Eugeniusz J. Sobczyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute, Cracow, Poland. Jerzy Kicki, AGH University of Science and Technology, Department of Underground Mining, Cracow, Poland and Polish Academy of Sciences, Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute, Cracow, Poland.

• Preface; Organization Lectures: Royalties as the Tool of Raw Material Policy of the European Union Countries; Some Aspects of the Coal Industry Sustainable Development in China; A Life Cycle Assessment of Electricity Production from Hard Coal; Scientific Problems of Coal Deposit Development in Ukraine; Environmental Aspects of Mine Closure Polish Experience; Approaches to Systematic Mine Closure and Mine Site Rehabilitation in the Baia Mare Mining District, Romania; Separation of Roof Rock Observed in Headings Under Development; Technological Features of Mining in View of Geometrical and Physical Parameters of Stress Fields' Borders; Optimization of Interaction in the Anchor - Rock System; Determining the Design and Parameters of Straight Cylinder Bum Cut in Development Workings; Potential for Use of Pneumatic Constructions in Underground Mining; Development of Basic Criteria and Principles for Creation of Environment Friendly Technologies of Complex Development of Ore Deposit of Strategically Important Mineral Raw Material and Effective Technologies of Profitable Development of Poor and Off-Balanced Ores; Study of Dust Pollution in Slate Processing Plants. Integration of the Results into a GIS; Estimation of Environmental Impacts of Mining Technologies; Assessment of the Accuracy of Ground Movement Elements Prediction; Using Simulation Method ; Simple and Advanced Methods of Mineral Projects Risk Analysis -Application Examples; Considerations, Construction and Influence of Tunneling with Small Overburden in Urban Areas; Use of Mineral Coal for Sorption Sewage Treatment; The Influence of Microstructure and Mineral Ingredients in Coal on Its Spontaneous Combustion; Protection of the Atmosphere During Mining of Coal Deposits by Open Cast Methods.

Eugeniusz J. Sobczyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute, Cracow, Poland. Jerzy Kicki, AGH University of Science and Technology, Department of Underground Mining, Cracow, Poland and Polish Academy of Sciences, Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute, Cracow, Poland.

• Preface; Organization Lectures: Royalties as the Tool of Raw Material Policy of the European Union Countries; Some Aspects of the Coal Industry Sustainable Development in China; A Life Cycle Assessment of Electricity Production from Hard Coal; Scientific Problems of Coal Deposit Development in Ukraine; Environmental Aspects of Mine Closure Polish Experience; Approaches to Systematic Mine Closure and Mine Site Rehabilitation in the Baia Mare Mining District, Romania; Separation of Roof Rock Observed in Headings Under Development; Technological Features of Mining in View of Geometrical and Physical Parameters of Stress Fields' Borders; Optimization of Interaction in the Anchor - Rock System; Determining the Design and Parameters of Straight Cylinder Bum Cut in Development Workings; Potential for Use of Pneumatic Constructions in Underground Mining; Development of Basic Criteria and Principles for Creation of Environment Friendly Technologies of Complex Development of Ore Deposit of Strategically Important Mineral Raw Material and Effective Technologies of Profitable Development of Poor and Off-Balanced Ores; Study of Dust Pollution in Slate Processing Plants. Integration of the Results into a GIS; Estimation of Environmental Impacts of Mining Technologies; Assessment of the Accuracy of Ground Movement Elements Prediction; Using Simulation Method ; Simple and Advanced Methods of Mineral Projects Risk Analysis -Application Examples; Considerations, Construction and Influence of Tunneling with Small Overburden in Urban Areas; Use of Mineral Coal for Sorption Sewage Treatment; The Influence of Microstructure and Mineral Ingredients in Coal on Its Spontaneous Combustion; Protection of the Atmosphere During Mining of Coal Deposits by Open Cast Methods.