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Impact of mining operations, including mining damage

Impact of mining operations, including mining damage

In view of the unique character of the Group’s mining activities impact on the environment, the procedures which are significant for the environment are often also of key importance for the local community and operational risks (e.g. mining damage). There are noteworthy procedures of the integrated management system, compliant with PN-ISO 14001, which ensure the highest level of care in the area: “Identification, Assessment and Monitoring of Environmental Aspects” (PZŚ-5.01), “Operational Control and Monitoring of Environmental Elements” (PZŚ-7.01), “Removal of Mining Damage” (PZŚ-7.03), “Identification of Risks and Prescribed Actions in Case of Environmental Emergency” (PZŚ-7.04). Other procedures, such as the “Actions to be Taken in JSW S.A. During a Mass Accident or Industrial Disaster” (PZB-8.02), refer to occupational health and safety, and is compliant with PN-N-18001.

Mining damage undoubtedly has the greatest importance for the local community. In order to limit mining damage risks, appropriate control mechanisms are applied as regards the materialization of risk; they include activities such as:

  • coordination of activities related to the preparation of: geological survey program, geological, hydro-geological, and geological-engineering works, deposit management program and mine operational plan, planning for locations at risk of mining damage,
  • planning for locations at risk of mining damage (inter alia based on the deposit exploitation schedule),
  • supervision over execution of license conditions and environmental decisions, land survey and construction,
  • monitoring of the removal of mining damage, in terms of quantity and costs,
  • monitoring of the balance of the provision created for removal of mining damage,
  • cooperation with local government bodies in agreement teams,
  • exclusion of an area from construction planning, or deposit decommissioning,
  • preventive actions designed to retain the gravitational flow of surface waters,
  • application of preventive construction solutions as regards proper safeguarding of existing buildings and buildings under construction located in mining areas.

Internal regulations linked to the removal of mining damage are of key importance. Individual repair projects for public facilities, property of local authorities and privately owned property are prepared for implementation in accordance with the procedure defined in the Directive of President of the Management Board of JSW of 20 December 2017 Attachment No. 2 Regulations of proceeding in damage repair and Attachment No. 3 Regulations of the Commission for the Assessment of Damage Removal Projects.
In 2018 the Group secured financial means for damage repair in the amount of PLN 72.4 million.

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