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The “Karpatka” TBM shield breaks through the S19 tunnel
On Thursday morning, 10 December 2025, a ceremony was held at the construction site of the S19 Rzeszów Południe-Babica expressway to mark the completion of drilling works on the first 2,255-metre-long tunnel section and the breakthrough of the “Karpatka” TBM shield.
St. Barbara`s Day celebrations of the mining supervision at the Silesian Museum
On Friday, 5 December 2025, the mining supervision’s celebrations were held in Katowice. The event began with a Holy Mass at the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Katowice, followed by the second part of the miners’ holiday celebrations, which took place in the underground interiors of the Silesian Museum in Katowice.
SMA published reports on methane emissions for 2024
EU Regulation 2024/1787 on the reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector, which entered into force in August 2024, introduced provisions aimed at limiting the amount of methane released into the atmosphere by the entities covered by this legal act.
EU project for better transformation of mining regions in Lower Silesia
On 6 October, the first stakeholder meeting within the European Mining Regions Innovation Ecosystems supporting Circularity and Resource Efficiency (EMRIE) project was held at Wrocław University of Science and Technology. The event was attended by Dagmara Solatycka, Deputy Director of the District Mining Office in Wrocław.
Representatives of mining authorities from European countries met in Estonia
From 30 September to 1 October 2025, the 29th Meeting of Heads of Mining Authorities of European Countries was held in Tallinn. The Polish State Mining Authority was represented by the president, Piotr Litwa, and Małgorzata Waksmańska, director of the Department of Law, who gave a presentation on new technologies in Polish mining.
Sustainable transformation of mining was a leading theme of the 6th Polish Mining Congress
On 24-26 September, the 6th Polish Mining Congress was held in Lublin and Bogdanka under the slogan 'GórnictwoPL2050 - raw materials, energy, transformation'. Piotr Litwa, President of the State Mining Authority, attended the plenary session, where he presented the tasks of mining authorities in the context of the transformation of the mining sector.
Unexploded ordnance in the pit
We are all well aware that mining workers face specific hazards. But the risks are sometimes not obvious. For example, it is possible to discover unexploded weapons from the World War II.
ATEX AdCo working group meeting
The 39th ATEX AdCo working group meeting was held on 24-25 June by teleconference. This group deals with harmonising EU member states' laws on equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres.
Expert centre to guard industrial infrastructure
On June 23, in Warsaw three institutions, the Polish Geological Institute National - Research Institute and the Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) and the State Mining Authority, signed an agreement on the establishment of the Centre for Exchange and Analysis of Information for Raw Materials and Geodiversity. The fundamental aim of the venture is to improve the protection of the country's
Conference on the future of post-mining areas
On 17 June, the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice hosted the conference 'The future of post-mining areas', which attracted nearly 200 participants. The State Mining Authority organised the event in cooperation with the Polish Geological Institute National - Research Institute and the Faculty of Mining, Safety Engineering and Industrial Automation of the Silesian University of Technology.