The ecological value of metallurgical enterprise after privatization and restructuring

The aim of the article was the presentation of the ecological effects achieved in the metallurgical company in Poland after privatization and overall, thorough restructuring. For the need to conduct privatization of the state-owned enterprises and their restricting resulted from the transformation of the national economy. The market system forced the introduction of the changes in the functioning of all the enterprises, among them also the metallurgical enterprises. On the basis of the metallurgical company Ferrum SA (joint-stock company), the producer of the pipes, the road of the company towards the competitiveness is presented. The bases for the comparisons were various ecological aspects. Data from the environment reports of the metallurgical company Ferrum SA were used in order to conduct the analysis.