyllite. The Atlas contains 105 X-rax diffraction patterns of 50 minerals from well known localities worldwide, yet some of them are from Slovenia, too. A direct insight into ideal diffraction pattern of the specified minerals is now possible.
COBISS.SI-ID: 249361408
New chronological, sedimentary morphological and diagenetic analyses were combined to determine sedimentation rates, paleotemperature and relative humidity for the Early Upper Paleolithic deposits at Divje Babe I archaeological site. During the colder phases, pre- and post-depositional corrosion, post-depositional wedging and cryoclastic processes dominated. They reviled that analyzed sediments were deposited between 116 to 38-40 ka with three hiatus.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1653077
Sustainable policies need to 1) facilitate the transformation of natural mineral capital into built physical, economic, environmental or social capital of equal or greater value 2) ensure that environmental and social impacts of mining are minimized and their costs incorporated into production functions, 3) require transparency and information sharing, 4) reconsider the allocation of rights and the availability of resources across generations, 5) address benefit/risk tradeoffs and create contingency plans to ameliorate the effects of mineral market booms and busts.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1683541