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)

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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
–	1.896	2022	Underground	Longwall	45.78	500	3359

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
232	–	–	Wesoła	Bituminous	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Polska Grupa Górnicza SA	Polska Grupa Górnicza (PGG)	Poland

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the GEM April 2024 Global Coal Mine Tracker dataset.

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.

The mines are operated by PGG.

• Operator: KWK Murcki-Staszic Branch
• Parent Company: Polska Grupa Górnicza, PGG
• Location: Lesser Poland, Poland
• GPS coordinates: 50.2245705, 19.0489841 (exact)
• Mine status: Operating
• Start year:
• Mineable reserves: 232 million tonnes
• Coal type: Bituminous (Met)
• Mine size: 45.78 Km2
• Mine type: Underground
• Mine depth: 500 m
• Production: 2.102 million tonnes per year
• Number of employees:3359

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