This is how much loss mining companies brought in 2025. Will it be worse than in 2024?

The net financial result of mining companies after 8 months of 2025 amounted to minus PLN 5.5 billion, which may mean that for the entire 2025 this result will be similar to last year's loss of PLN 13.4 billion – said Mirosław Skibski, director of the ARP branch in Katowice, during the parliamentary subcommittee on just transformation.

“For 2024, the net financial result is minus PLN 13.4 billion, and after 8 months of this year it is (minus) PLN 5.5 billion. It is, let's say, better, but it is not entirely better, looking period to period, because in the mining industry, payments are not evenly distributed over time and this result at the end of the year will be at least comparable (…) there is a threat of a similar result as for 2024,” said Skibski.

He also presented the extraction volumes of the Polish mining industry.

“In 2012, we extracted over 79 million tons of coal, but in 2024 it was only 44 million tons. After 8 months (2025 – PAP) it was 27 million tons,” said Skibski, adding that the number of mines decreased from 30 to 17 at that time.

He added that the level of extraction after 8 months of this year decreased by 5.5% compared to the comparable period in 2024.

“We extracted 19.1 million tons of thermal coal this year, last year it was 21.3 million tons,” he added.

The share of the domestic market in the sales structure increased from 86%. in 2013 to almost 94 percent in 2018, i.e. the share of exports decreased.

“Our production is higher than sales, which results in the creation of coal reserves. Unfortunately, our coal reserves are systematically growing. For 8 months of 2025, they have changed slightly compared to December, we have 5 million 552 thousand tons in reserve, i.e. in these mining dumps, of which 0.5 million tons of coking coal and almost 5 million tons of steam coal,” said Skibski.

He pointed out that the production of energy from coal is declining even more, and the average sales price of coal was 27.2% lower in 2024. than a year earlier: the price of thermal coal decreased by 30%, and that of coking coal by 22%.

“During the 8 months of this year, the average total price was lower by almost 23% year on year, the price of thermal coal decreased by 21%, and the price of coking coal by 27.7%.” – said Skibski, noting that this reduced the revenues of mining companies. (PAP Business)

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