ABSTRACT
Efficient management of mine waste requires determining possibilities of its utilization. One of procedures involves monitoring of the waste quality to assess its usefulness by means of a Quality Waste Monitoring Program (QWMP). It is essential that the QWMP should cover examinations of clay waste deposited on waste dumps. The mineral as well as chemical composition and properties of clay waste (rock) and, subsequently to its weathering, clay substance, are decisive for the growth of plants (tress and grass) and successful non-soil reclamation. It is also important to determine the way of mineral fertilization and fertilizer doses. Incorporating into the QWMP a Clay Waste Monitoring (CWM) sub-program, with well defined test and measuring system at the stage of waste dump formation enables to limit costly tests, directly preceding the non-soil reclamation.
