JSW Group

About us

JSW Group is the largest producer of high-quality coking coal in the European Union and one of the major producers of coke for steelmaking. The Group's core business encompasses the production and sale of coking coal as well as the production and sale of coke and coal derivatives. The Group's parent is the WSE-listed Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa S.A., based in Jastrzębie-Zdrój. JSW S.A. operates in the Upper Silesia region of Poland. Aside from coking coal and coke, JSW Group is an important producer of coal derivatives that are generated in the coking process.

5 hard coal mineso
3 cooking plants
long mine life-cycle
(30-50 years)
1,1 billion in extractable
coal resources


JSW Group is one of the largest employers in Poland. At the end of 2019, it had over 30,000 employees, including more than 22,000 at Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa. JSW Group delivers coking coal and coke mainly to some of the largest European steelmakers and into more distanced markets in the case of coke. The majority of European steelmakers operating the basic oxygen furnace process using coke are located within 500km.

Group structure at 31 December 2019

Our assets

Our mining area is located in the Upper Silesia Coal Basin. The mines hold a total of approx. 7.038 billion tonnes in coal resources, including approx. 1.197 billion tonnes in extractable resources (based on mine records as at 31 December 2019).

JSW Group mines are developing hard coal deposits within the following townships: Jastrzębie-Zdrój and Żory, and municipalities Świerklany, Mszana, Pawłowice, Gierałtowice, Ornontowice, Pilchowice, and cities: Mikołów, Czerwionka-Leszczyny, Gliwice, Knurów.

Coal resources at JSW mines
JSW Group mines COAL RESOURCES (Mt) EXTRACABLE RESOURCES (Mt) MINE LIFE-CYCLE FORECAST
BUDRYK 1,364.0 249.6 2077
PNIÓWEK 1,512.5 262.3 2051
BORYNA - ZOFIÓWKA - JASTRZĘBIE 1,702.6 195.0 Ruch Borynia-2051  Ruch Zofiówka-2051 Ruch Jastrzębie-2025
KNURÓW - SZYDŁOWICE 1,727.9 316.0 Ruch Szczygłowice-2078 Ruch Knurów-2072
BZIE - DĘBINA w budowie 731.0 174.2 2084
TOTAL 7,038.0 1,197.1 -

In January 2020, the Management Board decided to separate Ruch Jastrzębie from KWK Borynia-Zofiówka-Jastrzębie and move it into KWK Bzie-Dębina under construction, which was the re-named as KWK Jastrzębie-Bzie, and to change the name KWK Borynia-Zofiówka-Jastrzębie to KWK Borynia-Zofiówka.

Concessions

JSW's mines operate on the basis of appropriate concessions and permits. Expanding the resource base as part of concession deposits is an objective at all of the mines.

 
CONCESSION DEPOSITS (concessions for mining hard coal and methane as associated mineral) CONCESSION NUMBER CONCESSION AWARD DATE CONCESSION EXPIRY DATE
KWK BORYNIA-ZOFIÓWKA-JASTRZĘBIE Deposit „Borynia” mining area „Szeroka I” 7/2009 27.10.2009 31.12.2025
Deposit „Jastrzębie” mining area „Jastrzębie III” 1/2019 05.02.2019 31.12.2025
Deposit „Zofiówka” mining area „Jastrzębie Górne I” 5/2010 14.05.2010 31.12.2042
KWK BZIE - DĘBINA under construction Deposit „Bzie - Dębina 2 - Zachód” mining area „Bzie - Dębina 2 - Zachód” 15/2008 01.12.2008 31.12.2042
Deposit „Bzie - Dębina 1 - Zachód” mining area „Bzie - Dębina 1 - Zachód” 2/2019 23.05.2019 31.12.2051
KWK BUDRYK Deposit „Budryk” mining area „Ornontowice I” 13/94 21.03.1994 31.12.2043
Deposit „Chudów - Paniowy 1” mining area „Ornontowice II” 3/2005 18.04.2005 31.12.2044
KWK KNURÓW-SZCZYGŁOWICE Deposit „Szczygłowice” mining area „Szczygłowice” 29/94 08.04.1994 31.03.2020
4/2019 30.08.2019 (valid from 01.01.2020) 31.12.2040
Deposit „Knurów” mining area „Knurów” 60/94 21.04.1994 15.04.2044
KWK PNIÓWEK Deposit „Pniówek” mining area „Krzyżowice III” 158/1994 26.08.1994 13.08.2020
5/2019 08.11.2019 (valid from 01.01.2020) 31.12.2051
Deposit „Pawłowice 1” mining area „Pawłowice 1” 3/2012 21.06.2012 31.12.2051

 

CONCESSION DEPOSITS (research concessions) CONCESSION NUMBER CONCESSION AWARD DATE CONCESSION EXPIRY DATE
Area „Warszowice-Suszec” (Górnośląskie Zagłębie Węglowe) 1/2018/p 15.01.2018 15.01.2023
Area „Ruptawa” (Górnośląskie Zagłębie Węglowe) 2/2019/p 06.02.2019 06.02.2022
Ares Rejowiec (Lubelskie Zagłębie Węglowe) 7/2019 19.09.2019 19.09.2023