Justyna Woźniak

• D.Sc. Ph.D.
• Professor at Wrocław University of Science and Technology

The article concerns the issue of equal opportunities for disabled employees as sustainable participation in the labor market in selected workplaces in Poland. Disabled people are part of society; therefore, they should not be discriminated against by exclusion and allowed to participate fully in public life. This work analyzes scientific publicati...

Social responsibility of higher education institutions (HEIs) and 2030 Agenda represent a new tool for improving the management of HEIs. This article aims to conduct an in‐depth study on the diagnosis of the integration of social responsibility guidelines (SR) and sustainable development goals (SDGs) into the strategic plans of Polish and European...

The main objective of the article is analyzing non-financial data of mining companies. The research part consists of an analysis of secondary data from the “social” domain, collected by the students from Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology Wrocław University of Science and Technology and organized according to the adopted criterion. The s...

The article addresses the issues of sustainable development in relation to a selected group of mining companies. The main objective of the article was to verify the companies’ declarations on the convergence of sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the assessment of their actual actions. In order to achieve this objective, the authors hypothesiz...

The article discusses the idea of social license to operate (SLO), which is currently one of the key elements of building positive relations with external stakeholders of projects in many industries (including mining). The article is a continuation of research conducted by the authors in the field of SLOs in the lignite mining industry in Poland. T...

The article addresses the growing problem of implementing and executing the concept of social responsibility. The research began with a review of literature on strategic approaches to defining the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility, and by placing the subject in an international context. The role of a corporate foundation, as an executive t...

Increasing energy efficiency is objectively the right thing from an economic point of view. Besides, due to political and social pressure, it acquires additional significance due to slowing down temperature rise and climate change. Energy-saving becomes part of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy of many producers and a marketing too...

Mining has been embedded in the public consciousness as a dirty, non-innovative, outdated and environmentally harmful industry. Proper education, especially the academic one, becomes crucial to successfully change this image. The article depicts the initial assumptions of the international project Master in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technolo...

The raw materials sector is entering a new era that requires companies to transform their operations, create new business models and foster a digital culture. In this context, the minerals industry is facing a changing talent landscape, necessitating of new skill sets in their workforce. Companies need to ensure that their staffs are properly const...

The mining industry in the world has undergone a major metamorphosis in recent years. These changes have forced higher education to modify the curricula in a thorough way to meet the mining entrepreneurs’ needs. The paper’s scope is to answer the research question—how to attract students and implement Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in higher...

Rare Earth Elements (REEs), due to their unique properties, are nowadays a desirable raw material, especially in the development of modern technologies. This paper describes a 4-step research methodology for the task of identifying the potential for REE recovery in landfilled fly ash. A literature analysis was performed on their significance, occur...

Abstract of the article entitled "A New Face of Mining Engineer-International Curricula to Sustainable Development and Green Deal (A Case Study of the Wrocław University of Science and Technology)"

The article discusses issues related to the circular economy ideas applied to post-industrial facilities and infrastructure in Polish coal-mining areas. The aim of the article is to indicate directions for sustainability-oriented actions on reusing the remnants of closed mining plants and reshaping the areas which will be transformed under the just...

The article combines the issues of Corporate Social Responsibility in the context of relations with sector indices representing the mining industry or industry related to them. For research purposes, social responsibility is included in the RESPECT Index (RI) and the idea of social investing. In 2009 Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE), implemented the RES...

Mining has been embedded in the public consciousness as a dirty, non-innovative, outdated and environmentally harmful industry. Proper education, especially the academic one, becomes crucial to successfully change this image. This article depicts the initial assumptions of the international project Master in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technol...

Integration of conventional energy production with the Polish mining industry is a complex task in the light of decarbonisation guidelines and the development of Renewable Energy Sources. Smog as a seasonal phenomenon requires differentiation between the use of coal as fuel in conventional power plants and combined heat and power plants, and the bu...

The subject of this article concerns the growing issue of implementing the concept of social responsibility in the activities of integrated energy entities. This work includes the performance of a budgetary analysis of the national leading company, in terms of expenses associated with corporate social responsibility (CSR). The article presents the...

The article deals with the problem of mining waste, which is the largest group of waste balance in Poland. Based on research, the current state of waste management in Polish coal mining has been identified. This is a challenge that is facing not only the domestic mining industry, but also international mining. As demonstrated using the example of i...

The presented article touches upon corporate social responsibility, a topic of a current and interdisciplinary nature. The aim of the article was to examine the CSR knowledge of two groups of stakeholders and indicate the need to include issues related to sustainable social and environmental responsibility in the technical study program. The resear...

This article presents an analysis of the issue of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the context of the planned launching of the polish open pit lignite mine in the area of Złoczew municipality on the basis of the research method of surveying, implemented among the residents of this territory. The article commences with a short introduction t...

W niniejszym rozdziale przedstawiono propozycję wykorzystania obiektów pogórniczych w rejonie Wałbrzycha. Analiza dotyczyła zarówno obiektów zlokalizowanych na powierzchni terenu tj. hałd, jak i wskazania potencjału wykorzystania wód kopalnianych w kierunku źródła energii cieplnej. Celem jest zidentyfikowanie sytuacji bieżącej oraz wskazanie propoz...

The article presents one of the possibilities of using a bucket wheel excavator technology (with a daily capacity of over 100,000 m³) when removing an overburden on the stabilised front in the opencast lignite mine. The influence of excavator manoeuvring movements on the choice of parameters of operational floors is discussed. The assessment of the...

Abstract Background:Non-renewable energy continues to remain the main link in energy production in Poland. At the endof 2016, fossil fuels (hard coal and lignite) accounted for around 82% of gross domestic energy production. Reducingthe share of fossil fuels in renewable energy sources in the overall energy mix is a long-term process. An example of...

The article presents the socio-environmental policy of the selected entities operating in the rock raw materials industry. Integrated reports prepared by mining entrepreneurs may be a source of verification of the "raw materials policy", identified as a manifestation of the care of these entities for the environment and society. Rational deposit ma...

In accordance with the main assumption, the social responsibility (of enterprises, business with CSR–Corporate Social Responsibility) can be characterized as an area concerning internal organization regulations that take into account international standards, applicable law, ethical principles and standards, as a positive impact on society and the n...

This article discusses the main issues associated with waste from mining activity, which is the largest group of combined waste in Poland. A series of domestic and foreign solutions (practical and laboratory solutions) were indicated here, aimed at the management of waste in accordance with the tendency of circular economy (CE). In connection with...

The work analyzed the scope of implementation of sustainable development (SD) goals resulting from the activities of entities dealing in the exploitation of lignite in Poland. As the stage requiring implementation of solutions in line with the SD objectives, the design phase was indicated. It has been shown that although there are a number of tools...

This article addresses issues of air pollutant emissions by Polish mining industry leaders in the light of corporate social responsibility policy: Kombinat Górniczo-Hutniczy Miedzi Polska Miedź S.A. (KGHM), Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A. (PGE). The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative regulates business activities at the level of enviro...

Artykuł ma na celu ujawnienie wytycznych globalnej inicjatywy sprawozdawczej – GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) w kontekście podmiotów zintegrowanych pionowo w energetycznym łańcuchu wartości. Omówiono istotę funkcjonowania tego typu podmiotów, dokonano przeglądu literatury w tym zakresie oraz znaczenia zintegrowanego raportowania w kontekście uja...

Geological variability is one of the main factors that has an influence on the viability of mining investment projects and on the technical risk of geology projects. In the current scenario, analyses of economic viability of new extraction fields have been performed for the KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. underground copper mine at Fore Sudetic Monocline wi...

As mining companies reveal more and more public information about themselves, the behaviour fosters a better image. This article aims to present two industry leaders in the context of environmental requirements they have met (status at the end of 2015), acting in compliance with the general principles of a socially responsible business. The choice...

A significant issue encountered by mining enterprises is an impact of activities conducted by them on natural environment. Presenting the mines exclusively through the prism of damages caused by undertaken exploitation is hardly fair. Therefore, the article presents three industry leaders in the context of the requirements they managed to comply wi...

The article is an analysis of the content of the reports of the national mining companies and vertically integrated operators in the energy value chain, in light of the guidelines of global standards of corporate social responsibility (CSR – Corporate Social Responsibility). A verification of the review of the literature and reports of selected com...

In central and western Poland in the rural areas there is a lot of lignite deposits, which utilization by building mining and power complexes could give impetus to development. The paper attempts to evaluate the impact of their construction by comparing socio-economic development indicators and quality of life conditions of residents in two regions...

In central and western Poland in the rural areas there is a lot of lignite deposits, which utilization by building mining and power complexes could give impetus to development. The paper attempts to evaluate the impact of their construction by comparing socio-economic development indicators and quality of life conditions of residents in two regions...

The article presents the problem associated with the estimation of technical efficiency of bucket wheel excavators working in KTZ system. It was compared such parameters which are used in mine reports (indicators of total technical efficiency) with a proposal for the use of measuring equipment effectiveness OEE – Overall Equipment Effectiveness. Ta...

The article presents the role of geostatistical research in identification (and minimization) of a geological risk against the background of the concept presented, aiming at assessing the value of lignite deposits from the perspective of integrated entities, i.e. mines and power stations. A detailed review of the solutions in geostatistics is to pr...

This paper presents the forecast of the level of transfer of CO2 emission permits purchase costs under the ETS scheme to increase wholesale electricity prices in Poland. An inventory of emissions was conducted for the Polish economy with particular emphasis on the energy sector. On this basis, the number of free CO2 emission allowances in the trans...

Streszczenie: W niniejszym artykule oszacowano poziom przeniesienia kosztów wykupu pozwoleń na emisję CO 2 na przyrost ceny energii elektrycznej w Polsce, Niemczech, Czechach i Grecji. Wybór tych krajów podyktowany był dużym udziałem węgla w produkcji energii elektrycznej. Na bazie zaproponowanej metody obliczania wskaźnika przeniesienia kosztów wy...

Brak pewności, co do rozpoznania złoża, poziomu kosztów i cen energii oraz brak informacji o innych warunkach działania kopalni i elektrowni w przyszłości zniechęcają inwestorów do podjęcia decyzji. Rośnie wartość opcji czekania. Dobrym sposobem na rozwianie tych wątpliwości jest opracowanie metodyki analizy ryzyka opłacalności tego typu przedsięwz...

The objective of this paper is identification of risk factors in a bilateral monopoly of a lignite mine and a power plant, together with methods of risk assessment. The paper described the risk factors which appear on each step of value creation chain from the lignite deposit, through mine and power plant until the sale of electric energy an the en...

Przedstawiono wyniki analizy funkcjonowania bilateralnego monopolu kopalni węgla brunatnego i elektrowni w warunkach niepewności. Badano wpływ cen pozwoleń na emisję CO2 na wielkość zasobów węgla opłacalnych do wydobycia tzn. znajdujących się w obszarze optymalnego wyrobiska docelowego (z algorytmu Lerchsa-Grossmanna) maksymalizującego łączne zyski...

Artykuł składa się z czterech części obejmujących tj. wprowadzenie, opis metodyki badań, analizę rezultatów i wnioski. Głównym przesłaniem jest konieczność optymalizacji wspólnych działań kopalni węgla brunatnego i elektrowni oraz opracowanie metodyki szacowanie korzyści z integracji pionowej tych podmiotów w warunkach niepewności i ryzyka w zinteg...

Na bazie prostych schematów inwestycyjnych o identycznych wartościach oczekiwanych przepływów pieniężnych w poszczególnych latach projektu, lecz o różnych zakresach ich zmienności, pokazano, że symulacja Monte Carlo (MC) poprzez pokazanie zmienności przepływów gotówkowych w kolejnych latach inwestycji pozwala dobrać właściwą stopę dyskontową dopas...

1.Introduction 2.Mine and power plant as a bilateral monopoly 3.Uncertain data in the analysed BM model 4.Outcome from Lerchs-Grossmanpit optimisation andMonteCarlo simulations 5.Simulation of Cash Flows (CFs) from energy production 6.Risk analysis basedonCFs 7.Concluding remarks

Artykuł prezentuje wstępne wyniki analizy ryzyka finansowego planowanej budowy kopalni węgla brunatnego i elektrowni w okolicy Legnicy. W oparciu o dane jakościowe i ilościowe z rozpoznania złoża i parametry planowanej kopalni i elektrowni z projektu Foresight zbudowano w arkuszu Excel model ich funkcjonowania. Posłużył on do wygenerowania przepływ...

Identyfikacji obszarów ryzyka został poddany układ, składający się z zakładu górniczego eksploatującego złoże węgla brunatnego i skojarzonej z nim elektrowni, wytwarzającej energię elektryczną. Artykuł prezentuje ideę dwustronnego monopolu i opisuje strukturę wzajemnych relacji tych podmiotów począwszy od złoża węgla brunatnego do produktu finalneg...

http://www.meeri.pl/Wydawnictwa/PE111/10-Jurdziak-Wiktorowicz.pdf Influence of the uncertainty concerning forced restrictions on emission CO2 to the profitability of the production of the electric energy from lignite Abstract Based on the bilateral monopoly model of a lignite mine & a power plant and 11 nested pits generated during Lerchs-Grossmann...

The objective of this paper is identification of risk factors in a bilateral monopoly of a lignite mine and a power plant. The paper described a bilateral monopoly market and risk factors which appear on each step of value creation chain from the lignite deposit, through mine and power plant until the sale of electric energy an the energy market. T...

Artykuł ma na celu identyfikację czynników ryzyka w bilateralnym monopolu (BM) kopalni węgla brunatnego i skojarzonej z nią elektrowni. Przedstawiono w nim ideę dwustronnego mono-polu oraz omówiono zagadnienia ryzyka pojawiającego się w łańcuchu tworzenia wartości po-cząwszy od złoża węgla brunatnego, poprzez kopalnię i elektrownię, po sprzedaż wyt...

Based on the simple example of several investment schemes having the same expected value of cash flows but different volatility (zmienny) it has been shown that Monte Carlo simulation, when applied without any risk reduction techniques as e.g. hedging, does not reduce risk but only reveals it. Observation of cash flow variability in an investment s...

Elementy analizy ryzyka przy ocenie opłacalności produkcji energii elektrycznej z węgla brunatnego Streszczenie: Analizę ryzyka oparto na bazie modelu bilateralnego monopolu kopalni węgla brunatnego i elektrowni. Skupiono się na badaniu zmienności warunków ekonomicznych funkcjonowania układu kopalni i elektrowni pozostawiając analizę zmienności par...