News in coal mining

STONAVA – Safer operation, quicker advance of heading, less hard manual work, better work comfort. This is an assessment, made by the drifter crew of Zbygniew Kowalski, Senior Foreman in the ČSM Mine, “South” Mining Plant, in respect of the remote controlled carriage designed for drilling and tightening the bolts. At the heading level, it is mounted onto the shearer loader MR 340, which was purchased from Sandvik within the POP 2010 Programme, similarly to the ABSE equipment.... more

KARVINÁ – Great, magnificent, admirable, exemplary. These are the words that can be used to describe the March performance of the mining team led by Chief Foreman Tadeusz Czaja, Chief of Section Jozef Ulman and Head of Operations Czeslaw Witek, all from Pol-Alpex. During the 31 workdays in March, the Polish “brygada” working at Shaft 3, May 9 Plant of the Darkov Mine dug and extracted almost 200,000 tonnes of coal, an achievement as yet unprecedented in the  long history of OKD.... more

KARVINÁ – The January results of the contractor team led by Chief Foreman Grzegorz Dąbek from the Krzysztof Sędkowski`s section in the CSM Mine that rapidly mastered the new POP 2010 programme technique and ranked among the most successful stoping teams within OKD, once again focused attention to one of the traditional and, at the same time, largest contractor firms working for OKD – to Polcarbo, s.  r. o. We discuss its history and current problems with Karel Sniegoň, the firm’s managing director.... more

STONAVA – The Czech premiere of the central air conditioning system with cooling from above (from the surface) was inspected in the CSM Mine by the Director of the Ostrava Regional Health Authority (KHS). This Authority is obliged to inspect working conditions in the mine as the integral part of the state health supervision! When coming up, Ms. Helena Šebáková did not conceal her satisfaction.... more

KARVINÁ – Do you need results? Send Martin Brada in then! That’s what they think at ČSA Site, Karviná Mine. Sure, Martin Brada, the Chief Foreman of Section # 11 431 managed by Jan Feber, belongs to the best ones Karviná Mine can offer.... more

LAZY – The February plan of the development crew with 27 members managed by Libor Popp, Chief Foreman, and Roman Pastucha, Head of Development Works 2, at Lazy Site, Karviná Mine was quite easy. They should connect the return-air gateroad # 74029 in Block 7, Doubrava field to the cross-entry # 74060. In total, it was 203m of development works with a SM 130 roadheader in the cross-section TH 16/18. Let’s not take too much of your time and say straight away they were successful.... more

OSTRAVA – Last year’s deliveries of the state-of-the-art mining equipment under the POP 2010 Project (Productivity Optimization Program) are successfully done. The Horník Magazine provided a regular update on the difficulties encountered during the transportation of shields, shearers, roadheaders and other parts underground as well as on the excellent results of the crews when installing and commissioning the equipment. But – how did all this start?... more

STAŘÍČ The head title not very different from an equation tells almost everything to knowledgeable experts at Paskov Mine. The deployment of a new K 312 LS side-tipping loader in POP 2010 programme together with the proven and successfully deployed BTRL 1 drilling jumbo represents a huge help for the mine to meet its annual driveage plan.... more

KARVINÁ – It was the first time ever that top-slot bosses of Bucyrus had a chance of seeing their products in action at OKD’s coalfields. On Friday, January 23^rd, on the occasion of the first phase of the POP 2010 project, they went down the Lazy Shaft of the Karviná Mine. Where else but to Face #139704 -1, which is equipped with 105 DBT 2800/6000 sections... more

STONAVA – A few days ago, the northern shaft of the ČSM Mine put into operation a new hutch water pumping station. Previously, hutch water had been drained by eight pumps installed in the 1970s, the condition of which was very adversely affected by the aggressive mine environment and salt-laden water. These have been replaced and their task taken over by the new pumping station, one of the most modern ones in OKD, whose pumping... more