CSA coal mine
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CSA coal mine is a surface mine in the North Bohemian Basin region of the Czech Republic.
The company has said the mine will close in 2024 or 2025.
Location
The satellite photo below shows the exact location of CSA Mine, located in the North Bohemian Basin region of the Czech Republic, where Lake Komořany formally existed.[1]
Background
The mine is operated by Severni Energeticka AS, a subsidiary of of Sev.en Energy.[2] Sev.en Energy also owns the Vrsany coal mine. Pavel Tykac is the "sole ultimate beneficiary" of Sev.en Energy, formerly known as Czech Coal.[3]
According to company's website, the mine has reserves for up to 100 years but mining is limited by the Government Resolution of 1991 on territorial mining limits. Coal mining in this area will therefore probably be terminated in 2024. The Company's 2021 ESG report states that the preliminary end date for mining at the ČSA mine is set for 2025.[4] When operations end, the pit may be made into a lake.[5][6]
Coal extraction at the ČSA mine started to be curtailed in 2012, as coal deposits within the current limits are due to be exhausted sometime between 2017 and 2022.[6]
Joint production of the Vrsany mine and the CSA mine reached 10.1 million tonnes in 2021, according to the company's report.[4] Global Data states that production of the CSA mine in 2021 was 4.47 million tonnes.[7] However this is likely to be lower as the total production of the two mines according to Global Data is 11.1 million tonnes which is higher than the total of 10.1 reported by the company.[4]
The Czech government committed to phase out coal by 2033. However, the energy crisis of 2022 has triggered debates in the Czech Republic about the possible extension and expansion of coal mining.[8] A media article from December 2022 refers to mining reaching maximum levels at CSA and Vrsany coal mine during 2022 due to increased interest in coal. 2 million tonnes of coal have been mined at CSA mine by October 2022.[9]
Mine Details
- Operator: Severni Energeticka AS[10]
- Owner: Sev.en Energy
- Location: North Bohemian Basin, Czech Republic
- GPS coordinates: 50.54268, 13.525303 (exact)
- Mine status: Operating
- Production: 3.7 million tonnes (2019)[11]; 4.47 million tonnes (2021)[12]
- Total resource: 750 million tonnes[13]
- Mineable reserves: 41.6 million tonnes (2012)[6], 8.5 million tonnes (2022)
- Coal type: Lignite (Thermal)
- Mine type: Surface
- Start year: 1950[6]
- Number of employees: 4,457 (2011)[14]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ Google Maps Povrchový lom ČSA Google, accessed Nov. 23, 2019
- ↑ "Business Areas". https://www.7.cz/. Retrieved February 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help); External link in|website= - ↑ Sev.en Energy group profile 2019 annual report, accessed Nov 23, 2019
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Sev.en ESG Report 2021" (PDF). https://www.7.cz/. 2022.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ↑ Ing. Pavel Kounovský, Ing. Ingrid Jarošová SANACE A REKULTIVACE LOMU ČSA Litvínovská uhelná a.s., 2007
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Lom ČSA". Wikipedia. Retrieved February 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Czech Republic: Five Largest Mines in 2021, Global Data, accessed December 2021
- ↑ "Coal mining and the Just Transition Fund". https://www.europarl.europa.eu/. January 2023.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ↑ "https://www.idnes.cz/ekonomika/domaci/mostecko-csa-vrsany-doly-tezka-uhli.A221206_103524_ekonomika_akp". https://www.idnes.cz/. December 2022.
{{cite web}}: External link in|title=and|website= - ↑ "About Us". https://www.7.cz/. Retrieved February 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help); External link in|website= - ↑ Czech Republic, Eura Coal, accessed August 2020
- ↑ Czech Republic: Five Largest Mines in 2021, Global Data, accessed December 2021
- ↑ Sev.en Energy BUSINESS AREAS Organizational website, accessed Nov 23, 2019
- ↑ Most Czech Coal begins with a decline in mining at the ČSA Mine Deník.cz, Oct 10, 2012
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External resources
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