Janina Coal Mine

50º 9' 21'' N 19º 33' 20'' E

South

Poland

Description

The Janina coal mine is a large mine in the south of Poland in Libiąż, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, 350 km south-west of the capital, Warsaw. The mine has been erected by Compagnie Galicienne de Mines, a French mining company, in 1907.

Extracted Materials

Janina represents one of the largest coal reserve in Poland having estimated reserves of 841 million tonnes of coal. The annual coal production is around 2.8 million tonnes.

Antropological info

​ Between 1921 and 1939 the Janina mine was under management of its Polish chief executive, Zygmunt Szczotkowski. During World War II it was repurposed into one of the German Nazi concentration camps. After the WWII the Janina mine was nationalizated, as all enterprises with over 50 employees had been at that time.

Sociologal info

RECOVERY will test different techniques to enhance land rehabilitation of mining-affected areas in the case of ‘difficult terrains, attempting to develop artificial substitutes for soils suitable to several types of plant communities that deliver a wide range of ecosystem services.

Archaeological info

After the war the Janina mine was nationalizated, as all enterprises with over 50 employees had been at that time. Janina represents one of the largest coal reserve in Poland having estimated reserves of 841 million tonnes of coal. The annual coal production is around 2.8 million tonnes.

Sustainable tourism insights

They were once an economic engine, but now the pits in the northwestern Spanish region have been shuttered and instead receive visitors, who can walk through the underwater tunnels of the Arnao, take a train through forests in Langreo, and even dig for coal themselves

Environment sustainability

Several blends consisting of rock wastes and fine-grained wastes, fly ashes and sewage sludge, will be tested as substrate for different plant communities, and test polygons will be created in real conditions of the big, acidified and exposed to erosion waste heap of Libiąż, property of Janina Mine.