Description: Poland : Reform and Restructuring of the Hard Coal Sector 1998-2006 and Future Prospects

Poland : Reform and Restructuring of the Hard Coal Sector 1998-2006 and Future Prospects

Poland has by far the highest hard coal production of any country in the European Union and hard coal will continue to play a crucial role regarding energy security for Poland. Most importantly, hard coal can reduce both the price and supply risks...

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Main Authors:	Strongman, John, Palac, Roman, Eftimie, Adriana
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ALLOCATION ALLOWANCE APPROACH AUDITS AVAILABILITY AVERAGE COSTS AVERAGE PRICE AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY BALANCE BOILER CAPITAL MARKETS CARBON CARBON EMISSION CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON RELEASE CLEANER ENERGY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLOSED MINES CLOSURES COAL COAL CAPACITY COAL DEMAND COAL EXPORTS COAL INDUSTRY COAL MINE COAL MINES COAL MINING COAL MINING INDUSTRY COAL MINING SECTOR COAL PLANTS COAL PRICES COAL PRODUCERS COAL PRODUCTION COAL QUALITY COAL RESERVES COAL SECTOR COAL SUPPLY COAL USE COKE COKING COMBUSTION COPPER COST OF PRODUCTION COST SAVINGS DAMAGES DEBT DEMAND FOR COAL DEMAND FOR ENERGY DOMESTIC COAL DOMESTIC PRODUCTION DOMESTIC SUPPLY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC INDICATORS ECONOMIC PROBLEM EFFICIENCY GAINS EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION EMISSION EMPLOYMENT ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY MARKET ENERGY MARKETS ENERGY NEEDS ENERGY POLICY ENERGY PRICES ENERGY RESOURCES ENERGY SECURITY ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY STRATEGY ENERGY SUPPLY ENERGY SYSTEM ENERGY SYSTEMS ENERGY TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EXPENDITURES EXTREME POVERTY FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FUEL FUELS GAS GAS IMPORTS GAS PRICES GAS SUPPLIES GAS SUPPLY GENERATION GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS GEOLOGY GREEN HOUSE GASES GREEN PAPER HARD COAL HEAT HEAT DEMAND HIGHER BOILER EFFICIENCY HIGHER ENERGY PRICES INCOME INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY JOBS LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LIGNITE LIVING CONDITIONS LOSS OF JOBS LOWER COSTS LOWER DEMAND LUMP SUM MARGINAL COST MARKET COMPETITION MARKET PRICES METHANE MINE CLOSURE MINE WATER MINE WORKERS MINING AREAS MINING AUTHORITY MINING COMPANIES MINING COMPANY MINING COSTS MINING DAMAGES MINING EQUIPMENT MINING INDUSTRY MINING LABOR MINING LAW MINING POLICY MINING REFORM NATURAL ENVIRONMENT NATURAL GAS NATURAL GAS PRICES NUCLEAR ENERGY OIL OIL EQUIVALENT OIL PRICE OIL PRICES OUTSOURCING PENALTIES PHYSICAL MINE CLOSURE POST-CLOSURE POWER POWER COMPANY POWER GENERATION POWER GENERATION CAPACITY POWER SECTOR PRICE OF COAL PRICE VOLATILITY PRIMARY ENERGY PRIMARY ENERGY DEMAND PRIMARY ENERGY SUPPLY PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION OF COAL PRODUCTION OF ENERGY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROSTITUTION QUALITY ENERGY RECLAMATION REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RESERVOIRS SAFETY STANDARDS SCENARIOS SMOKE SOCIAL MITIGATION STEEL SUBSIDENCE SULFUR SULFUR EMISSIONS SURFACE MINES SURFACE WORKERS SUSTAINABILITY TIMBER TOTAL CONSUMPTION TOTAL DEMAND TRANSPORT COSTS UNCERTAINTIES UNDERGROUND COAL UNDERGROUND MINE UNDERGROUND MINES UNDERGROUND MINING UNDERGROUND STORAGE UNEMPLOYMENT UTILITIES WAGES WASTE WORLD COAL CONSUMPTION WORLD ENERGY WORLD ENERGY MARKETS WORLD ENERGY SYSTEM
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/07/16417585/poland-1998-2006-reform-restrusture-hard-coal-sector-future-projects http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12851

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Summary:	Poland has by far the highest hard coal production of any country in the European Union and hard coal will continue to play a crucial role regarding energy security for Poland. Most importantly, hard coal can reduce both the price and supply risks for Poland associated with oil and gas imports. Poland has a number of low cost mines with good quality coal where production can be expanded so that it is feasible for coal to meet domestic demand without requiring operating support from the state budget and if the remaining restructuring of the coal mining sector is completed successfully, the sector can again become an important driver for economic development of Silesia rather than a liability. While heavy industries such as hard coal and steel will remain core industries for Silesia, they are unlikely to be sources of increased employment in future. The growth sectors for Silesia are to be found in higher technology (including coal-based technologies) and service industries. The next few years, while EU funds are available, offer Silesia a window of opportunity to develop these new sectors. It is, therefore, important that the coal industry release its surplus employees and land so that Silesia can diversify into new industries and take full advantage of EU funds while at the same time having a healthy and profitable coal industry.

Poland : Reform and Restructuring of the Hard Coal Sector 1998-2006 and Future Prospects

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