LW Bogdanka Coal Mine

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LW Bogdanka Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Lublin, Poland.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
LW Bogdanka Coal Mine	Lublin, Poland	51.323693, 23.004584 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1982	–

Table 3: Operation details

Note: The asterisk (*) signifies that the value is a GEM estimated figure.

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
–	8.4	2022	Underground	Longwall	3.5	700*	4930

Table 4: Coal resources and destination

Total Reserves (Mt)	Year of Total Reserves Recorded	Total Resources (Mt)	Coalfield	Coal Type	Coal Grade	Primary Consumer/ Destination
134	–	–	Lublin	Bituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA	Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA [100%]	Poland

Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	9	9	9	7	9	8	7

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker April 2024 release and the September supplement.

Background

The Bogdanka coal mine is a major Polish thermal coal mine, which is owned and operated by Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka S.A., near Lublin in southeast Poland. In 1975, the first construction of a "pilot" mine in the coal field begun. Today, the mine is known as Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka S.A. In 2009, the net profit of the mine was PLN 190.84 million, with coal extraction at 5.6 million tonnes. In 2011 the mine produced approximately 5.8 million tonnes of coal. In 2014, the mine reached a net profit of PLN 272.35 million while mining 9.2 million tonnes of coal. Bogdanka is currently the most profitable coal mine in Poland.

Coal from the mine is supplied to the Kozienice Power Plant under a long term agreement to other industrial customers including cement producers. In 2010 Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka entered into an agreement that from 2016 it would supply the proposed 1000 megawatt Ostroleka C power station, an expansion of the existing Ostroleka power station. Platts reported that "Bogdanka said it may terminate the contract if financing and a design, order and construction contract for the new unit have not been secured by the end of June 2012."

At the end of 2015, electricity holding Enea S.A. (based in Poznań) informed Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka S.A. that the agreement between one another of the Energa's companies and Bogdanka Mine (supplier), would not be extended. This resulted in about a 40% drop in sales. Later this year Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka S.A. stakeholders received a call from Enea to sell their shares. The Board of Director considered to rescue company of the hostile takeover. The reason was a number of employees who had been very concerned about their future, and about the future quality of the delivery under new Enea's governance. The cost of operation to the buyer was estimated at around PLN 1.48 B (US$380 M). Bogdanka Coal Mine has been considered the most safe, modern and profitable in Poland. It sets the leading standards for Poland in the field of environmental care and corporate responsibility.

As of June 2016, representatives of new Board of Directors of "LW Bogdanka/Bogdanka Coal Mine" and "Enea Group", announced cuts in sponsorship to extra class local football club Górnik Łęczna (translated to Łęczna Miner). The club was established by Bogdanka Mine's miners and co-workers in 1979 in Łęczna, the closest town to Bogdanka. The new contract for the whole year of 2016, stated about 20% decrease in subsidy to the sport club. For comparison, the previous year's (2015) subsidy was worth around PLN 5.2M (US$1.35M), and accounted for at most half of the club's yearly budget.

In 2019, the company began to run the mine on solar power.

• Operator:
• Parent Company: Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka S.A.
• Location: Lublin, Poland
• GPS coordinates: 51.323693,23.004584 (exact)
• Mine status: Operating
• Start year:
• Mineable reserves: 134 million tonnes
• Coal type: Bituminous
• Mine size: 350 Ha
• Mine type: Underground
• Mine depth: 4500 m
• Production: 9 million tonnes per year (2017); 14.22 million tonnes per year (2021)
• Number of employees:

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