US EditionCzechs Wind up Black Coal Mining in Green Energy Switch
Black coal output dropped from 35 million to under 1.2 million tonnes since 1989, leading to job cuts and a shift to greener energy amid EU fossil fuel divestment policies.
- On Thursday, the Czech Republic will stop mining black coal at the end of January, closing its last mine and ending a two-century tradition in the Ostrava region.
- With the last coal-fired power station closed last year, Barbora Cerna Dvorakova said `There is no one to supply coal to in the Czech Republic` due to low prices and demand, union head Stefan Pinter blamed falling fossil-fuel use.
- OKD will trim its workforce to fewer than 700 staff, affecting Karvina district where unemployment reached 9.6 percent last December versus the Czech rate of 4.8 percent.
- Pinter blamed the EU's green policy and the company's pivot to processing purchased coal and firedamp, while Bican said `We can finally see it on the horizon`, said Greenpeace's Bican.
- The Ostrava region has seen many mines and steelworks shut down over the past few years, and mining employment has shrunk to several thousand, forcing Karvina and broader eastern Czech communities to face long-term transition.
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Ostrava and Karviná as a mining region? Not anymore. In a region where industrial mining was already carried out in the 18th century, mining is ending in the last faces. The ČSM mine has produced an incredible 124 million tons of coal in its six decades of existence. Mining is no longer profitable, so the mine will be liquidated, the pits will be filled in, and the last miners will look for new work. But before the liquidation begins, for which …
The Czech Republic will close its last coal mine at the end of January, state-owned mining company OKD announced on Thursday. Poland's neighbor intends to focus on renewable energy sources. Trade unionists and mining company CEOs unanimously admitted that mining for coal has simply become unprofitable.
Stonava (Karvinsko) - OKD extracted 1.161 million tons of hard coal last year, in its last year of mining. The year before, it was 1.202 million tons. During this January, the company will extract approximately 45,000 tons more. OKD spokeswoman Barbora Černá Dvořáková told ČTK today.
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