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Polish power plants consume 20 pct more coal in 2021

Power generation from coal has been rising in Poland since November 2020, and the annual growth has reached 21 percent since the start of 2021. Radek Pietruszka/PAP

Polish power plants consumed over one fifth more coal to produce electricity in the first 10 months of the year compared to the same period of 2020, the Polish Mining Group (PGG) has reported.

Poland likely to stop mining coal in 2044 – gov’t advisory body

Poland could stop mining coal in 2044 and no longer use it as a fuel in 2046, a few years earlier than the official 2049 deadline for the end of coal, Polish Economic Institute (PIE) experts predict in a report.

Poland starts coal phase-out talks with EU

Poland has started talks with the European Commission on the pre-notification of its hard coal mining phase-out programme, State Assets Minister Artur Soboń told a public radio broadcast.

Poland's ruling coalition to lose majority

Poland's ruling coalition is facing the loss of its parliamentary majority after three MPs quit Law and Justice (PiS), the coalition’s dominant party.

Gov't, unions seal social contract for mining

Government and union delegates in Katowice, southern Poland on Friday sealed a social contract for the Polish mining sector as Poland enters an EU-imposed energy transformation procedure aimed at eliminating coal from the European energy mix.

Energy transformation must be just – Polish president

Energy transformation, in accordance with the principle of "just transformation", must be participatory, that is, carried out locally, President Andrzej Duda has said.

PM sends condolences to families of mining accident victims

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Moraiecki has forwarded condolences to the families of two miners killed in an accident in the Myslowice-Wesola coal mine in southern Poland on Thursday.

Pit closures could cause loss of over 75,000 mining related jobs

The closure of hard coal mines over the next three decades could lead to the elimination of up to 75,900 jobs in the mining-related sector, according to a new report.

Poland to continue modernisation of mining sector - PM

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has said that Poland will press ahead with plans to upgrade the Polish mining sector.

Poland to adopt German transformation model for mining industry

Poland will adopt a long-term model of transforming its mining industry and departing from its reliance on coal, following the example of Germany, agreed a government delegation and mining unions on Thursday morning after hours of talks.

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