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PLN 200 million of funding awarded to modernize a coke oven battery in the Przyjaźń Coking Plant in Dąbrowa Górnicza. JSW KOKS and the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management signed an agreement under the E-KUMULATOR Ecological Accumulator for…

The JSW Management Board has made the decision to shorten the terms of payment used in procurement procedures to 90 days.

Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa and Joy Global (Poland) signed a letter of intent to conduct comprehensive research and analyses of the possibilities of using modern autonomous longwall systems in JSW mines. The agreement was signed on 28 September in Katowice during the New…

JSW is rapidly deploying solutions to enhance miner safety that are unparalleled on a global scale. JSW is building a modern and homogenous wireless communication system and a top-notch employee monitoring system in all its mines, it is raising the level of training…

Can modern solutions used in surface geodesy be used in underground mine workings? Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa has proved that it is possible.

The Dębieńsko Coking Plant owned by JSW KOKS discontinued operations yesterday, i.e. on 30 August 2018. The decision to discontinue coke production in Czerwionka-Leszczyny was announced in the middle of last year.

A U.S. research institute is interested in cooperation in the area of unmanned aerial systems. JSW Innowacje and HAWK-e, members of the JSW Group, signed a letter of intent with Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS), a global leader in the BSP sector.

Last Friday, finalists of the 22nd “Modernization of the Year” competition received awards and distinctions during a ceremony held in the Grand Hall of the Royal Castle in Warsaw. Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa received a distinction in the industrial and engineering…

Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa will take part in the first auction of Carbon Dioxide Units absorbed by forests in Poland. A letter of intent on cooperation in implementing the Forest Carbon Farms project was signed on August 27th in Warsaw by Andrzej Konieczny, Director…

In H1 2018 the JSW Group posted a net profit of PLN 1,086.4 million. Coal and coke production climbed 5% and 8%, respectively, versus the same period last year. The market for these products continues to be vibrant and stable.

The Management Board of Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa S.A. has the pleasure of inviting you to watch the Internet broadcast of the financial results of the JSW Capital Group for the H1 2018 which will take place on August 27, 2018 (Monday) at 12:00 p.m.

Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa has established cooperation with new partners. During the Polish-Australian Energy Forum held in Sydney with the participation of Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland, letters of intent concerning research and development were…

Representatives of Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa take part in a business mission in Australia accompanying the Presidential delegation headed by Andrzej Duda, President of Poland. The visit will be devoted to discussing subjects related, among others, to the mining…

A Polish technology company Hawk-e owned by the Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa Group, will develop an unmanned flight management system to support growth of the market for services provided by unmanned aircraft.

Rational management of raw material resources, environmentally-friendly manufacturing and minimization of the environmental footprint. These and other subjects were discussed during a 3-day conference organized in Katowice by the largest trade union confederations.

The social conference PRE_COP24 organized by the biggest Polish trade union confederations is currently being held. The International Congress Center in Katowice hosts trade union activists from all over the world, as well as scientists, politicians and employers.

Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa presented an ambitious plan for revitalization of the former Krupiński mine. On the site, JSW plans to develop a modern industrial complex, comprising, among others, a factory manufacturing hydrogen cells and vehicles powered by this natural…

A meeting of the Mining Committee at the Coal Mining Economics and Organization Section of the Polish Academy of Sciences was held in the headquarters of Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa.

After months of laborious analyses and discussions involving, among others, the mining supervision authority and scientists from the Central Mining Institute, the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków and the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice,…

Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa changes the image of coking coal among European decision-makers At the Company’s initiative, a conference promoting coking coal as a strategic raw material was held in Brussels in the historic building of Bibliothèque Solvay. This is yet…

Conference will take place on 27 June in Brussels.

Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa’s current recoverable (mineable) coal reserves are estimated at nearly 1 billion tons, yet the company keeps looking for new opportunities to expand its resource base

Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa has entered into an agreement with the Faculty of Mining and Geology of the Silesian University of Technology on cooperation with regard to development of the “Crew head’s zone and more” internet training and information platform.

On 14 June, during the IMPACT’18 conference in Krakow, representatives of Management Boards of Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa and PKP Cargo signed a letter of intent for joint innovative investment projects related to the commercial use of hydrogen fuel.

In Q1 2018 coal production was up by more than 18% compared to the previous quarter. Such high growth results from organizational transformation, new investments and the deployment of innovative solutions to enhance production efficiency

Two miners were rescued while five have perished. The rescue operation has ended in the Zofiówka Section of the Borynia-Zofiówka-Jastrzębie Mine

The Management Board of Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa hereby reports that in connection with the announced period of mourning the conference concerning the publication of the JSW Group’s Q1 2018 financial results to be held on 18 May 2018 is cancelled.

The miner’s body was trapped under one of the many structures in the H-10 roadway that had been destroyed by the rock burst. The rescue workers will start to transport him to the underground base, and then to the surface. This operation may take several hours.

18 rescue crews are presently working underground. The water on the longwall face has been entirely pumped out, only slurry remains. The rescue workers still have to penetrate the 30-meter-long F-H ventilation tunnel.

The rescue workers continue to scrutinize the spots the search dogs identified yesterday. The water has been pumped out of the intersection of the H-10 and H-2 roadways. The rescue workers have penetrated this area to a large extent; however, they have still not found…

17 rescue crews are presently working underground. Water is still being pumped out of the H-2 and H-10 roadways. We have managed to reduce the water level to such an extent that search dogs could join the operation.

During the most recent night, the water surface subsided to such an extent that rescue workers wearing specialist, watertight suits were able in part to penetrate a 20 m roadway and the H-2 longwall face. The water on the H-10 and H-2 roadways continues to be 1 to 2…

The ninth day of the rescue operation is in progress. More than 2,000 rescue workers have taken part since the outset. 24 crews worked underground today

Rescue workers have found the body of the second of three miners being looked for

On the eighth day of the rescue operation in the Zofiówka Section the rescue workers found one of the three miners being looked for. He is not showing any signs of life. The rescue workers found his body in the flooded area when pumping out water.

The mine rescue workers continue to pump out water. The rim of the water surface of the flooded area that appeared as a result of the rock burst is 12 m from the intersection. No headroom is visible, which may testify to extensive deformation of the mining pit at the…

During the last hour the level of the water surface has fallen by approximately 15 centimeters. Despite that, the flooded area still prevents us from searching the entire section of the roadway.

Mine rescue workers continue to pump water out of the flooded area. The water surface is slowly receding. The effectiveness of this work has fallen on account of the dense sludge in the water.

The two miners injured in the accident on Saturday left the hospital today. The intensive rescue operation continues underground.

A device was dropped down to the H-10 roadway through the borehole, but it did not register any signals besides the sound of water. Rescue workers are constantly toiling to lower the level of the flooded area.