General information about the Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa S.A. Group
The Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa S.A. Group ("Group") is the largest producer of hard coking coal and a significant producer of coke in the European Union. For years, the Group has held a crucial position on the Polish and European market for coking coal and coke, due to the high quality coal it produces and due to its location in proximity to its main customers. The Group also mines steam coal.
JSW’s mining areas
The Group’s mines exploit hard coal deposits in the areas of townships of Jastrzębie-Zdrój and Żory, the rural districts (gmina) of Świerklany, Mszana, Pawłowice, Gierałtowice, Ornontowice, Pilchowice as well as the towns of Mikołów, Czerwionka-Leszczyny, Gliwice, Knurów. The JSW mining areas with hard coal deposits have the total surface area of 197.2 km2.
The mining area is located in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin. The mines (“KWK”) have a total of approx. 6.119 billion tons of coal resources, including approx. 0.977 billion tons of recoverable coal reserves (according to the Polish resource classification system based on mine resource appraisal reports as at 31 December 2017).
The Group’s coking activity is presently conducted in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Zabrze, Radlin and Czerwionka-Leszczyna. In principle, more than 40% of the coking coal produced by the Group is processed by the Group’s coking plants into coke which, next to iron ore, is the key raw material used in steel production in steel mills. Furthermore, coke is used in foundries, in the non-ferrous metal industry, in the chemical industry and in the production of insulation materials.