@ARTICLE{Mokrzycki_Eugeniusz_Some_2000,
 author={Mokrzycki, Eugeniusz},
 number={No 4},
 pages={55-65},
 journal={Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi - Mineral Resources Management},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2000},
 publisher={Komitet Zrównoważonej Gospodarki Surowcami Mineralnymi PAN},
 publisher={Instytut Gospodarki Surowcami Mineralnymi i Energią PAN},
 abstract={The process of closing permanently unprofitable coal mines started at the beginning of 90-ies. It may consist in closure of entire mines of its parts. Closure of mine usually takes a few years but the plan of mine closure contains specific timetable for each month. 15 coal mines will be closed of the total production capacity of 18,9 mln ton/year in the years 1998-2002. Additionally in those years in IO partly closed coal mines reduction of7,6 mln tons ofproduction capacity is foreseen. The mine closure causes negative social impact. Social program of the mine is based upon the "Miner's Social Welfare Package" which has been approved by the Government on June 30, 1998 as a part of the program "Reform of hard coal mining in Poland in the years 1998-2002". The Miner's Social Welfare Package contains both the welfare and the stimulation instruments. As a result of its implementation reductions of labour force in hard coal mining industry reached 36.1 thousand jobs in 1999. Costs ofmines closure is veryhigh and therefore the subsidies fromthe budget have to be granted. It is assumed that the process of coal mining industry restructuring will be financed from the budget subsidies till 2002, in the years 2003-2005 both from the state budget and own sources of mines gathered at the mines closure fund. After 2005 restructuring ofmines will be financed exclusively from own financial sources ofmines. The mine closures cause numerous technical and organizational problems that demand to be solved. These are: · protection against water hazard in mines adjacent to the closed one, protection against fire hazard in mines under closure, protection of surface in mining districts against the migration of methane and carbon dioxide, necessity to relocate the employees from closed mines.},
 title={Some problems of domestic coal mining},
 type={article},
 URL={http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/132867/PDF-MASTER/7_GSM_16_4_2000_Mokrzycki_Some.pdf},
 keywords={Coal mining restructuring, mines closure, social package},
}