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  • ECONOMY

    • NWR in 2011: great performance in a challenging environment (Open Mine 01/2012)  In February NWR published its preliminary results for the financial year 2011, which were broadly in line with market expectations.
    • The Chinese coal industry (Open Mine 01/2012)  China’s relentless economic growth over the past 20 years and the dramatic impact this has had on almost every sphere of international trade and manufacturing has also been the driving force behind the changing dynamics of the international coal industry.
    • Does Europe need its own mineral resources policy? (Open Mine 01/2012)  In November 2008, European Commission Vice-president Günter Verheugen presented “The Raw Materials Initiative” document, which stressed how imperative it is for European industry to have access to mineral resources.
    • Solid nine months, but cautious outlook (Open Mine 04/2011)  On November 16th, NWR Group announced its results for the nine months of 2011, which on the operational side were fully in line with market expectations.
    • NWR wins Best Corporate Website award (Open Mine 04/2011)  In its communications with investors, the media, and the professional and lay publics, NWR emphasises openness, accessibility, and the timely distribution of information.
    • OKD intends to explore the Frenštát pod Radhoštěm coal resource (Open Mine 04/2011)  NWR’s wholly-owned Czech subsidiary, OKD a.s., has announced its intention to explore the coal and gas resource in the area of Frenštát pod Radhoštěm.
    • The Indian Coal Industry (Open Mine 04/2011)  Often forgotten amongst the coal producing nations, India is the world’s third largest coal miner and the fourth largest in terms of reserves.
    • Schloemer: OKD employs experienced, qualified experts (Open Mine 03/2011)  At the beginning of the year, OKD welcomed a team of international engineers with hard coal mining experience from around the world.
    • HY 2011 Results: strong set of numbers (Open Mine 03/2011)  On Wednesday 24 August, NWR announced its results for the first half year of 2011. The Company delivered impressive growth with revenues up 17% and EBITDA up 48% year on year.
    • The “go-ahead” for Dębieńsko (Open Mine 03/2011)  Run down, dilapidated administrative buildings, abandoned shafts and pithead buildings are to regain their former glory thanks to the decision by New World Resources to press ahead with the development of the new Dębieńsko mine in Czerwionka-Leszczyny, not far from the city of Rybnik in Southern Poland.
    • Proximity to hard coal – an advantage for the steel industry (Open Mine 03/2011)  The metallurgical industry is shaking off the effects of the economic downturn.
    • The impact of the nuclear crisis on the coal industry (Open Mine 03/2011)  The emergency at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, caused by the devastating tsunami, has had a number of implications for international energy and coal markets.
    • The German hard coal industry (Open Mine 03/2011)  
    • Vietnam – the world‘s largest anthracite exporter (Open Mine 02/2011)  The global coal market changes and evolves: new players appear on the global stage, new partnerships emerge, market hubs shift to new locations, and the commodity flows alter.
    • Dynamics of international price negotiations (Open Mine 02/2011)  Pomáhá dětem, kterým zemřel jeden z rodičů na následky pracovního úrazu, většinou v hornictví.
    • 2010 Highlights (Open Mine 01/2011)  On 24 Feb 2011, NWR announced a strong set of results for the financial year 2010…
    • Continuous Improvement (Open Mine 01/2011)  NWR’s Continuous Improvement programme enhanced safety and reduced costs in 2010 ...
    • Coal and coke on world markets (Open Mine 01/2011)  There have been a number of significant developments unfolding within the international coal markets over the past few months which have put the commodity under the spotlight.

  • INTERVIEW

  • RECLAMATIONS

  • RESPONSIBILITY

  • SAFETY

    • POP 2010: NWR mines are safer than ever (Open Mine 04/2011)  A technological revolution in NWR mines.
    • Safety Levels Improve at NWR Mines (Open Mine 01/2011)  Employee safety is an absolute priority for NWR. That is why the Company continues to work at improving safety standards and reducing the risk of occupational injury at its subsidiaries OKD and OKK Koksovny. Key safety indicators for 2010 illustrate a positive trend, demonstrating the merit of measures and initiatives designed to put the Company on the right path where safety is concerned.

  • TECHNOLOGY

    • A story about OKD’s laboratories (Open Mine 01/2012)  When does coal become coking coal that can be refined in coking plants, as opposed to thermal coal used in industrial applications to produce heat and power?
    • NWR Karbonia: a modern and safe company (Open Mine 01/2012)  Last December, NWR’s Polish subsidary, NWR KARBONIA, held a ground breaking ceremony to mark the start of the slope-cutting phase at the Debiensko mine development in Czerwionka-Leszczyny
    • A gallery of a rare length and profile will connect Darkov and Karviná Mines (Open Mine 01/2012)  OKD is creating a unique mine-working to form a connecting gallery running 3km from the ČSA plant of Karviná Mine to Darkov Mine.
    • We refine black gold: we produce coke (Open Mine 01/2012)  Travelling by car, train or bicycle, playing a game of tennis or golf, or racing down a ski slope on a pair of modern carbon fibre skis – without coal, none of these things would be possible.
    • A new logistics system for OKD: A project with considerable potential (Open Mine 04/2011)  Second-by-second monitoring of transport routes taken by materials from surface to underground.
    • Where coal goes to shower (Open Mine 04/2011)  Most people think that hard coal, extracted from NWR mines several hundred metres below ground, is simply loaded onto railcars once it surfaces and is then delivered straight to customers.
    • “Coal mining technology seems to come from another planet…” (Open Mine 03/2011)  For many, coal mining still evokes images of backbreaking toil: of miners hewing rock with jackhammers and loading coal on carriages.
    • An online look underground (Open Mine 02/2011)  Do you need to know what is happening down in the mine while you are sat in your office? Would you like to know whether the mining and driving is progressing fluently, or whether there are any issues that could result in idle time?
    • New coking battery successfully completes trials and enters production (Open Mine 02/2011)  KK Koksovny has obtained final approval for its newly-built coke-oven battery No. 10 at Svoboda Coking Plant.
    • Mining for coal (Open Mine 01/2011)  Thanks to its qualities and use in diverse industrial sectors, hard coal remains a strategic resource for the future. Experts estimate that worldwide hard coal reserves amount to approximately 479,000 million tonnes. Coal mining is expected to continue for another 200 to 300 years with efficient, economic and profitable processes sustained by the dynamic modernisation of mining technologies.

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