Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi - Mineral Resources Management

Abstract

Hard coal mining is one of the key industries in Poland. At present, the country has 20 active collieries, producing steam and coking coal. Many experts consider such industrial activity as burdened by numerous risks and being capital intensive (Saługa 2009;dychkovskyi et al. 2018). Hard coal mining has recently been under pressure of falling coal prices on world markets, coupled with the rising costs of services (U.S. EIA 2020). At the same