Coal is the main energy carrier in Poland and is still of key importance in ensuring the country's energy security. Despite the deteriorating mining and geological conditions, rising production costs, and the European Union's climate... more
Coal is the main energy carrier in Poland and is still of key importance in ensuring the country's energy security. Despite the deteriorating mining and geological conditions, rising production costs, and the European Union's climate policy (European Green Deal), coal will still play a decisive role in Poland's energy mix in the coming years.
How it happened with coal, is and will be - the book we present to the Reader is published on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Katowice Branch of the Industrial Development Agency SA. The branch was established on March 1, 2003, and the purpose of its creation was to collect data on the restructuring process of the hard coal mining industry.
The publication is the result of the work of researchers representing scientific units and the Industrial Development Agency, Branch in Katowice, and covers selected issues related to hard coal mining.
The monograph opens with a chapter by Rafał Sołtys and Mirosław Skibski, which is a short review of restructuring programs for the hard coal mining sector since 1989. The material also presents selected organizational changes in the sector until 2022 and constitutes a background for further considerations by subsequent authors. Rafał Sołtys and Mirosław Skibski have been associated with the Katowice Branch of the Industrial Development Agency since its establishment.
The restructuring process of the hard coal mining industry is monitored. Since 2003, it has been run by the Industrial Development Agency SA. The next chapter by Beata Barszczowska is devoted to monitoring this process in the years 2020–2023. The material also raises the issue of controlling the spending of budget funds allocated for restructuring processes.
In the third chapter, Zbigniew Grudziński, Urszula Ozga-Blaschke and Katarzyna Stala-Szlugaj present an analysis of the price situation of thermal and coking coal on the international and domestic markets over the last 20 years, along with the factors shaping these prices. The authors also referred to the Polish carbon indices PSCMI_1 and PSCMI_2 published on the website polskirynekwegla.pl run by the Katowice Branch of the Industrial Development Agency.
Can coal still be considered to ensure energy security in Europe? This question is asked in the next, fourth chapter by Radosław Szczerbowski. The author also deals with the issue of the current state of the coal industry and strategies for the development of energy systems in selected European countries in the context of coal use.
The next chapter is an attempt to identify the main trends in the narrative surrounding the energy transformation of hard coal mining. This task was undertaken by Joanna Mazurkiewicz. The material is a summary of part of the research conducted in the Tipping+ project, implemented by the Institute of Structural Research as part of the Horizon 2020 program.
In chapter six, Beata Klojzy-Karczmarczyk presents an assessment of the leaching of pollutants from hard coal mining waste. The material analyzed was selected on the basis of available literature and many years of the author's own research.
In chapter seven, Alicja Stefaniak, Katarzyna Suszek and Łukasz Iwański present changes in legal regulations relating to mining qualifications and training in mining and their impact on the safety of employees of mining plants. The authors made a cross-sectional review of these regulations, starting from the Second Polish Republic to the currently proposed changes to the Geological and Mining Law.
The topic of education and qualifications in the mining sector is one of the topics discussed in the material prepared by Anna Kielerz. The author, in chapter eight, also analyzed changes in the employment sector in the period 2003–2022.
The aim of the penultimate chapter is to assess changes in the state, structure and size of the hard coal resource base in Poland from 1990 to 2022. The author, Eugeniusz Jacek Sobczyk, emphasizes that in the period under study, the state of industrial resources, for reasons other than operational ones, decreased by 10 4 billion Mg. It also draws attention to important issues related to the future of coal, such as the deteriorating mining and geological conditions of the extraction process, decreasing effective working time and the increasing level of natural hazards.
The book ends with Artur Dyczka's chapter Mining 4.0 towards an intelligent deep mine of the future, in which, among other things, the author presented a proposal for the architecture of a production management system based on the Demand and Quality Driven Management System. The author indicated its basic functionalities and groups of IT solutions available on the market, the skillful implementation of which should lead to the development of effective, efficient and lasting solutions in the field of production management.
How it happened with coal, is and will be - the book we present to the Reader is published on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Katowice Branch of the Industrial Development Agency SA. The branch was established on March 1, 2003, and the purpose of its creation was to collect data on the restructuring process of the hard coal mining industry.
The publication is the result of the work of researchers representing scientific units and the Industrial Development Agency, Branch in Katowice, and covers selected issues related to hard coal mining.
The monograph opens with a chapter by Rafał Sołtys and Mirosław Skibski, which is a short review of restructuring programs for the hard coal mining sector since 1989. The material also presents selected organizational changes in the sector until 2022 and constitutes a background for further considerations by subsequent authors. Rafał Sołtys and Mirosław Skibski have been associated with the Katowice Branch of the Industrial Development Agency since its establishment.
The restructuring process of the hard coal mining industry is monitored. Since 2003, it has been run by the Industrial Development Agency SA. The next chapter by Beata Barszczowska is devoted to monitoring this process in the years 2020–2023. The material also raises the issue of controlling the spending of budget funds allocated for restructuring processes.
In the third chapter, Zbigniew Grudziński, Urszula Ozga-Blaschke and Katarzyna Stala-Szlugaj present an analysis of the price situation of thermal and coking coal on the international and domestic markets over the last 20 years, along with the factors shaping these prices. The authors also referred to the Polish carbon indices PSCMI_1 and PSCMI_2 published on the website polskirynekwegla.pl run by the Katowice Branch of the Industrial Development Agency.
Can coal still be considered to ensure energy security in Europe? This question is asked in the next, fourth chapter by Radosław Szczerbowski. The author also deals with the issue of the current state of the coal industry and strategies for the development of energy systems in selected European countries in the context of coal use.
The next chapter is an attempt to identify the main trends in the narrative surrounding the energy transformation of hard coal mining. This task was undertaken by Joanna Mazurkiewicz. The material is a summary of part of the research conducted in the Tipping+ project, implemented by the Institute of Structural Research as part of the Horizon 2020 program.
In chapter six, Beata Klojzy-Karczmarczyk presents an assessment of the leaching of pollutants from hard coal mining waste. The material analyzed was selected on the basis of available literature and many years of the author's own research.
In chapter seven, Alicja Stefaniak, Katarzyna Suszek and Łukasz Iwański present changes in legal regulations relating to mining qualifications and training in mining and their impact on the safety of employees of mining plants. The authors made a cross-sectional review of these regulations, starting from the Second Polish Republic to the currently proposed changes to the Geological and Mining Law.
The topic of education and qualifications in the mining sector is one of the topics discussed in the material prepared by Anna Kielerz. The author, in chapter eight, also analyzed changes in the employment sector in the period 2003–2022.
The aim of the penultimate chapter is to assess changes in the state, structure and size of the hard coal resource base in Poland from 1990 to 2022. The author, Eugeniusz Jacek Sobczyk, emphasizes that in the period under study, the state of industrial resources, for reasons other than operational ones, decreased by 10 4 billion Mg. It also draws attention to important issues related to the future of coal, such as the deteriorating mining and geological conditions of the extraction process, decreasing effective working time and the increasing level of natural hazards.
The book ends with Artur Dyczka's chapter Mining 4.0 towards an intelligent deep mine of the future, in which, among other things, the author presented a proposal for the architecture of a production management system based on the Demand and Quality Driven Management System. The author indicated its basic functionalities and groups of IT solutions available on the market, the skillful implementation of which should lead to the development of effective, efficient and lasting solutions in the field of production management.
