TEXMIN on PKG2022 12/09/2022 The Polish Mining Congress (PKG2022) is the most important forum for representatives of science and industry in the broader area of mining. This year’s 5th Polish Mining Congress was held at the International Congress Centre in Katowice on 6-7 September 2022 during the EXPO KATOWICE International Fair. It was a unique event where the current problems of the mining industry and the challenges facing the 21st century mining industry were discussed. The Congress was attended by nearly 180 people involved in the mining industry.Within the session on Environmental protection and revitalisation of mining and post-mining areas, a paper presenting the results of research carried out as part of the TEXMIN project entitled “Influence of extreme precipitation on fire hazard on coal waste dumps – a case study” by Zenon Różański, Paweł Wrona, Grzegorz Pach, Adam Niewiadomski (Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, Poland) was presented.
