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International Journal of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Volume 2 (2016), Article ID 2:IJMME-126, 5 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2455-2372/2016/126
Case Study
Landfill Waste from the Production of Nickel and Cobalt in the Slovak Republic

Eva Michaeli*, Martin Boltižiar, Vladimír Solár, Jozef Vilček and Monika Ivanová

1Department of Geography and Applied Geoinformatics, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences University of Prešov, 17. novembra 1, 081 16 Prešov, Slovak Republic
2Department of Geography and Regional Development, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Constatantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Trieda A. Hlinku 1, 949 74 Nitra, Slovak Republic
Prof. Eva Michaeli, Department of Geography and Applied Geoinformatics, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences University of Prešov, 17. novembra 1, 081 16 Prešov, Slovak Republic; E-mail: eva.michaeli@unipo.sk
30 July 2016; 29 October 2016; 01 November 2016
FMichaeli E, Boltižiar M, Solár V, Vilček J, Ivanová M (2016) Landfill Waste from the Production of Nickel and Cobalt in the Slovak Republic. Int J Metall Mater Eng 2: 126. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2455-2372/2016/126
This contribution was originated by the financial support of the "VEGA grant agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sports from the projects VEGA No. 1/0159/15, and project VEGA No.1/0116/16.

Abstract

The complex of the former Nickel smelter is located in the Podunajská rovina (Danubian plane) on the border Sereď town and village Dolná Streda. The landfill presents a highly negative hazardous element for environment and quality of life. It is a very anthropogenic damaged area which is located in the agrarian landscape. Some parts of the areas of the agricultural soils were from the fund of the agricultural soils excluded. Degradation of the region is the result of the non-conceptual socialist industrialization of Slovakia. After 30 years was stopped the production of nickel and cobalt (1963-1993) for economic and ecological reasons. Waste from production of nickel and cobalt remained here and degrades the environment in nowadays. Today is the landfill of waste a private property and owner exports the waste to foreign countries.