KWK Knurów-Szczygłowice Coal Mine
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KWK Knurów-Szczygłowice Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Silesian, Poland.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| KWK Knurów-Szczygłowice Coal Mine | Silesian, Poland | 50.221919, 18.6721 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:
Project Details
Table 2: Project status
| Status | Status Detail | Opening Year | Closing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating | – | – | 2078 (planned)[1] |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 4.176[2] | 2022[2] | Underground | – | 59.8[3] | 700* | 10541 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 303.6[1] | 2022[1] | 1674.1[1] | Upper Silesia | Bituminous | Met | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| JSW Group | JSW Group [100%] | Poland |
Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)
| ROM or Saleable | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROM | 3[4] | 3[5] | 3[6] | 4[7] | 4[8] | 4[9] | 4[10] |
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 JSW coal mines are group of underground operations, owned by JSW Group in Silesian, Poland.[11]
The mines operating include Knurów-Szczygłowice, Borynia-Zofiówka-Jastrzębie, Budryk, and Pniówek.[12] The mines produce 14.8 mt of coal and 3.2 mt of coke. The mines are operated by JSW and produce coking coal.[12] The Pniówek mine is the gassiest mine in Poland and is considered a category IV methane hazard. [13] The mines are regularly changing names and being consolidated, the Borynia and Zofiókwa mines were merged together in 2011 to form the Borynia-Zofiówka mine. [14]
In 2018 an earthquake led to a collapse in the Borynia-Zofiówka mine. There were 240 miners working in the mine when it collapsed, 5 miners were killed and two were injured while drilling a new tunnel at a depth of 900 metres. The high concentrations of methane in the mine, which reached a concentration of 58% at times, hindered the rescue operation. [15] [16]
In 2020 JSW were forced to suspend mining operations in a number of their sites after coal mines in the Silesian region suffered widespread COVID-19 outbreaks. At one point almost 60% of Poland's daily infections came from mines in the Silesian area, making JSW mines, amongst others, a regional hotspot for the virus. [17] [18]
- Operator: Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa S.A. (JSW) SA
- Parent Company: JSW Group[11]
- Location: Silesian, Poland[11]
- GPS coordinates: 50.221919, 18.6721 (exact)[11]
- Mine status: Operating[11]
- Start year: 1974 (Pniówek) [19], 1971 (Borynia), 1969 (Zofiówka),[14] 1903 (Knurów-Szczygłowice) [20], 1995 (Budryk) [21]
- Mineable reserves:
- Coal type: Bituminous
- Mine size:
- Mine type: Underground[11]
- Mine depth: 1100 meters (Pniówek) [13]
- Production: 4.45 million tonnes per annum (Pniówek) [19], 5.475 million tonnes per annum (Knurów-Szczygłowice) [20], 5.584 million tonnes per annum (Borynia-Zofiówka) [14], 4.234 million tonnes per annum (Budryk), [21]
- Number of employees:22,000 total, 3083 (Borynia), 3470 (Zofiówka), 5296 (Pniówek)
Reserves
- Borynia-Zofiówka-Jastrzębie Mine:
166.2 million tonnes (Proven & Probable Reserves, 2014), 778.5 million tonnes (Inferred , Measured & Indicated Resources, 2014)[11] [22]
- Budryk Mine:
241.7 million tonnes (Proven & Probable Reserves, 2014), 659.2 million tonnes (Inferred , Measured & Indicated Resources, 2014) [22]
- Knurów-Szczygłowice Mine:
345.7 million tonnes (Proven & Probable Reserves, 2014), 1256.5 million tonnes (Inferred , Measured & Indicated Resources, 2014) [22]
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240131185137/https://www.jsw.pl/raportroczny-2022/download-center. Archived from the original on 31 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240202181706/https://geoportal.pgi.gov.pl/css/surowce/images/2022/pdf/hard_coal_2022.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 02 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240131184533/https://www.jsw.pl/o-nas/zaklady/knurow-szczyglowice. Archived from the original on 31 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://www.pgi.gov.pl/images/surowce/2017/pdf/hard_coal_2017.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://www.pgi.gov.pl/images/surowce/2018/pdf/hard_coal_2018.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://www.pgi.gov.pl/images/surowce/2019/pdf/hard_coal_2019.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://www.pgi.gov.pl/images/surowce/2020/pdf/hard_coal_2020.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://www.pgi.gov.pl/images/surowce/2021/pdf/hard_coal_2021.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://www.pgi.gov.pl/images/surowce/2022/pdf/hard_coal_2022.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://www.pgi.gov.pl/images/surowce/2023/pdf/hard_coal_2023.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 JSW, Our Operations, Company Website, accessed September 2020.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Euracoal, Poland, accessed September 2020
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Global Methane Initiative, Pre-feasibility Study for Coal Mine Methane Drainage and Utilization at the KWK “Pniówek” Coal Mine, Poland, September 2015.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW), "Borynia-Zofiówka: About the Plant", JSW website, Accessed March 2021
- ↑ Reuters, "Two miners dead, three missing after quake at Polish coal mine", Reuters website, accessed March 2021
- ↑ IOP Science: Mining of Sustainable Development, "Research and analysis of monitoring records to determine the causes of the disaster in underground mining", IOP Science Website, accessed March 2021
- ↑ British Broadcasting Company (BBC), "Coronavirus: Hundreds of Polish infections linked to mine", BBC website, Accessed March 2021
- ↑ Radio Telifís Eireann (RTE), "Poland halts work at virus-hit coalmines", RTE website, accessed March 2021
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW), "Pniówek: About the Plant", JSW website, Accessed March 2021
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW), "Knurów-Szczygłowice: About the Plant", JSW website, Accessed March 2021
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW), "Budryk: About the Plant", JSW website, Accessed March 2021
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW), "Mineral Reserve Reports", JSW website, Accessed April 2021
