Amendment to the Geological and Mining Law. Changes significant for PIG-PIB operations
On 1 September 2023, the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, signed an act on amending the Geological and Mining Law (GML) and certain other acts. The provisions of the legal act are aimed at, among others, better preservation of mineral deposits, introduce legal instruments associated with the energy and climate transition, and amend regulations governing the activities of the state geological survey (PSG).
PGI-NRI was the organiser of the 48th International IHIGEO Symposium
The 48th INHIGEO Symposium took place in late July and early August 2023. The event was organised by the Polish Geological Institute - PIB and the Polish Geological Society in cooperation with the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences.
PIG-PIB representatives at the Esri User Conference 2023 in San Diego
On 10-14 July 2023, the Sand Diego Convention Centre (USA) held the 43rd edition of the annual Esri User Conference 2023 (Esri UC 2023) in hybrid form. It is the largest event in the field of GIS, participated by approx. 18 thousand specialists in person and over 20 thousand online, including the representatives of the Polish Geological Institute.
Third working meeting of the SEMACRET project in Wrocław
On 20-22 June 2023, Wrocław hosted participants of the third working meeting under the SEMACRET project (“Sustainable exploration for orthomagmatic (critical) raw materials in the EU: Charting the road to the green energy transition”). The meeting was attended by 32 participants. The primary objective of the project is to increase flexibility in the supply of raw materials (including critical raw materials) by developing exploration works and investigating the extraction options across the European Union.