KWK Ruda Coal Mine

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KWK Ruda Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Silesian, Poland.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
KWK Ruda Coal Mine Silesian, Poland 50.2681611, 18.8360177 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Operating

Table 3: Operation details

Capacity (Mtpa) Production (Mtpa) Year of Production Mine Type Mining Method Mine Size (km2) Mine Depth (m) Workforce Size
2.337[1] 2022[1] Underground Longwall 61[2] 1100 6129

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
284 Upper Silesia Subbituminous Thermal

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
KWK Ruda Branch[3] 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 Ruda coal mines are underground operations, owned by Polska Grupa Górnicza, PGG, producing 4.3 million tonnes per annum, in Silesian, Poland.[4]

The mines operating under the KWB Ruda branch include Bielszowice, Halemba-Wirek, Pokój.[5] The mines are operated by PGG.

In 2019 an earthquake resulted in the death of one miner at the Bielszowice coal mine. The earthquake caused damage to the underground section of the site. A further 17 miners were injured in the incident. [6]

  • Operator: KWK Ruda Branch [4]
  • Parent Company: Polska Grupa Górnicza, PGG[4]
  • Location: Silesian, Poland[4]
  • GPS coordinates: 50.2681611, 18.8360177 (exact)[4]
  • Mine status: Operating[4]
  • Start year:
  • Mineable reserves:
  • Coal type: Bituminous
  • Mine size:
  • Mine type: Underground[5]
  • Mine depth: 1,100 m
  • Production: 4.3 million tonnes per annum[7]
  • Number of employees:7,140

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240202181706/https://geoportal.pgi.gov.pl/css/surowce/images/2022/pdf/hard_coal_2022.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 02 February 2024. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20240131184700/https://www.pgg.pl/strefa-korporacyjna/firma/kopalnie/4-kwk-ruda. Archived from the original on 31 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://www.pgg.pl/strefa-korporacyjna/firma/kopalnie/3-kwk-row. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 PGG,KWB Ruda Branch, Company Website, accessed September 2020
  5. 5.0 5.1 Euracoal, Poland, accessed September 2020
  6. Reuters, "One miner dead after quake at a Polish coal mine: spokesman", Reuters website, Accessed May 2021
  7. Poland scraps closure plan for Ruda and Wujek coal mines, NS Energy Business, July 29, 2020