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Today and tomorrow, employees of Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa are donating blood and plasma in the Regional Blood Donation and Treatment Center in Racibórz as well as in local branches. Nearly 300 people declared their readiness to share this valuable gift.

Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa has invited the sports clubs associated with the Company, such as KS Jastrzębski Węgiel, GKS 1962 Jastrzębie and JKH GKS Jastrzębie, to take part in developing an educational portal: New JSW Knowledge Mine. Players and club workers take part…

The first Polish medicine against COVID-19 will be produced by Biomed in Lublin. 160 liters of plasma are required to make the first batch of the drug. To date, miners have donated 30 liters of this valuable resource.

As part of the JSW for Children program, 120 children from orphanages will go to summer camps. Children from three orphanages will go to the seaside and will also participate in one-day trips.

The summer vacation is in full swing and leisure destinations across the country are crowded again. This means that JSU, a member of the JSW Group which also operates in the tourism industry, is able to catch the wave of opportunity. The more the sunshine, the greater…

– This is the place where Solidarity was born and where the first strikes broke out. It’s a symbolic place – with these words the President of Poland Andrzej Duda emphasized how important the meeting with Jastrzębie miners was for him when he met with them early morning…

Today (30 June) further JSW mines put up banners as part of the campaign under the name “STOP THE HATE! Don’t blacken the miners!” organized by Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa and the JSW Foundation.

For the second time, Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa awarded special scholarships to the best students of mining schools. This year, the scholarships went to 28 students from schools in Jastrzębie–Zdrój, Knurów, Czerwionka–Leszczyny, Pawłowice and Ornontowice. Special prizes…

Treatment with blood plasma donated by people who have recovered from COVID-19 is an effective method of saving the health and lives of patients who suffer from a much more severe form of this coronavirus-induced disease. For this reason, the Regional Blood Donation and…

Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa and the JSW Foundation have just launched a campaign under the name “STOP THE HATE! Don’t blacken the miners!” against the discrimination of persons associated with mining and inhabitants of Silesia. The campaign ambassador is Kamil Glik, the…

Stage two of the fight with the coronavirus pandemic is nearing the end. Thanks to the combined action of JSW, the Silesian voivode and Sanitary-Epidemiological Station, thanks to the use of swab-buses, Company employees and their families may get the results of…

In the coking plant in Radlin owned by JSW KOKS SA (JSW Group) intensive work is ongoing on the construction of a modern combined heat and power plant fired by coke oven gas.

On the occasion of the International Children’s Day on 1 June, JSW launched an educational portal for children at kopalniawiedzyjsw.pl. The site has been developed with input from the company’s employees and the cooperating sports clubs: Jastrzębski Węgiel, GKS…

11 hospitals in the Silesian Voivodship will receive in total 30 ventilators, thanks to Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa’s participation in the #WdzięczniMedykom campaign run by Caritas Polska. The first 4 modern ventilators have already been handed over to hospitals in…

The Faculty of Mining and Geoengineering of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków has 3D-printed protective face visors for Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa.

The JSW Group has for several years been regularly publishing information on its non-financial results, that is on the effects of its actions taken in the social, environmental and governance areas. This year's reports have been prepared based on internationally…

The first laparoscopic tower featuring the 3D technology in the Silesia region has been donated to a hospital in Jastrzębie-Zdrój by the JSW Foundation. So far, this is the most valuable donation provided by the Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa Foundation.

Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa strengthens its cooperation with schools involved in educating future miners. Today, the company signed an agreement to continue its cooperation with the School Complex in Czerwionka-Leszczyny.

Timely performance of contracts and continuance of key capital expenditures – those are the bright sides of the previous quarter, however the decrease in raw material prices, lower demand for steel and reduced global production of steel as a result of an economic…

Screening tests are underway in all Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa mines. The objective is to suppress COVID-19 foci.

Jacek Sasin, Minister of State Assets reviewed the current epidemic situation in Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa’s mines. During the Deputy Prime Minister’s visit to the Budryk mine in Ornontowice the Company’s Management Board presented the JSW Group’s Growth Strategy and…

A psychologist is available to assist Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa employees and their family members.

The Minister of Health has decided that the number of screening tests will be increased in the Pniówek mine and in four other mines owned by other coal companies, which have had many coronavirus infection cases. At the Pniówek Mine, approximately 900 tests were…

Screening tests for coronavirus are performed among employees of the Pniówek mine. Individuals referred for tests should strictly follow the recommendations issued by mine management. The JSW Management Board and Crisis Management Team appeal to Company employees to…

There are 44 infected miners in the Pniówek mine. In the Zofiówka mine, there are two confirmed infections. 256 Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa employees have been quarantined.

Fourteen modern computer sets have been donated to children from three orphanages. The JSW Foundation together with JSW IT Systems decided to help the students with remote learning during the current coronavirus pandemic.

Remember that the restrictions regarding travel, shopping and visiting parks and forests are still in force. Work in the mining industry cannot be done remotely – therefore we encourage you to be cautious and follow your common sense also after work.

The Responsible Business Forum has presented the 18th edition of the Report “Responsible business in Poland. Best practices.” It is Poland’s biggest review of corporate social responsibility activities with a record number of initiatives. Once again, Responsible…

JSW Innowacje has launched the production of face shields. The first pieces of this protective equipment have already been delivered to hospitals.

#stayathomeafterwork [#popracyzostańwdomu] – this is the hashtag used by Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa to encourage its employees to remain careful and reasonable in their private life during the current coronavirus pandemic.

Interview with Artur Dyczko, Vice-President of the JSW S.A. Management Board for Technical and Operational Matters and head of the JSW emergency response team.

The Management Board of Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa, with the approval of the Supervisory Board, has decided to provide further support for state institutions in the fight with the coronavirus epidemic. The donation financed the purchase of protective overalls.

The Tailor Workshop of the Municipal Center for Culture and Leisure Activities in Mszana launched an initiative of sewing face masks for the Racibórz Hospital. The Workshop was established thanks to the financial support of the JSW Foundation. A similar request for…

The Management Board of the JSW Foundation and the Management Board of Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa S.A. support hospitals. So far, PLN 1.75 million has been allocation for combating the coronavirus The money has already been received on medical centers’ accounts.

Adam Gawęda, Deputy Minister of State Assets and Special Representative of the Government for Restructuring of the Mining Industry, thanked miners for their responsible response to the coronavirus threat.

Before the state of epidemic and previously the state of epidemic emergency was introduced, the Ministry of State Assets requested mining companies to take actions in order to limit the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus.

Starting on Monday, March 23, a three-shift work system will be in force in all of JSW’s mines until further notice. One shift will work 6 hours.

In 2019 the Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa Group generated a net profit totaling nearly PLN 650 million. Despite the economic slowdown with which the entire raw material industry is grappling, the JSW Group’s financial results stayed at a stable level.

Extraordinary prevention and protection measures have been taken in Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa to prevent the dissemination of coronavirus. A special e-mail account has been set up to enable employees to share their comments.

The representative trade union organizations operating in JSW SA and the management board of the company have suspended salary negotiations.