KWK Pniówek Coal Mine

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KWK Pniówek Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Pawłowice, Silesian, Poland.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
KWK Pniówek Coal Mine	Pawłowice, Silesian, Poland	49.9658, 18.689007 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1974	2084 (planned)

Table 3: Operation details

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
–	3.47	2022	Underground	–	28.5	1100	5296

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
297.8	2022	630.6	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	3	3	3	3	3	3

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.

The mines operating include Knurów-Szczygłowice, Borynia-Zofiówka-Jastrzębie, Budryk, and Pniówek. The mines produce 14.8 mt of coal and 3.2 mt of coke. The mines are operated by JSW and produce coking coal. The Pniówek mine is the gassiest mine in Poland and is considered a category IV methane hazard. 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.

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.

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.

• Operator: Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa S.A. (JSW) SA
• Parent Company: JSW Group
• Location: Silesian, Poland
• GPS coordinates: 50.221919, 18.6721 (exact)
• Mine status: Operating
• Start year: 1974 (Pniówek) , 1971 (Borynia), 1969 (Zofiówka), 1903 (Knurów-Szczygłowice) , 1995 (Budryk)
• Mineable reserves:
• Coal type: Bituminous
• Mine size:
• Mine type: Underground
• Mine depth: 1100 meters (Pniówek)
• Production: 4.45 million tonnes per annum (Pniówek) , 5.475 million tonnes per annum (Knurów-Szczygłowice) , 5.584 million tonnes per annum (Borynia-Zofiówka) , 4.234 million tonnes per annum (Budryk),
• 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)

• Budryk Mine:

241.7 million tonnes (Proven & Probable Reserves, 2014), 659.2 million tonnes (Inferred , Measured & Indicated Resources, 2014)

• Knurów-Szczygłowice Mine:

345.7 million tonnes (Proven & Probable Reserves, 2014), 1256.5 million tonnes (Inferred , Measured & Indicated Resources, 2014)

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