Alicja Kot-NiewiadomskaThe Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences · The Division of Mineral Policy
Alicja Kot-Niewiadomska
PhD Eng
Raw materials education
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Poland is the only global producer and exporter of elemental sulfur produced from its native deposits. The stable situation on the sulfur market in recent years as well as optimistic forecasts regarding its demand for the coming years let the consider the possibility of sulfur mining further development in Poland. For this purpose, the article asse...
Known mostly in Poland, formulated by prof. Goetel, science—sozology, perfectly corresponds to today’s developing pro-environmental activities. Sozology combines both concerns for the precious values of primaeval nature and the management of man transformed areas. It includes civilisation changes, climate change, and access to natural resources. Th...
W artykule przedstawiono wyniki waloryzacji złóż kruszyw piaskowo-żwirowych w Polsce. Celem badań była identyfikacja najbardziej cennych złóż o potencjalnie strategicznym znaczeniu, które wymagają objęcia ochroną. Do analizy wytypowane zostały niezagospodarowane złoża kruszyw żwirowych (zawartość żwiru powyżej 70%) o zasobach powyżej 10 mln ton ora...
„Gospodarka surowcami mineralnymi w Polsce w latach 2013–2022” jest już trzecią edycją tego wydawnictwa, przygotowaną przez Pracownię Polityki Surowcowej IGSMiE PAN w Krakowie.
Utrzymano w niej zasadniczo dotychczasowy układ i zakres merytoryczny rocznika.
Pozycja ta prezentuje podstawowe dane statystyczne w zakresie gospodarowania surowcami minera...
Representatives of the municipality decide about the country’s resources, making decisions at the local level in spatial planning. Our task was to check whether they are aware of how important they are taking steps for the region and country. For this purpose, a survey was conducted in Poland, Austria, Serbia and Sweden. The
analysis of the receiv...
Publikacja dofinansowana ze środków budżetu państwa w ramach programu Ministra Edukacji i Nauki pod nazwą „Nauka dla Społeczeństwa”, nr projektu NdS/539771/2021/2022, kwota dofinansowania 257 830,00 zł, całkowita wartość projektu 257 830,00 zł
Folder edukacyjny. Publikacja dofinansowana ze środków budżetu państwa w ramach programu Ministra Edukacji i Nauki pod nazwą „Nauka dla Społeczeństwa”, nr projektu NdS/539771/2021/2022, kwota dofinansowania 257 830,00 zł, całkowita wartość projektu 257 830,00 zł.
Oddawany do rąk Czytelników rocznik „Gospodarka surowcami mineralnymi w Polsce w latach 2012–2021” jest drugą edycją tego wydawnictwa, przygotowaną przez Pracownię Polityki Surowcowej Instytutu Gospodarki Surowcami Mineralnymi i Energią PAN w Krakowie. Rocznik ten prezentuje podstawowe dane statystyczne w zakresie gospodarowania surowcami mineralny...
Energy raw materials that play a crucial role in the economic development of Poland are: crude oil, natural gas as well as lignite and hard coal. The history of mining of the aforementioned raw materials have a complex and long tradition. Historically, Poland was a pioneer and a European leader in crude oil mining which now has only marginal import...
The economic results of many dynamically developing European countries largely depend on the availability of mineral raw materials. For this reason, securing their supplies from import must be supported by a committed foreign policy as well as a sustainable raw materials policy in the field of their obtaining from domestic sources, both from minera...
Every social group exhibits a need to make decisions that are binding for all its members and the participation of various interest groups in decision-making today is an integral part of modern political and legal thought as well as administrative processes. Recently, increased community engagement and greater awareness of the society with regard t...
Publikacja dofinansowana ze środków budżetu państwa w ramach
programu Ministra Edukacji i Nauki pod nazwą „Nauka dla Społeczeństwa”,
nr projektu NdS/539771/2021/2022, kwota dofinansowania 257 830,00 zł,
całkowita wartość projektu 257 830,00 zł
Known mostly in Poland, formulated by Prof. W. Goetel, the science-called sozology perfectly corresponds to today's pro-environmental activities developing worldwide. Sozology combines both concern for the precious values of primeval nature and the management of areas transformed by man. It includes civilization changes, climate change, and access...
This work is an attempt to determine the scale of threats to the mineral security of Poland in the area of non-energy raw materials resulting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In particular, it aims to identify those industries whose proper functioning may be threatened in the face of the limited supply of raw materials from three directions – Rus...
The events of the last two years force the verification of global supply chains of mineral resources. The current unstable geopolitical situation has disrupted the international trade of many mineral raw materials, including those defined as strategic and/or critical for the EU and individual countries. The supply of mineral raw materials from outs...
The Social License to Operate (SLO), understood as the consent of a wide group of stakeholders to mining activities, has become an important element in the process of obtaining a mining license in recent years. Such a pattern of increasing importance is common, both in Poland and throughout the EU. Therefore, it should be of key importance to preve...
W latach 1993-2015 zespół Pracowni Polityki Surowcowej Instytutu Gospodarki Surowcami Mineralnymi i Energią PAN przygotowywał i wydawał rocznik pt. „Bilans gospodarki surowcami mineralnymi Polski i świata”, natomiast w latach 1997–2015 – także anglojęzyczny „Minerals Yearbook of Poland”. Działania te były możliwe dzięki finansowaniu przez ministers...
The EU's demand for numerous mineral raw materials is growing intensively, while the security of their supplies (mostly form outside the EU) is often at high risk. This is especially the case for critical raw materials (CRMs). Poland is now and may be in the future the most important supplier of numerous mineral raw materials to other EU countries....
The paper presents a proposal for methodology of designation of the key, strategic and critical minerals, important for the mineral security of Poland. The authors proposed a comprehensive methodology for analysis of 148 individual minerals. When determining the key minerals, a criterion of average value of their annual consumption in Poland in the...
Poprawie dobrobytu człowieka niezmiennie towarzyszy nie tylko wzrost zapotrzebowania na surowce mineralne, ale także rosnąca różnorodność stosowanych materiałów. W miarę jak społeczeństwa stają się coraz bardziej złożone, sposoby w jakie wykorzystują surowce mineralne stają się bardziej skomplikowane. Jednocześnie kończy się epoka złóż bogatych i ł...
Europejski Zielony Ład (EZŁ, ang. European Green Deal) to strategia rozwoju, która ma przekształcić Unię Europejską w obszar neutralny klimatycznie, co stanowi odpowiedź na kryzys klimatyczny i postępujące procesy degradacji środowiska. Drogą do osiągnięcia tego celu ma być niskoemisyjna transformacja energetyczna, która powinna zakończyć się w 205...
The observation of trends in the demand for minerals is of fundamental importance in the long--term assessment of prospects for economic development in Poland.
From among 148 minerals analyzed, 42 minerals are indicated as key minerals for the country’s economy, of which 22 were recognized as deficit minerals. These minerals have been the subject o...
Safeguarding the access to mineral resources in land-use planning plays a crucial role in securing their supply to society. Despite the existing literature about minerals and land-use policy integration, a major question remains: to which mineral resources must the access be guaranteed?
Based on the findings of two recent European-funded projects (...
Major benefits and constraints related to mineral extraction within the EU have been
identified on the examples of selected critical raw materials’ deposits. Analyzed case studies include
the following ore deposits: Myszków Mo-W-Cu (Poland), Juomasuo Au-Co (Finland), S. Pedro das
Águias W-Sn (Portugal), Penouta Nb-Ta-Sn (Spain), Norra Kärr REEs (Sw...
Many European Union countries successfully integrated their mineral policy and spatial policy, which has ensured the proper place of mineral deposits in their spatial planning systems. These, in turn, are widely recognized as the most important mineral deposit safeguarding tool, the essence of which is to ensure long-term access to its resources. T...
Secure and sustainable supply of minerals is important for the stable development of a country’s economy, as well as the global economy. Poland’s economic performance—as a dynamically developing country—is also largely dependent on the availability of minerals and security of their supplies both from internal sources and form imports. In Poland, 42...
Events that change the global economy rapidly, without warning, in principle strongly
affect mining, which is one of the pillars of global development. After the first months of the Covid-19 pandemic, the mining pillar seems to be relatively stable. In this study, thanks to the meeting of an international team, it was possible to collect and compar...
This study examines the four cases of World Heritage protected cultural landscapes in Europe that are characterized by mining in order to identify the role mining plays today in such cultural landscapes, the legal requirements for their protection, and also the exploration and exploitation in these areas and the differences that exist between the f...
Mineral deposits are essential for the economic, technological and social development. However, to enable them to play an appropriate role in the process of sustainable development, they need to be safeguarded in a comprehensive and systemic manner in the same measure as other elements of the environment. The practice of securing access to areas wh...
The aim of the study was analysis of the criticality of crude oil for a Poland. The need to ensure continuous supply of oil for the Polish economy is one of the key foundations of energy security. Small domestic production, continuous increase in demand and growing share in the national structure of primary energy consumption result in a continuous...
Landscape parks are one of the most important tools for nature conservation in Europe. Cultural landscape protection, coupled in particular with rural tradition of land use plays a very important role. A common feature of these popular protected areas is the fact that they are established legally, in accordance with the principle of sustainable dev...
Within the ROBOMINERS project an innovative technology
for the future exploitation of small and difficult to access mineral
deposits is being studied. The project has two main objectives. First, the
development of a bioinspired reconfigurable robotic miner prototype, able to
navigate, explore and mine selectively with a certain degree of autonomy....
The paper presents a proposal to designate the minerals of key, strategic and critical importance for the mineral security of Poland. Based on a review of the foreign and Polish literature, differences in defining the terms in question were pointed out. Taking into account existing solutions, the authors proposed a comprehensive methodology of desi...
Growing populations, socio-economic stability, and the transition towards a low-carbon and zero-waste future all impact the growing worldwide demand for mineral raw materials. The access to minerals is, however, defined by their geographical location, and influenced by different stakeholder interests, competing land-use and institutional complexity...
Od początku XX wieku, aż do okresu międzywojennego Polska znajdowała się w czołówce producentów ropy naftowej na świecie, a potem w Europie. Zniszczenia wojenne, a przede wszystkim zmiany terytorialne, jakie były następstwem II wojny światowej, pozbawiły Polskę znacznych zasobów tego surowca. Jednocześnie rozwój zapotrzebowania na ropę, towarzysząc...
Projekt ROBOMINERS realizowany jest jako zwycięska propozycja konkursowa w obrębie filaru "Wyzwania społeczne" część "Działania w dziedzinie klimatu, środowisko, efektywne gospodarowanie zasobami i surowcami mineralnymi" (ang. "Societal Challenges"; "Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials") Programu Horyzont 2020.
Od początku XX wieku, aż do okresu międzywojennego Polska znajdowała się w czołówce producentów ropy naftowej na świecie, a potem w Europie. Zniszczenia wojenne, a przede wszystkim zmiany terytorialne, jakie były następstwem II wojny światowej, pozbawiły Polskę znacznych zasobów tego surowca. Jednocześnie rozwój zapotrzebowania na ropę, towarzysząc...
From the beginning of the 20th century, until the interwar period, Poland was at the forefront of crude oil producers in the world, and then in Europe. Poland, as a result of war damage (and first of all territorial changes) that occurred after the II World War, lost significant resources of this raw materials. At the same time, the development of...
ROBOMINERS will develop a bio-inspired, modular and reconfigurable robot-miner for small and difficult to access deposits. The aim is to create a prototype robot that is capable of mining underground, underwater or above water, and can be delivered in modules to the deposit via a large diameter borehole. In the envisioned ROBOMINERS technology line...
W 2017 roku udział ropy naftowej w zużytych nośnikach energii pierwotnej na świecie wyniósł około 34%. Dominująca rola ropy naftowej wynika z tego, że jest ona obecnie prawie wyłącznym surowcem wykorzystywanym do produkcji paliw płynnych stosowanych do napędu środków transportu, a także używanym do otrzymywania innych produktów niezbędnych do zaspo...
This report has concentrated on review of existing mineral resources reporting schemes (chapter 1), mineral resources valorisation approaches (chapter 2), and mineral resources valuation approaches (chapter 3). These issues have been analysed both in context of known mineral deposits and yet unknown (or weakly known) mineral potential areas. The sp...
The functioning of European economies and societies requires a stable and sustainable supply of mineral resources. For 10 years now EU has been developing raw materials initiative to secure European minerals supply. In many cases, areas with known or hypothetic mineral resources, are not sufficiently valued by society and authorities, remain unprot...
Activities related to the protection of mineral deposits in Lubuskie Voivodeship,
should be evaluated positively both in the current and projected Voivodeship
Spatial Development Plan. Furthermore, the arrangements from
this document should be transported in to local (community) spatial planning
documents. In this regard, many of the analyzed commu...
Future needs for minerals should be covered from undeveloped deposits. Access to such deposits should be assured by appropriate instruments of their safeguarding. As not all mineral deposits can be protected at the same level, some valorisation methods should be involved. In the paper, two recently proposed methodologies were analysed: one proposed...
Projekt MinLand, realizowany w ramach programu Horyzont 2020, ma na celu zapewnienie dostępu do udokumentowanych nieeksploatowanych złóż kopalin oraz perspektywicznych obszarów ich występowania w obrębie Unii Europejskiej, tak aby teraz lub w przyszłości możliwe było prowadzenie dalszych prac eksploracyjnych i/lub eksploatacyjnych. Drogą do tego je...
In view of the world’s recent changes in the mineral market, it is becoming increasingly important to ensure the sustainable and secure supply of raw materials, both within the European Union and in other high-developed countries. In response to this global challenge, as part of the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Program for Research & Innovati...
W perspektywie zmian zachodzących w ciągu ostatnich lat na światowym rynku surowców mineralnych, coraz większego znaczenia nabiera konieczność zapewnienia ich trwałych i bezpiecznych dostaw, zarówno w obrębie Unii Europejskiej, jak i w innych krajach wysokorozwiniętych. W odpowiedzi na to globalne wyzwanie, w lutym 2015 roku w ramach programu Horyz...
MDoPI assignment methodology proposed within MINATURA2020 project was tested in selected partner countries (Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden, Ireland-UK offshore), taking into account different national policy scenarios and their impacts to ensure its viability at all levels. Dolnośląskie Province in Poland was one of the tested a...
MINATUR A2020 project’s aim is to develop a concept and multi-dimensional methodology of assignment and - in a consequence - of safeguarding the Mineral Deposits of Public Importance (MDoPI) at European (EU), country (CL ) and regional/local level (RL ), in order to ensure their optimal use for future needs of the society. MDoPI assignment methodol...
Space of Upper Silesia cities is created mostly by multiplicity of industrial areas,
among which important are areas for the storage of extractive waste. Recovery of extractive waste through forming of landscape structure is popular among Upper Silesian
hard coal mines. These structure, finally will perform the function of recreation. Arrangement a...
Space of Upper Silesia cities is created mostly by multiplicity of industrial areas, among which important are areas for the storage of extractive waste. Recovery of extractive waste through forming of landscape structure is popular among Upper Silesian hard coal mines. These structure, finally will perform the function of recreation. Arrangement a...
W pracy przedstawiono główne ograniczenia środowiskowe zagospodarowania i rozwoju eksploatacji złóż skał blocznych w Górach Świętokrzyskich i Sudetach. Szczegółowej charakterystyce poddano udokumentowaną bazę zasobową skał przydatnych do produkcji materiałów kamiennych, w podziale na złoża zagospodarowane i niezagospodarowane. Na podstawie obowiązu...
W jubileuszowej, dwudziestej edycji Bilansu gospodarki surowcami mineralnymi Polski i Świata, zasadniczo utrzymano dotychczas wypracowany układ i zakres merytoryczny rocznika. Każdy z ponad 100 rozdziałów poświęconych poszczególnym surowcom mineralnym dzieli się na część krajową i światową, ilustrowane licznymi danymi statystycznymi, w tym wykresam...
The 17th edition of the Minerals Yearbook of Poland presents data on the economy of over 100 major mineral commodities in Poland in the years 2009–2013. The arrangement of the yearbook has remained basically the same as in the previous editions. The book provides a comprehensive review of the domestic supply and demand for mineral commodities, supp...
The Minerals Yearbook of Poland 2013 is a unique publication, which reviews mineral commodities production and utilisation in Poland. It has been compiled annually since 1996. The current 17th edition is for the second time performed as a task of the Polish Geological Survey according to a plan accepted by the Minister of the Environment. The Polis...
Polskie górnictwo skalne w ostatnim czasie stanęło przed licznymi wyzwaniami, związanymi m.in. z rosnącym zapotrzebowaniem na kruszywa mineralne do budowy dróg oraz budownictwa mieszkaniowego i ogólnego, rozwojem zapotrzebowania na surowce ze strony przemysłu ceramicznego i szklarskiego, przyjęciem norm europejskich na materiały budowlane, zaostrza...
Polskie górnictwo skalne w ostatnim czasie stanęło przed licznymi wyzwaniami, związanymi m.in. z rosnącym zapotrzebowaniem na kruszywa mineralne do budowy dróg oraz budownictwa mieszkaniowego i ogólnego, rozwojem zapotrzebowania na surowce ze strony przemysłu ceramicznego i szklarskiego, przyjęciem norm europejskich na materiały budowlane, zaostrza...
Polskie górnictwo skalne w ostatnim czasie stanęło przed licznymi wyzwaniami, związanymi m.in. z rosnącym zapotrzebowaniem na kruszywa mineralne do budowy dróg oraz budownictwa mieszkaniowego i ogólnego, rozwojem zapotrzebowania na surowce ze strony przemysłu ceramicznego i szklarskiego, przyjęciem norm europejskich na materiały budowlane, zaostrza...
The comprehensive analysis of mineral resources was made in 44 Polish spa containing communes. Mining exploatation and protection of mineral resources result in the restrictions of land use. Land use development is constrained by the extent of mining areas formed to protect the deposit of medicine waters as well as the health resort conservation ar...