ZG Brzeszcze Coal Mine

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ZG Brzeszcze Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Brzeszcze, Oświęcim, Lesser Poland, Poland.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
ZG Brzeszcze Coal Mine	Brzeszcze, Oświęcim, Lesser Poland, Poland	49.9856, 19.1561 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	–	–

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
–	0.922	2022	Underground	Longwall	26.91	700*	1609

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
56.5	–	–	–	Bituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Tauron Wydoycie	TAURON Wydobycie SA [100%]	Poland

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 Tauron coal mines are underground operations, in the Upper Silesia coalfield, owned by Tauron Group, producing 3.17 million tonnes per annum, near Jaworzno in Silesian, Poland.

The active mines operated by Tauron in the region, include Janina, Sobieski, and Brzeszcze. The Tauron mines are owned by the Tauron Group.

• Operator: Tauron Wydoycie
• Parent Company: Tauron Polska Energia S.A.
• Location: Silesian, Poland
• GPS coordinates: 50.1938, 19.2822 (ZG Sobieski, exact)
• Mine status: Operating
• Start year:
• Mineable reserves: 134 million tonnes
• Geological Resserves: 274.93 Mt Janina; 89.708 Mt Brzeszcze), 59.746 Mt Sobieski)
• Coal type: Bituminous (Thermal, Met)
• Mine size: 96 Km2 (60.03 Km2 Janina; 26.91 Km2 Brzeszcze; 9.06 Km2 Sobieski)
• Mine type: Underground
• Mine depth: 1150 m
• Production: 3.17 million tonnes per year (1.29 Mt Janina ; 0.658 mt Brzeszcze; 1.189 Mt Sobieski)
• Number of employees: 2389 Janina; 1609 Brzeszcze ; 2626 Sobieski.

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