Is the world fed more and more, Poland will also apologize with black gold?

Although mining is deficit, experts indicate that it may be worth reviewing the approach to the industry – notes Dziennik Gazeta Prawna on Wednesday.

Coal mining in Poland slows down every year, which is part of the assumptions of the National Energy Policy, according to which the participation of this raw material in the energy mix is ​​to fall – we read in the Wednesday edition of the newspaper.

“DGP” reminds that in 2024 Polish miners have fed 44 million t -coal – in the previous year it was 48.4 million tons, and 10 years earlier 72.5 million t. From the 1990s, the decline in domestic production is an average of 2.7 million t. But World leaders in the production of hard coal such as China, India and Indonesia have been increasing mining powers for years. The result: Chinese and Indian production today accounts for over 50 percent. global supply. Donald Trump also imposed the same direction to the American mining industry.

“Coal remains the cheapest stable fuel. Developing countries, as well as developed with a high desire for further development, willingly use it, often their own fuel. In the following years I expect an increase in extraction in Australia or South Africa, where only this year two new mines were launched this year,” said Paweł Bogacz from the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow. journal.

The newspaper points out that the Polish government has less fondness for coal. A year ago, in an interview with Money.pl, Minister of Industry Marzena Czarnecka – who is responsible for minerals in the Council of Ministers – assessed that Polish mining is in a “tragic” state and Poland is “drowning in coal”. However, from the beginning of her term of office, Czarnecka maintained that the schedule of closing mines, agreed by the industry during the PiS rule, would be honored by the current authorities. The last mine is to be closed in 2049.

You @Jakubiak_Marek He talks about coal “black gold” and that he will last for 900 years. He also adds that Germany is opening new mines.

We would like to remind you: we pay PLN 24 million a day and PLN 9 billion for coal this year, the sector had a loss of PLN 11 billion in 2024, and the Germans expired …

– Jakub Wiech (@jakubwiech) April 11, 2025

– The situation on the energy raw materials market is unstable. In this aspect, too much dependence on the supply of imported gas or imported renewable energy technology can become dangerous. We should verify our thinking about the energy sector, because the raw materials market has changed significantly since the decision to extinguish the mines – indicates the rich man.

Economics supports opponents of maintaining coal production. According to the calculations of the Industrial Development Agency, last year, Polish hard coal mining recorded a record loss of PLN 11 billion. This means that every day domestic mining generated about PLN 30 million of losses. The budgets of mining companies are the most charged to the relief (33.5 percent of costs).

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