Sławomir Fabich

President of the Board

Experienced manager and expert in the design of mine shafts and construction facilities included in the scope of underground construction. He has specialized knowledge in a wide range of topics related to technological facilities of the infrastructure of shaft sites on the surface and underground.

He graduated from the Faculty of Mining at the Wrocław University of Technology. He expanded the knowledge gained during his master’s studies with a specialization in deposit exploitation technology with postgraduate studies in the field of water, wastewater and waste technology also completed at the Wrocław University of Technology. In addition, he completed postgraduate studies in financial management at the Wrocław University of Economics.

Since the beginning of his work at CUPRUM, dating back to 1987, he has been involved in issues related to mine shafts. Among other things, he is the chief designer of R-XI, SW-4 and GG-1 shafts designed for the KGHM’s mines.

Acting as the head of one of the Units, and then, from 2014, of the Department, he carried out activities aimed at restoring design competencies at KGHM CUPRUM, lost due to earlier organizational changes. He formed the Geodesy Department, and as part of the restoration of lost and acquisition of new design competencies, he developed the structure of Industrial Construction and Material Research Department. He also managed the work of the Material Research Laboratory, located within the organizational structure of the Company, which is accredited by the Polish Accreditation Centre.

In addition, he served as Project Manager for the construction of basic facilities related to ventilation and air conditioning for KGHM Polska Miedź S.A., i.e.:

• Main Ventilation Station at SG-1 shaft,
• Central Air Conditioning Station at PSK GG-1.

In 2015-2018, he led the work of the research and development consortium operating under the CuBR project, co-financed by National Centre for Research and Development and KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. Implemented in a consortium with PeBeKa S.A., Wroclaw University of Technology, AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, Silesian University of Technology and the Central Mining Institute, the project, codenamed I-More, concerned the development of innovative technology for workings in deposits at great depths in the concession areas of KGHM Polska Miedź S.A.

He also carried out projects for customers outside the KGHM Group, including the Wieliczka Salt Mine, the Victoria Mine in Canada and Konkola Cooper Mines in Zambia.

In 2002, he was awarded the IlI Degree Award of the Supreme Technical Organization for outstanding achievements in the field of technology, and in 2017 he was awarded the title of NOT Copper Belt Vice-Champion of Technology.

Magdalena Król, Ph.D., engineer

Vicepresident of the Board

Manager with several years of experience in the raw materials industry.

She has been working for KGHM CUPRUM since 2013, where for over 11 years she managed the Department of Energy Technologies, carrying out research and development works on solutions leading to reduction of environmental impact of mining plants and energy-efficient processing of mineral resources. Together with the team, she also carried out pre-implementation work in the following areas: renewable energy generation, innovative methods of energy conversion and storage, and the possibility of producing and using hydrogen.

At the same time, she actively participated in shaping the directions of development and strategy of the Company, first as Plenipotentiary of the Management Board for Cooperation with Scientific and Research Centres, then as a Member of the Scientific Board and a Proxy.

Previously, she worked at “POLTEGOR – INSTYTUT” IGO in Wrocław, conducting projects including those related to pressure gasification of lignite and biomass for hydrogen production (2009-2013).

A chemical technologist by education, she graduated with a specialisation in Fuels and Energy and the Environment. She graduated from the Wrocław University of Technology and obtained her doctoral degree at this University, conducting research on porous carbon materials for applications in supercapacitors.

She has been a participant and manager of research projects – national and international. She is the author/co-author of several scientific publications and over 70 project and expert reports.

Jan Butra, Ph.D., professor, engineer

Director of Research and Development Centre

He has been working for CUPRUM for nearly 35 years. On 1 October 1983, he was employed at the Research and Design Centre for Copper Mining in Wrocław, whose activities are continued by KGHM CUPRUM Ltd. – R&D Centre.

Between 1993-1995 he was the head of the Mining Department, in the years 1995-2000 he was a member of the Management Board, and between 2002-2006 he was the President and Vice-President of the Management Board. Since March 2018, he has been the Director of the Research and Development Centre in KGHM CUPRUM.

He graduated from the Mining Faculty of the Wrocław University of Technology with a degree in engineering. In 1982, he defended his doctoral dissertation at the Institute of Mining of the Republic of Poland. Since March 2002, when he received his postdoctoral degree in technical sciences at the Faculty of Mining and Metallurgy of the University of Cracow, he has been teaching underground mining (Deposit Exploitation, Mine Designing and Bumps and Tremors) at the Faculty of Geo-engineering, Mining and Geology of the Wrocław University of Technology. In August 2011, he was awarded the title of professor of technical sciences by the President of the Republic of Poland. Moreover, in the years 1987-1993 he worked at the Institute of Mineral Raw Materials and Energy Management of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Kraków as an assistant professor and branch manager in Wrocław.

His scientific and research activity covers the issues of mining geomechanics, development and exploitation of underground deposits, enclosure of mining workings, recognition and prevention of natural hazards, deposit management, as well as economics of mining of non-ferrous metal ores, hard coal and rock salt. He also deals with new technologies of exploitation of ores deposits in hard rocks. He participated, as the main contractor or contractor, in the implementation of 11 projects (research and grants), including 5 international projects. Unpublished research, industrial and expert reports cover more than 237 items. He promoted five PhDs in technical sciences. He is a reviewer of 14 doctoral theses, 14 habilitation dissertations and 2 applications for the title of professor. He is the author of 182 publications, including 83 articles, 14 books and monographs, and 36 patents.