The Level and Structure of Investment Outlays in Mining Companies

Abstract

This paper presents the definitions used by Statistics Poland (GUS) in relation to investment outlays. Then it proceeds to describe how fixed assets are broken down for statistical purposes, with particular attention to machines and equipment as the investment outlays that are crucial for the functioning of hard coal mines. The paper also discusses the structure of mining companies supervised and monitored by the State Mining Authority (WUG) over the period under study. The principal goal of this article is to analyse and assess investment outlays incurred by the Polish mining industry. In order to achieve this goal, an analysis was performed of the relevant statistical data for 2005–2017 in terms of the structure of investment outlays on fixed assets. The analysis also concerned the share of the public and private sectors and small and medium-sized companies in the overall investment outlays structure. Last but not least, the data for the Mining and Quarrying section were compared with that for industry as a whole, with special attention to the analysis of data on coal mining.