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OSTRAVA/PRAGUE – Six experts, who are active in OKD, the mining company, received the “George Agricola” (Mining Industry) Medal from Ivo Pěgřímek, Chairman of the Czech Mining Office. On the occasion of the name-day of St. Barbara, the miners’ patron, this supreme mining award is granted to those who have merit in the mining industry development in a special and unique manner.... more

DARKOV - The first school bell on 1 September also put a quite new OKD Central Educational Centre into operation. The Centre has been opened in the rooms above the rehabilitation facilities in the plant 2 of the Darkov Mine. The Centre is in the pilot run for the time being, i.e. only for the Darkov Mine employees.... more

OSTRAVA – With new organizational arrangements of OKD's Accounting and Finance in place for six months we have begun to realise the first benefits due to the new centres in operation.... more

STAŘÍČ – The Challenge Miner’s Lamp, awarded by the OKD Management, has arrived in the Paskov Mine. It means that the Staříč mine has achieved the best results in the second quarter of this year! “I consider it as an appreciation of staff’s dutiful work performance,” said Director Vladislav Szmek. According to him, the planned mining and metrage targets have been “overfulfilled”, and the results in the area of finance and safety have also been excellent.... more

AMSTERDAM (17 August 2009) – New World Resources N.V. (NWR), Central Europe’s leading producer of hard coal, announces the launch of the Czech-language version of its website at www.newworldresources.eu today.... more

KARVINÁ – The worldwide economic crisis that restricts the sales opportunities of our coal leads us to identifying reserves for cost reducing. The cost of the purchased energy media is a significant cost item of each pit. The generally true fact that the energy that has not been consumed is the cheapest hence motivates the management and the staff of the Karviná Mine to search for ways how to reduce and limit energy consumption in all operations.... more

KARVINÁ – On Wednesday, 1st April it was exactly a year since in Ostrava-Karviná coal region the deepest colliery in Central Europe had been opened. It is called „Důl Karviná“ and it was formed by the integration of  two collieries: Lazy and ČSA. The reason for their integration was very simple: to streamline the management system and increase the effectiveness. Both objectives have been met.... more