TY - JFULL AU - Andra Costache and Gica Pehoiu PY - 2010/7/ TI - Social and Economic Effects of Mining Industry Restructuring in Romania -Case Studies T2 - International Journal of Economics and Management Engineering SP - 872 EP - 877 VL - 4 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/4880 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 42, 2010 N2 - As in other countries from Central and Eastern Europe, the economic restructuring occurred in the last decade of the twentieth century affected the mining industry in Romania, an oversize and heavily subsidized sector before 1989. After more than a decade since the beginning of mining restructuring, an evaluation of current social implications of the process it is required, together with an efficiency analysis of the adaptation mechanisms developed at governmental level. This article aims to provide an insight into these issues through case studies conducted in the most important coal basin of Romania, Petroşani Depression. ER -