Field Trip: KGHM Polkowice Mine

General information

  • The trip will start at 4.00 AM,
  • Departure from Ibis Styles Hotel in Wroclaw (conference hotel, address : plac Konstytucji 3 Maja 3 (Google Maps link) .
  • KGHM Polkowice Mine is approximately 100 km (1,5 h)
  • The whole group need to reach the destination at 6.00 AM.
  • The underground visit will take about 4 hours.
  • Planned return to Wroclaw is around 12.00 midday.

Formal requirements

  • At registration we will ask you for passport number, we need to register earlier at KGHM to receive pass.
  • Please have also your personal ID or passport with You.
  • You will need to fill health state declaration (link and risk acknowledgement declaration (link). You will receive a copy while registering at the conference. Please have it prepared before the trip.

Dress Code / Equipment

  • All necessary equipment (clothes, shoes, helmets, self-rescuer/breathing apparatus) will be provided at the entry of mine.

Tour Program:

  • First you will have safety training and instruction how to use self-rescuer/breathing apparatus.
  • You will be able to see the production cycle in copper ore mines: Polkowice –
    • underground visits to exploitation departments,
    • path for mining product,
    • mining machinery repair chambers.
  • If needed we will be able to use underground canteen.

Contact Person:

  • Trip Pilot: Mr Błażej (enclosed in a direct email correspondence  and in a welcome pack information)
  • Greg Tabak: Phone: +48 668 464 616