The Polish coal mining sector ended the first six months of 2025 with a deep net loss. According to the data of the Industrial Development Agency, the industry suffered a loss of PLN 4.06 billion. Although this result is half as much as a year earlier, when the loss reached over PLN 8.3 billion, the financial situation of mining still remains critical.
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The sector's revenues in the first half of the year amounted to PLN 16.84 billion, compared to PLN 21.11 billion in the corresponding period of 2024. PLN 9.86 billion was obtained from the sale of coal, which means a decrease by PLN 3 billion year -on -year. The operating costs closed at PLN 21.27 billion – much less than PLN 30.95 billion last year, but still exceed the industry's revenues.
Better results than a year ago can also be seen in the operational ranking. The loss of EBITDA, i.e. the result before the deduction of interest and depreciation, in the first half of 2025 was PLN 2.59 billion in a minus, compared to PLN 7.67 billion a year earlier.
Throughout 2024, mining finished a year with a record loss of PLN 11.06 billion, and a year earlier it recorded a net profit of PLN 4.8 billion. These data confirm that the situation of the sector is strictly dependent on the fluctuations of raw materials in global markets, and without further support of the state, the industry is not able to stay on the surface.
The new government act for Polish mining. Here are the upcoming changes
The ministry emphasized that the new provisions implement the provisions of the social agreement with the miners from 2021, which provides gradual quenching of hard coal mines until 2049.
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—- The legislative act will enable the mining companies to be liquidated independently, introduce a package of shielding benefits for employees and limit subsidies to the functioning of the mines – the ministry indicated in a communiqué.
The most important change is to be the financing mechanism of public liquidation of plants run by mining enterprises.
The project also provides for a package of cover benefits. Miners will be able to take five -year mining holidays, and employees of mechanical converting coal – from four -year holidays. People with at least three years of work experience will be alternative to one -off cash severance pay.
The amendment also opens the way to transfer the property of liquidated enterprises in the form of a donation. It will be able to go to local government units – for public purposes and implementation of own tasks – or to state legal persons involved in the construction and maintenance of the dehydration systems of closed mines.
