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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.

During the night from Thursday to Friday the drillers accurately drilled a second borehole from the round-shaped F tunnel at the 900 m level and connected to the H-10 roadway. This borehole has a diameter of 9.5 cm. The rescue workers are now sinking a cable with a…

Search and rescue dogs have now been brought into the search operation and they have identified two trails. Rescue workers started to penetrate that spot; however, they have not found any of the missing miners.

Rescue workers are utilizing all the possibilities available to reach the miners trapped in the mining pit. Many firms and institutions have offered to help in the rescue operation.

650 employees have been involved in the work underground from the beginning of the rescue operation. More than 1,000 people have been involved if the persons in the crisis management team are included. The search for three miners is still underway.

Our rescue workers have not yet managed to reach the three trapped miners. Water has appeared in the mining pit.

Our rescue workers have still not been able to get to the three miners trapped 900 m underground. The rescue operation is being run in extreme conditions.

21 rescue crews are currently taking part in the rescue operation. In total, 42 crews worked during the day. Contact has still not been made with the three trapped miners.

From this morning rescue workers have searched an area of roughly thirty meters. Nevertheless, specialist search equipment has not detected any signal from the three trapped miners. Nor have any radio transmitters installed in miners’ lamps been found.

The rescue operation in the Zofiówka Section is now in day three. Rescue workers continue the search for three miners. The best equipment has been brought to the mine to help reach the injured miners as quickly as possible.

The rescue operation continues in the Zofiówka Section. Three missing miners are the object of the search.

The second of the five miners being looked for in the Zofiówka Section who was found by rescue workers in the underground mining pit is dead.

The rescue workers have evacuated the second miner who was trapped between pipes. “He is now being transported on a stretcher to the underground base. At present, he is not giving any signs of life”, advised Daniel Ozon, CEO of JSW.

During the rescue operation in the Zofiówka Section one of the five miners being searched for was found. “The miner the rescue workers found underground is dead. He was 38 years old and he had worked in the mining industry for 10 years”, reported Daniel Ozon, CEO of…

The search for four miners is still in progress in the Zofiówka Section of the Borynia – Zofiówka – Jastrzębie mine. This is the first time in the history of this mine that such a strong shock wave has occurred. The cause of the rock burst was an autonomous shock wave…

On 19 April 2018, in Katowice, Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa and JSW Innowacje signed a cooperation agreement with reputable German science and research institutes regarding advanced materials and coal mining processes and the use of Smart Coal Mine 4.0 techniques in the…

In 2017 the JSW Group generated net earnings totaling PLN 2,543.3 million compared to PLN 4.4 million in 2016. Such robust financial results are the outcome of favorable coking coal prices, optimization efforts and the unwavering execution of its restructuring program.

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 year 2017 which will take place on March 13, 2018 (Tuesday) at 2:30 p.m.

Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa and its long-term collaborators from the mining industry are facing a great opportunity. They intend to support the Indian coal mining industry in solving the problems associated with the construction of underground mines. The greatest of them…

On Thursday, January 11, representatives of the management boards of mining and energy companies signed a letter of intent in Katowice, which will allow the development of the Geo-Metan program. The cooperation will help to increase domestic gas production, reduce coal…

Thanks to Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa methane from local sources, will heat the school. The agreement on this matter was signed by: Daniel Ozon, CEO of JSW, Artur Dyczko Vice-President of the Board for Strategy and Development, as well as Roman Foksowicz and Janusz…

Three employees of Borynia Site and a geologist from Budryk took part in the production carried out by the Discovery Channel. The six-part program "Górnicy PL" will show the backstage of the coal, copper and salt mines, as well as the daily life of the miners and the…

Launched in JSW in January 2014, the first Polish online training and education platform "Foreman Zone and more" is not only popular among JSW employees, but also institutions and universities as well as mining entrepreneurs.

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 third quarter & 9 months of 2017 which will take place on 17 November 2017 at 10:00 AM.

Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa concluded an agreement with Bank Ochrony Środowiska on the bank financing of long-term JSW liabilities towards suppliers.

The JSW signed a trilateral agreement on cooperation in the implementation of modern technologies, as well as the design of new machinery and equipment in the mines of JSW.

Owners of electric cars can charge their cars for free at the headquarters of Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa.

Seventeen graduates of the AGH University of Science and Technology will start their professional career at JSW mines. The company needs highly qualified geologists because it intends to implement an innovative spatial modeling system. New adepts will start work in…

The 37th anniversary of the Jastrzębskie Understandings has been commemorated on September 3. It was one of the three August agreements between the workers and the authorities, which has broken the monopoly of the communist rule. Celebrations of these events were held…