KWB Bełchatów Coal Mine
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KWB Bełchatów Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Łódź, Poland.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| KWB Bełchatów Coal Mine | Łódź, Poland | 51.242247, 19.275356 (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 | – | 1977[1] | 2038 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 34.21[2] | 2024[2] | Surface | – | 15.1 | 50* | 4417[1] |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 485[3] | 2023[3] | – | Bełchatów | Lignite | Thermal | Coal Plant |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| PGE Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna SA [100.0%][4] | Polska Grupa Energetyczna [PGE] | Poland |
Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)
| ROM or Saleable | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROM | 44.54[5] | 46.82[6] | 40.79[7] | 36.2[8] | 40.84[9] | 44.26[10] | 33.01[3] | 34.21[2] | – |
Note: The above sections were automatically generated and are based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker August 2026 release.
Ownership Tree
This ownership tree is part of the Global Energy Ownership Tracker, a project of Global Energy Monitor.
Background
The Belchatow coal mine is a surface mine, owned by Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) Polish Energy Group, near the Belchatow power complex, in Bełchatów in Łódź Voivodeship, Poland.[11] The Belchatow open-cast mine is the largest in Poland, set to operated until 2040.[11] As of 2021, the mine had two operating pits -- Belchatow and Szcercow.
- Owner: PGE[11]
- Parent Company:
- Location: Bełchatów, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland
- GPS coordinates: 51.242247, 19.275356 (exact)
- Mine status: Operating
- Start year: 1981
- Total reserves: 1 billion tonnes[11]
- Mineable reserves: 571.6 million tonnes [12]
- Coal type: lignite
- Mine size:
- Mine type: Surface
- Mine depth: 300 m
- Production: 40.824 million tonnes (2021)[13]; 36.198 million tonnes (2020)[14]
- Additional proposed production:
- Equipment: surface (open cast)
- Number of employees:
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17aUzNppj_UA7YbtabJsJOw6kXEFArkhfhJ3Oyn2PPn0/edit?gid=330630017#gid=330630017.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://energy.instrat.pl/en/mining/database/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 (PDF) https://www.pgi.gov.pl/images/surowce/2023/pdf/brown_coal_2023.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://pgegiek.pl/Nasze-oddzialy/Kopalnia-Wegla-Brunatnego-Belchatow.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://www.pgi.gov.pl/images/surowce/2017/pdf/brown_coal_2017.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://www.pgi.gov.pl/images/surowce/2018/pdf/brown_coal_2018.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://www.pgi.gov.pl/images/surowce/2019/pdf/brown_coal_2019.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://www.pgi.gov.pl/images/surowce/2020/pdf/brown_coal_2020.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://www.pgi.gov.pl/images/surowce/2021/pdf/brown_coal_2021.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://www.pgi.gov.pl/images/surowce/2022/pdf/brown_coal_2022.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Euracoal, Poland, accessed September 2020
- ↑ Applied Geology, Chapter 16, page 287
- ↑ LIST OF BROWN COAL DEPOSITS IN POLAND as of 31.XII.2021, Polish Geological Institute, 2021
- ↑ BILANS ZASOBÓW ZŁÓŻ KOPALIN W POLSCE WG STANU NA - BALANCE OF FINE RESOURCES IN POLAND, Polish Institute of Geology, December 31, 2020, accessed June 2022
