Frenstat coal mine
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The Frenštát coal mine was an underground coal mine owned and operated by Ostravsko-karvinské doly (OKD a.s.) in the Beskydy Mountains in the Czech Republic.[1]
The mine was mothballed in 1991, and was then permanently closed in 2020.[2]
Location
The satellite image below shows the exact location of the now-closed mine.
Background
Frenštát coal mine is located on the edge of the Beskydy Protected Landscape Area.
First coal was extracted from the mine in 1988. However, because mining activity in the Ostrava region was gradually declining at that time, Frenštát mine was mothballed in 1991 and the mining operations were never realized.[2] (Instead of mining, maintenance work, such as pumping inflow water and ensuring permanent ventilation, occurred within the mine.) It reportedly cost the OKD company 60 million crowns a year to maintain the mine.[3]
Opposition
Since the mine's mothballing, neighboring cities and municipalities have been trying to liquidate the site, which disrupts the panoramic views of the Beskydy Mountains. In 2011, the municipality of Trojanovice and OKD entered into a lawsuit because the former had put forth a proposal for the demolition of the Frenštát mine's buildings upon discovering the mine's licenses had lapsed.[4] (At the time, OKD refused to demolish the mine because of the still-present coal deposits.)
On May 27, 2012, twelve Greenpeace activists climbed up Frenštát's two mining towers to protest the country's continued fossil fuels mining.[5]
Closure
As of 2020, OKD has made the decision to liquidate the Frenštát Mine, demolish its 53 buildings, and backfill its two mine pits.[6] The two pits are scheduled to be filled in by mid-2024.[7]
Mine Details
- Operator: Ostravsko-karvinské doly (OKD a.s.)[1]
- Owner: Ostravsko-karvinské doly (OKD a.s.)
- Location: Trojanovice, Moravian-Silesian region, Czech Republic
- Coordinates: 49.521634, 18.2001575 (Exact)
- Status: Permanently closed
- Capacity:
- Total Resource: 78 million tonnes[1]
- Mineable Reserves: 1.6 billion tonnes[1]
- Coal Type: Bituminous
- Mine Type: Underground
- Start Year: 1988[1]
- Closing Year: 2020[2]
- Source of Financing:
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Frenstat coal mine," OKD website, Archived from the original on 21 October 2021, Accessed May 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Frenštát mine, Frenštát pod Radhoštěm", Viktormacha.com, Accessed May 2023.
- ↑ "V beskydském dole Frenštát se těžit nebude. Shoda však není, co bude s areálem dál", Česká televize, 27 June 2019.
- ↑ "Soud odložil nařízenou demolici Dolu Frenštát v Beskydech", Česká televize, 11 March 2014.
- ↑ "Greenpeace activists protest coal mining in Beskydy mountains," Prague Daily Monitor, May 29, 2012.
- ↑ "Důl Frenštát čeká likvidace. Zásoby uhlí jsou v něm velké, těžba ale nikdy nezačala", Česká televize, 2 September 2020.
- ↑ "Jámy Dolu Frenštát v Beskydech by měly být zasypány do poloviny roku 2024", Český rozhlas, 15 February 2022.
