Zmierzch węgla kamiennego w Polsce
Twilight of hard coal in Poland

Summary/Abstract: Poland as a country, one of the largest producers of hard and brown coal in Europe, is at the threshold of key challenges for the future of the economy. How to effectively transform the mining sector controlled by the State Treasury? Hard coal reserves suitable for economically and technically efficient production will last for less than 30 years. In the face of depletion of hard coal economic reserves, an energy strategy is urgently needed. How to manage the exploitation of brown coal, whose developed reserves will be depleted in a significant part within 8-10 years, and new ones economic reserves up to 2.6 billion Mg, will require colossal investments and will be associated with enormous environmental, social and environmental costs?

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