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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

PRAHA – On Tuesday, 29 March 2010, the politicians were replaced by businessmen, including OKD representatives, in the Senate. With representatives of regions, cities and non-profit-making organizations,  they were discussing the issue of bearing responsibilities for the region development. Most of the attendees agreed that the life of each region must be based on three pillars – large companies, state institutions and people.... more

New World Resources N.V. (“NWR”), the parent company of our hard coal mining company OKD, is planning its ordinary general meeting to be held at the end of April. The general meeting will be held on April 27, 2010 at the Dorint Hotel, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.... more

OSTRAVA – Iron, iron and again iron - this is probably the most frequently used material in our hard coal underground mines. We meet with iron at every turn on the surface premises and underground. Shaft head frames, ropes, rails, locomotives, piping, supports, cutter loaders, conveyors, structures ... It is therefore quite logical that it is necessary to rationally manage such a precious, renewable material, including any discarded idle iron material designed for scrapping.... more

OSTRAVA – From a long-term perspective, OKD has been ensuring qualified labour force for its future needs. In the past, we were educating young people at secondary schools and apprentice centres. We have recently revived the apprenticeship, which will however bring the first fruit only in a few years. Therefore, we also need to work with unqualified labour force.... more

OSTRAVA/AMSTERDAM – The Open Mine Magazine informing about the events taking place within the entire NWR group appears in a hard copy version for the first time. The current issue brings inter alia a report on the on-going reclamation projects in the Karviná region, an extensive interview with OKD's CEO Klaus-Dieter Beck, an article on the world’s deepest mine or details on the autumn conference of mine rescuers. It also informs about the inaugural year of the OKD Foundation Awards for the best non-profit sector projects of last year and about the success of OKD in the TOP Philanthropist 2009 competition.... more