KWK Mysłowice-Wesoła Coal Mine
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KWK Mysłowice-Wesoła Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Katowice, Mysłowice, Tychy, Silesian, Poland.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| KWK Mysłowice-Wesoła Coal Mine | Katowice, Mysłowice, Tychy, Silesian, Poland | 50.1811, 19.0937 (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 | – | 1952 | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 1.584[1] | 2023[1] | Underground | Longwall | 45.78 | 500.0 | 2978[2] |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 289.0[1] | 2023[1] | – | Wesoła | Bituminous | Met | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Polska Grupa Górnicza SA [100%][3] | Polska Grupa Górnicza SA [100%] | Poland |
Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)
| ROM or Saleable | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROM | 1.86[4] | 1.71[5] | 2.11[6] | 2[7] | 1.94[8] | 1.9[9] | 1.58[1] |
Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2025 release.
Ownership Tree
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Background
The Mysłowice-Wesoła coal mines are a pair of underground operations, owned by Polska Grupa Górnicza, PGG, producing 3 million tonnes per annum, in Silesian, Poland.[10][11] The mines are operated by PGG.
- Operator: KWK Murcki-Staszic Branch [10]
- Parent Company: Polska Grupa Górnicza, PGG[10]
- Location: Lesser Poland, Poland[10]
- GPS coordinates: 50.2245705, 19.0489841 (exact)[10]
- Mine status: Operating[10]
- Start year:
- Mineable reserves: 232 million tonnes[10]
- Coal type: Bituminous (Met)
- Mine size: 45.78 Km2
- Mine type: Underground[11]
- Mine depth: 500 m[10]
- Production: 2.102 million tonnes per year[10]
- Number of employees:3359
Articles and Resources
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 (PDF) https://www.pgi.gov.pl/images/surowce/2023/pdf/hard_coal_2023.pdf.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240723014140/https://www.pgg.pl/strefa-korporacyjna/firma/kopalnie/3-kwk-row. Archived from the original on 23 July 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://www.pgi.gov.pl/images/surowce/2017/pdf/hard_coal_2017.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://www.pgi.gov.pl/images/surowce/2018/pdf/hard_coal_2018.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://www.pgi.gov.pl/images/surowce/2019/pdf/hard_coal_2019.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://www.pgi.gov.pl/images/surowce/2020/pdf/hard_coal_2020.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://www.pgi.gov.pl/images/surowce/2021/pdf/hard_coal_2021.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://www.pgi.gov.pl/images/surowce/2022/pdf/hard_coal_2022.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 PGG,KWB Ruda Branch, Company Website, accessed September 2020
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Euracoal, Poland, accessed September 2020
