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OSTRAVA – The OKD Foundation team had to order a delivery van to deliver proceeds of the company’s collection to a textile workshop, operated by the Trigon Association in Poruba because they managed to collect a large quantity of fabric, cloth, balls of wool and yarn, unnecessary clothing, buttons and zips.... more

OSTRAVA – Panels with logos of OKD and its parent company New World Resources lined the podium of the Meeting of Businessmen, which was held in the gardens of the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Ostrava at the end of June.... more

New World Resources N.V. publishes today its latest issue of company magazine, Open Mine. The magazine can be downloaded in PDF format here.

PRAHA – Coal is a significant energy and industrial raw material of the Czech Republic. This statement was agreed upon by the participants in the discussion conference titled Coal Mining in the Czech Republic: Future Alternative Evolution Options. On June 1, 2010,... more

PLZEŇ – More efficient utilization of mineral resources, reducing environmental impacts of the mining and plans regarding a new utilization of areas impacted by the mining. Those were the main topics discussed at IQmining.cz... more

OSTRAVA – OKD as one of the European mining leaders. OKD as the largest employer in the Region and one of the most important employers in the Czech Republic. OKD as the enterprise where people are the priority. OKD as the company which supports not only “its” Region, but also a lot of creditable health care, social and leisure time projects.... more

STAŘÍČ – Eyes popped out of head and mouth wide open so that guide Jan Kopel decided to start up a mine fan for a while. Those were the first minutes spent by the current mining apprentices from the Secondary Technical and Services School Karviná in the environment to become – ideally for all of them – their work area. They were taken on a field trip to a training mine gallery in the Paskov Mine!... more

KARVINÁ – On Thursday, 8 April 2010, Members of the Budget Committee of the Parliament went down the Karviná Mine shaft. Having been split into two groups, the Members of Parliament visited the high Coalface 139 706 and low Coalface 163 106 in the Lazy Mine, both of them provided with technologies under the POP 2010 Programme.... more

OSTRAVA – The OKD employees were deeply touched by the tragedy experienced by the Polish nation after the governmental plane crash. On behalf of the whole company, the members of the top management expressed their sympathy with all Polish people when they, headed by Klaus-Dieter Beck, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors, affixed their signatures to the Book of Condolence in the Polish Consulate in Ostrava on Monday, 12 April 2010:... more

OSTRAVA –OKD has defended its last year’s first place in the competition of 100 Admired Companies of the Czech Republic. This year, it was also awarded the first place in the Category of “Extraction of Mineral Resources” by a Panel consisting of managers of significant companies, financial analysts, representatives of professional organizations and trade unions.... more