3. Sources

3.1 Quantitative data

Information can be obtained from Charbonnages de France, operators and public services, particularly regional ones: DRIRE, ADEME, regional environmental agencies, CETE, as well as LCPC...

Updated data on coal shale resources would be approximately as follows.

There are around 500 slag heaps in France, originally representing almost 1 billion tonnes of material, more than a quarter of which has been commercialized.

They are located in three coalfields: Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Lorraine and Centre-Midi.

Nord-Pas-de-Calais coalfield (BHNPDC)

This is the largest: 260 slag heaps representing 700 million tonnes, of which 20 are...

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Laboratoire régional des ponts et chaussées de Lille : Comité de gestion de la taxe parafiscale - Détermination des limites d'utilisation des schistes rouges provenant des terrils des houillères. - Sept. 1978.
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