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Vacancy for the position of President of the State Mining Authority in Katowice
Appointed by the Minister of Industry on 27 March 2024, the Team for recruitment for the position of President of the State Mining Authority in Katowice hereby announces the opening of the recruitment procedure for the position of President of the State Mining Authority in Katowice.
Meetings with business representatives and training centres
On April 10 and 11, meetings with representatives of businesses and training centres took place at the District Mining Office in Katowice to discuss changes in regulations concerning the training of personnel participating in mining operations.
Report on the activities of mining authorities in 2023
The State Mining Authority has developed a “Report on the activities of mining authorities in 2023”. The document presents, among others: administrative, control, repressive, legislative, information and publishing activities of the mining offices in the last year.
Krzysztof Król, PhD Eng., acting President of the State Mining Authority
As of March 25, 2024, Prime Minister Donald Tusk dismissed Adam Mirek, PhD Eng., from the position of President of the State Mining Authority. On March 26, 2024, the Prime Minister appointed the 1st Vice-President of the State Mining Authority, Krzysztof Król, PhD Eng., to act as the President of the State Mining Authority until a permanent President is appointed.
Dear All
As of today, I was dismissed from the position of President of the State Mining Authority by Prime Minister Donald Tusk. I held this position proudly for more than seven years.
“St. Barbara’s Day and mining traditions” - our application to UNESCO is complete
On March 14, a working meeting was held in the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in Warsaw to discuss the international application titled “St. Barbara’s Day and mining traditions” for entry on the UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage.
2024 Underground Mining School
The 33rd edition of the Underground Mining School took place on February 26-28, 2024 in Krakow. It is a cyclic science and technology conference attended by practicing miners, representatives of companies associated with mining and scientists to exchange their views and solutions. For years, the event has been regarded as one of the most important meetings of engineers and scientists working in and for the underground mining industry.
24th Conference “Problems of safety and health protection in the Polish mining industry”
The 24th Conference “Problems of safety and health protection in the Polish mining industry” will be held in Wisła on April 18 and 19, 2024.
In 2023, the mining helpline rang 54 times
The State Mining Authority helpline was launched in 2011. It is available 24h a day, seven days a week. Calls are answered by an on-duty dispatcher who receives notifications about various irregularities and safety hazards in mining plants. Such notifications can be also made by e-mail at wug@wug.gov.pl and by traditional mail. All notifications are recorded, carefully analyzed and verified by mining supervision inspectors.
ATEX AdCo group meeting
The 36th meeting of the ATEX AdCo group - the European working group for administrative cooperation in the area of Directive 2014/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres - was held in Brussels on 13, 14 December.