Environmental performance indicators of hard coal mine

International Conference on the Sustainable Energy and Environmental Development

生态环境科学

Ogrodnik, R.^1

AGH University of Science and Technology, Mickiewicza Av. 30, Kraków

30-059, Poland^1

关键词: Adverse environmental impacts;    Ecological efficiency;    Efficiency indicators;    Environmental activities;    Environmental aspects;    Environmental interference;    Environmental performance indicators;    Mining exploitation;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/214/1/012084/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/214/1/012084

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Mining is a specific type of business, which causes environmental interference unusual in other industries. On one hand, mining companies directly cause depletion of natural resources, but on the other - mining exploitation is the reason of immediate and long-term unfavorable environmental effects. Therefore, it is necessary to establish a uniform method for determining the environmental impact exerted by mining companies. The said method shall make it possible to compare the companies in terms of their adverse environmental impact and show efficiency of activities undertaken by such companies in the field of environmental protection. The above-mentioned assumptions may be implemented by appropriately defining and selected efficiency indicators of environmental activities. The objective of the article is to determine ecological efficiency indicators of coal mines by identifying and assessing environmental aspects. The article outlines ecological efficiency, including efficiency in the micro- and macroeconomic field. It also describes the application of microeconomic ecological efficiency indicators, with special emphasis on non-financial ratios. Last but not least, the article presents significant environmental aspects of hard coal mines. On the basis of the identified and assessed environmental aspects, six groups of efficiency indicators of hard coal mines were suggested, which - in the author's opinion, could be used to manage various environmental aspects. Additionally, the proposed indicators may be used to draft reports on efficiency of the environmental activities undertaken by Polish coal companies.