KWK Bzie-Dębina Coal Mine

This article is part of the Global Coal Mine Tracker, a project of Global Energy Monitor.

Download full dataset

Report an error

Sub-articles:

Global coal mines Coal mines in China Coal mines in India Coal mines in the United States Coal mines in Australia Coal mines in Russia Coal mines in Indonesia

Related-articles:

Largest coal mines in the world Coal mine impacts from Covid-19 Environmental issues of coal Coal mining Coal reserves Coal terminals

KWK Bzie-Dębina Coal Mine (Kopalnia Węgla Kamiennego) is an operating coal mine in Silesian, Poland.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
KWK Bzie-Dębina Coal Mine	Silesian, Poland	50.093488, 19.331779 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the coal mine:

Loading map...

{"type":"ROADMAP","minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","width":"600px","height":"500px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"visitedicon":"","wmsoverlay":false,"zoom":7,"layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview","rotate"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"resizable":false,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"cluster":false,"clustergridsize":60,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clusteraveragecenter":true,"clusterminsize":2,"imageoverlays":[],"kml":[],"gkml":[],"searchmarkers":"","fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":false,"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":50.093488,"lon":19.331779,"icon":"","inlineLabel":"Operating Mine\n"}]}

Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2022	2084 (planned)

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
–	0.345	2022	Underground	–	–	700*	410

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
185.1	2022	840.7	Upper Silesia	Bituminous	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
JSW Group	JSW Group	Poland

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	0.039	0.182	0.342	0.278	0.097	0.345	0.129

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

Background

The Bzie-Dębina coal mine is a proposed underground operation, owned by JSW Group, set to produce 2 million tonnes per annum, in Silesian, Poland. The mine would be operated by JSW. It is expected to begin producing coal in 2022.

• Operator: Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa S.A. (JSW) SA
• Parent Company: JSW Group
• Location: Silesian, Poland
• GPS coordinates: 50.093488, 19.331779 (exact)
• Mine status: Proposed
• Start year:
• Mineable reserves: 132 million tonnes (Proven and Probable Reserves, 2014), 654.6 (Inferred, Measured, and Indicated Resources, 2014)
• Coal type: Bituminous
• Mine size:
• Mine type: Underground
• Mine depth:
• Production: 2 million tonnes per year
• Number of employees:

Articles and Resources

Additional data

To access additional data, including an interactive map of world coal mines, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Coal Mine Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.