THE MINERAL SECURITY POLAND – ASSESSMENT OF NON-ENERGY MINERAL RESOURCES
Journal Title: Biuletyn Państwowego Instytutu Geologicznego - Year 2012, Vol 452, Issue 452
Abstract
Mineral security is a part of governments’ industrial and economic policies and describes the balance between the need for mineral resources and the actual mineral resources available through internal (extraction, processing) and external sources (imports). Internal sources (extraction, processing and recycling of mineral resources) need to be carefully analysed; their quantity, feasibility of extraction, accessibility and collateral societal and environmental consequences need to be assessed. The role and importance of energy and non-energy mineral resources, their sources as well as their political and economic importance are diverse, and so the issue of resource security of each resource group should be analysed separately. Meeting the internal demand for resources through exploiting non-energy resources is limited. It calls for creating a state-wide resource policy. This paper presents a basis on which such policy should be structured, and outlines its goals.
Authors and Affiliations
Krzysztof GALOS, Marek NIEĆ, Barbara RADWANEK-BĄK, Tadeusz SMAKOWSKI
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP63528
- DOI -
- Views 37
- Downloads 0
CLAY MINERALS OF MIOCENE EVAPORITES OF THE CARPATHIAN REGION, UKRAINE
Based on previously published XRD and DTA-TG data, the clay mineral assemblages composition of water-insoluble residue of Miocene evaporites of the Ukrainian Carpathian region is presented. Data on the composition of pel...
THE GROUNDWATER NATURAL VULNERABILITY TO CONTAMINATION IN THE UPPER ODRA REGION (GWB 128) INCLUDING THE EVALUATION OF NITRATE CONTENT IN THE FIRST AQUIFER
The research area is located in the Upper Odra region, on the border-line of Poland and Czech Republic. The aim of the study was the evaluation of natural groundwater vulnerability to contamination within GWB 128. The st...
THE SOIL-WATER CONDITIONS IN THE GŁUSZYNKA VALLEY IN THE CZAPURY AREA (MUNICIPALITY MOSINA, PROVINCE WIELKOPOLSKA)
The paper presents the geological structure of the Głuszynka valley in its lower reaches and characterizes the hydrogeological conditions. The article also establishes the direction of groundwater drainage of the free w...
Lithostratigraphy, palynofacies and depositional environments of the Triassic deposits in the northern part of the Nida Basin
The latest lithostratigraphical scheme of Triassic deposits from the northern part of the Nida Basin (southern Poland) is presented. It refers to the units distinguished in the Polish Lowlands and NW margin of the Holy C...
Uwarunkowania geologiczne wybranych wysadów solnych w Polsce i ich przydatność do budowy kawern do magazynowania wodoru
Podziemne magazynowanie wodoru stanowi alternatywną formę magazynowania energii. Zatłoczony gaz w sytuacji nadwyżek energetycznych może być uwalniany i spalany w odpowiednich instalacjach w momencie wzrostu zapotrzebowan...