HOW ARE MINES !

The time horizon of the navigable rivers project (and the demand for hydro-technical stone) is quite distant, but we can already see some signs of recovery. Prices seem to get stable on a low level and it is difficult to find incentives which could improve the demand for local stone in a short time – except for the programme of improving railway infrastructure.

Together with the reduced number of infrastructural investments we can also observe a decrease in extraction and slow employment of means from the current EU budget. They are all serious threats to the condition of some broken stone and aggregate mines. One more threat appeared in late June: Brexit. Although Great Britain is not going to leave the EU at once, this situation may influence the EU financial envelope. In short, we can say that the dynamics of the demand for rock mining products has slowed down, so it is difficult to expect a significant price increase. Situation like this may be beneficial for companies which are able to combine rising costs, which result from, among others, worse geological and mining conditions of deposits, some of which have been exploited for a long time, with ensuring the most important thing, that is exploitation which is safe for people and environment together with applying optimum technical and technological solutions for a given deposit. 

 
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• Od redakcji   
• Editorial  
• Ręce opadają na… smartfon   
• Turning to smartphones for help   
• Sto i… żyjmy dłużej!   
• The 100th issue… and expect more!   
• Spotykać się, by inspirować   
• Z nowym zarządem w pełnoletność   
• Xiamen Stone Fair 2016 w obiektywie   
• G(ł)odni naśladowcy   
• Strzegomscy technicy w akcji   
• Kamienie w medycynie antycznej   
• Indywidualny pomysł na przestrzeń    
• Kariatyda dla zwycięzcy w kategorii nagrobek    
• Technistone – jakość z Hradca Králové   
• METEORA – monastyry na niedostępnych skałach   
• Idea, forma, warsztat   
• Brazylia (cz. II)   
• Kamień a okrągła rocznica chrztu Polski  
• Wyłączność na dystrybucję włoskich konglomeratów    
• Praca kotwy nośnej na elewacji (cz. II)   
• Wschód na Zachodzie   
• Pawlimex rozwija potencjał technologiczny   
• Sandmaster Junior Plus – ewolucja piaskarki   
• Sezon trwa? (cz. II)   
• Monachium – Cmentarz Zachodni cz. 2