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Poland’s JSW has invested over 300 million zlotys in reducing methane emissions

Masha Malonog — Fri, 22 May 2026 02:21:09 +0000

Poland’s Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW), the EU’s largest producer of coking coal, allocated over 300 million zlotys between 2015 and 2025 to projects aimed at reducing methane emissions into the atmosphere and generating energy from this gas. The company is implementing a series of investment and research programs aimed at increasing methane capture and its […]

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Poland has introduced new financing instruments for industry

Masha Malonog — Tue, 12 May 2026 12:11:55 +0000

Polish President Karol Nawrocki has signed amendments to the law on the development agency system, which open the possibility of providing loans to strategic enterprises through the Industrial Development Agency (ARP). Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa—the largest producer of coking coal in the EU—could be the key beneficiary of these changes. This is stated in the company’s […]

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JSW has signed a contract worth 2.1 billion zlotys with ArcelorMittal Poland

Masha Malonog — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 13:11:33 +0000

Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW), the largest producer of coking coal in the European Union, has signed a one-year contract with the steelmaker ArcelorMittal Poland to supply coking coal in 2026. The value of the deal is estimated at 2.1 billion zlotys, according to a statement from JSW. The new agreement is strategic in nature and […]

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Polish JSW produced 3.15 million tons of coke in 2025

Masha Malonog — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:58:16 +0000

Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW), the largest producer of coking coal in the European Union, ended 2025 almost on target. During the period, 13.01 million tons of coal (97.3% of the plan) and 3.15 million tons of coking coal (100.8% of the plan) were produced. Sales reached 96.7% and 100.2% of the annual targets, respectively. This […]

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Poland’s JSW completes key investment in deepening the Pniówek mine shaft

Masha Malonog — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:19:22 +0000

In December, Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW), the largest producer of coking coal in the European Union, completed one of the most important investments in the history of the Pniówek mine. The project to deepen shaft III from 856 to 1,053 meters and commission the new 1,000 horizon was completed, which was a key step in […]

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Poland’s JSW produced 1.05 million tons of coking coal in November

Masha Malonog — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:24:06 +0000

Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW), the largest producer of coking coal in the European Union, has published data on the implementation of its Technical and Economic Development Plan and production results for November 2025. The company again demonstrated strong performance in the production of coking coal, the group’s key product, but sales fell significantly short of […]

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Polish JSW produced 2.3 million tons of coke in January-September

Masha Malonog — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 10:55:38 +0000

Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW), the EU’s largest producer of coking coal, is showing stable production figures despite unfavorable market conditions. In January-September 2025, the company produced 2.30 million tons of coke, according to a press release. Coal production during this period reached 9.52 million tons, the majority of which was coking coal, a strategic raw […]

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Poland’s JSW mined 1.26 million tons of coking coal in October

Masha Malonog — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 11:02:52 +0000

Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW), the largest producer of coking coal in the European Union, mined 1.26 million tons of coking coal in October 2025, which is 98.9% of the planned target, despite the difficult situation on the steel market and a number of production challenges. This is stated in the company’s press release. Total coal […]

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Polish government negotiates with banks on loans for JSW

Masha Malonog — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 13:09:20 +0000

The Polish government is negotiating with banks regarding possible loans to help rescue the mining company Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW). This was announced by Minister of State Assets Wojciech Balczun, according to Reuters. «We are talking to banks. The company needs to undergo a restructuring process. It needs to get rid of unnecessary assets that […]

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JSW launches new longwall at Budryk mine with reserves of over 5.7 million tons

Masha Malonog — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 09:37:36 +0000

Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW), the largest producer of coking coal in the European Union, has started mining in a new part of deposit 405/1 at the Budryk mine. The reserves in section A of this deposit are estimated at more than 5.7 million tons of high-quality coking coal. This is stated in a press release. […]

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Polish government promises to assist in restructuring JSW

Masha Malonog — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 10:42:25 +0000

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that the government is preparing a restructuring plan for the state-owned company Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW), the largest producer of coking coal in the European Union. According to the prime minister, the document will be presented in the near future and will contain specific measures to rescue the company, […]

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Poland’s JSW has begun preparations for a large-scale restructuring

Masha Malonog — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 09:31:02 +0000

Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW), Europe’s largest coking coal producer, has announced the start of preparatory work for a large-scale business restructuring. According to the company, the management board’s decision of October 11, 2025, aims to improve the difficult liquidity situation and ensure financial stability in the short and medium term. The first stage will be […]

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Polish JSW increased sales and production of coking coal in Q3

Masha Malonog — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 12:34:14 +0000

Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW), Europe’s largest coking coal producer, increased its sales of coal and coke in Q3 2025 despite a series of adverse events that affected production. This is stated in the company’s report. Total coal production for the period amounted to 3.32 million tons (+8.6% y/y). For the first nine months, this figure […]

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Poland’s JSW ended the first half of the year with a loss of PLN 2.08 billion

Masha Malonog — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 10:27:51 +0000

Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW), Europe’s largest coking coal producer, recorded a net loss of PLN 2.08 billion in the first half of 2025, according to a press release from the company. The decisive factor was the write-off of PLN 648 million in assets in connection with the January fire at the Knurów-Szczygłowice mine. In addition, […]

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Poland’s JSW adjusts annual production plan due to another mine fire

Masha Malonog — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 08:55:39 +0000

Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW), Europe’s largest coking coal producer, has announced an adjustment to its annual production plan following a fire at the Borynia-Zofiówka mine. According to a stock exchange announcement, the incident will result in the loss of 156,000 tons of coking coal in 2025. The fire occurred on September 12, 2025, in the […]

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Poland’s JSW mined 1.01 million tons of coal in August

Masha Malonog — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 14:12:15 +0000

Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW), Europe’s largest coking coal producer, mined 1.01 million tons of raw materials in August 2025, which is 84% of the monthly plan. Despite serious challenges in the coal segment, the company remained stable on an annual basis and demonstrated strong performance in the coking sector, according to a press release. The […]

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Poland’s JSW launches a new longwall at Pniówek mine with 490 thousand tons of coal reserves

Masha Malonog — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 10:19:32 +0000

Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW), Europe’s largest coking coal producer, has commissioned a new Pw-1 longwall in seam 361 at the Pniówek mine. Its estimated reserves are estimated at about 490,000 tons of high-quality coking coal type 35.1, which is in demand by the metallurgical industry, according to a press release. The longwall will be developed […]

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Poland’s JSW extends production license for Borynia deposit until 2042

Masha Malonog — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 05:05:05 +0000

Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW), the largest coking coal producer in Europe, has received an official decision to extend its license to extract hard coal and methane from the Borynia deposit until the end of 2042. The relevant decision was issued on August 5, 2025 by Krzysztof Halos, Chief Geologist of Poland, Deputy Minister of Climate […]

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Poland’s JSW launches €25.6 million project to produce hydrogen from methane

Masha Malonog — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 08:03:34 +0000

Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW), Europe’s largest producer of coking coal, has officially launched the ambitious METH2GEN project, which aims to combat mine methane and use it to produce cheap hydrogen. The total budget for the initiative is €25.6 million, of which more than €20 million is being financed by the company itself. The project has […]

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Polish JSW increases coal production and coke production in Q2

Masha Malonog — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 08:44:03 +0000

Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW), Europe’s largest producer of coking coal, significantly increased its coal and coke production in the second quarter of 2025. Total coal production amounted to 3.34 million tons, which is 16.7% more than in the first quarter and 16.4% more than in the same period of 2024. This is stated in the […]

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Poland’s JSW launches a new longwall at the Pniówek mine with reserves of 840,000 tons

Masha Malonog — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 08:22:38 +0000

Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW), Europe’s largest coking coal producer, continues to actively rebuild production fronts at the Pniówek mine after the 2022 accident. At the end of June, the company commissioned a new K-2 longwall, and another one, W-2, is scheduled to be launched in July. The combined reserves of the two longwalls exceed 840,000 […]

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Poland’s JSW exceeded its coking coal production plan by 20.1% in May

Masha Malonog — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 07:28:41 +0000

Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW), the largest coking coal producer in Europe, exceeded its coking coal production plan by 20.1% in May 2025. The figure reached 1 million tons, against the planned 0.83 million tons. The total coal production for the month amounted to 1.18 million tons, which is 11.2% more than planned, the company said […]

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Poland’s JSW exceeded plans for coal production and sales in Q1

Masha Malonog — Fri, 30 May 2025 11:11:34 +0000

Poland’s Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW), the largest coking coal producer in the EU, has announced the production results and key indicators of the Group’s Technical and Economic Development Plan for January-March 2025. The data shows that the planned volumes of coal and coke production and sales were exceeded. According to the report, in January-March 2025, […]

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Polish JSW exceeded its coal production plan by 17% in April

Masha Malonog — Sun, 25 May 2025 05:07:40 +0000

Poland’s Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW), the largest coking coal producer in the EU, exceeded its coal production target by 17% in April 2025 as part of its Strategic Transformation Plan (PST), which has been in place since December 2024. The pilot program aimed at increasing efficiency covered five longwalls at Pniówek, Budryk, Knurów, Borynia and […]

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Polish JSW declares force majeure due to fire at Budryk mine

Masha Malonog — Tue, 20 May 2025 08:54:49 +0000

Poland’s Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW), the largest coking coal producer in the EU, has declared force majeure due to a fire at its Budryk mine. The incident occurred on May 7, 2025, and forced the company to temporarily block the dangerous mining area due to endogenous ignition. This was reported by WNP. According to preliminary […]

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Europe’s most modern coke oven battery launched in Poland

Masha Malonog — Mon, 12 May 2025 11:15:43 +0000

On May 12, 2025, the coke plant Koksownia Przyjaźń (Poland), part of JSW KOKS SA (JSW Group), held a ceremonial ignition of the newly built coke oven battery No. 4. This stage marks the transition to the final stage of the investment project – loading the chambers with coal and launching coke production. This is […]

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Poland’s JSW launches two longwalls at Pniówek mine with 1.4 million tons of coal reserves

Masha Malonog — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 09:03:20 +0000

Polish mining company Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa (JSW) has announced the launch of two new longwalls at its Pniówek mine. Their total reserves amount to about 1.4 million tons of high-quality coking coal. This is the next step in restoring production capacity after the 2022 accident that temporarily shut down some of the production fronts, according […]

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Polish JSW produced 12.3 million tons of coal in 2024

Masha Malonog — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:45:48 +0000

In 2024, the Polish mining company Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa (JSW) produced 12.3 million tons of coal despite difficult market conditions, unfavorable geology and unforeseen production failures. This is stated in the company’s financial report published in early April. Last year, the company recorded a net loss of PLN 7.3 billion. The main reason for this […]

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Poland’s JSW increased coking coal sales by 12% q/q in Q3

Masha Malonog — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 13:56:03 +0000

In the third quarter of 2024, Polish coking coal producer Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa (JSW) increased sales of coking coal to external consumers by 12% compared to the previous quarter, to 1.8 million tons. This is stated in the company’s press release. Coal production in July-September this year amounted to 3.05 million tons. This is 6.4% […]

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Poland’s JSW declares force majeure for the third time this year

Masha Malonog — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 09:58:23 +0000

Polish coking coal producer Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa (JSW) has declared force majeure for the third time this year due to an increased risk of fire at one of its key production facilities, the W-3 longwall at KWK Pniowek mine. This is reported by Bankier.pl. The company plans to close this area, which has coking coal […]

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Poland’s JSW reduced coking coal sales by 14.1% y/y in Q2

Masha Malonog — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 07:49:36 +0000

Polish coking coal producer Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa (JSW) reduced coking coal sales by 14.1% in Q2 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, to 2.27 million tons. Compared to the previous quarter, the figure fell by 12.1%. This is stated in the company’s report. Sales of raw materials to the domestic market amounted to […]

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Poland’s JSW invested more than $330 million in capacity upgrades in Q1

Masha Malonog — Thu, 23 May 2024 03:32:39 +0000

Polish coking coal producer Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa (JSW) increased capital investments by 12.3% year-on-year – to PLN 1.3 billion ($339 million) in the first quarter of 2024. This is stated in the company’s press release. First of all, the funds were allocated to key development projects related to the discovery of new deposits and production […]

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Polish JSW expects coal production in 2024 to reach 13.5 million tons

Masha Malonog — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 10:47:54 +0000

Polish coking coal producer Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa (JSW) expects coal production in 2024 to remain unchanged from the previous year and amount to 13.5 million tons. This was stated by Adam Rozmus, Deputy CEO for Production, S&P Global reports. According to him, the company is conducting a detailed analysis of production this year due to […]

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Poland’s JSW will reduce coal production by about 850 thousand tons in 2024

Masha Malonog — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:04:43 +0000

Polish coking coal producer Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa (JSW) expects a reduction in production in 2024 by about 850 thousand tons due to incidents at two mines – KWK Budryk and KWK Pniowek. This is reported by Kallanish with reference to the company’s data. The company recently declared force majeure due to a fire at the […]

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Poland’s JSW declared force majeure after a mine fire

Masha Malonog — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 09:20:05 +0000

Polish coking coal producer Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa (JSW) said that the fire that occurred in early December 2023 at the company’s mine in Pniówek (KWK Pniówek) will lead to a reduction in coking coal production by 350 thousand tons in 2024. This is reported by S&P Global. JSW said that it had decided to declare […]

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Polish JSW reduced coke sales by 20.4% q/q in Q3

Masha Malonog — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 13:33:43 +0000

Polish producer of coking and thermal coal Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa (JSW) in the third quarter of 2023 reduced sales of metallurgical coke by 20.4% compared to the previous quarter, and by 13.6% y/y – to 700,000 tons. This is evidenced by the report for the III quarter. Sales of coking coal during this period increased by […]

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Polish JSW reduced coke sales by 5% y/y in the first half of 2023

Masha Malonog — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 08:11:08 +0000

In January-June 2023, the Polish producer of coking and thermal coal Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa (JSW) reduced sales of metallurgical coke by 5% compared to the same period in 2022 – to 1.7 million tons. Kallanish reports about it. Sales of coking coal during this period remained at the level of last year – 3.3 million […]

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Polish JSW produced 2.7 million tons of coking coal in Q2

Masha Malonog — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 11:52:40 +0000

The Polish producer of coking and thermal coal Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa (JSW) in April-June 2023 reduced the production of coking coal by 0.7% compared to the same period last year – to 2.7 million tons. Compared to the previous quarter, the figure increased by 1.5%. Kallanish reports about it. Sales of coking coal for the […]

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Polish JSW reduced production of coking coal by 7% y/y in January-March

Masha Malonog — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 08:10:10 +0000

In January-March 2023, the Polish producer of coking and thermal coal Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa (JSW) reduced the production of coking coal by 7% compared to the same period last year – to 2.66 million tons. Kallanish reports about it. Sales of coking coal for the first quarter increased by 5% to January-March 2022 – up […]

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Poland’s JSW intends to invest $392 million in achieving climate goals

Masha Malonog — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 08:41:37 +0000

Polish coking and thermal coal producer Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa (JSW) intends to invest 1.65 billion zlotys ($392.3 million) in the decarbonization of production capacity to meet ambitious climate goals. This is stated in the press release on the company’s website. The company has already signed a Sustainability Linked Loan (SLL) financing agreement with a consortium […]

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Poland’s JSW raised an additional $23 million for the construction of a new coke battery

Masha Malonog — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 11:23:09 +0000

Polish coking and thermal coal producer Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa (JSW) received an additional PLN 100 million ($22.7 million) from the state to build a new coke battery №4 at its Koksownia Przyjazn plant. Kalanish reports about it. Koksownia Przyjazn, located in Dombrów Gurnych, accounts for about 75% of JSW’s total coke production capacity. The new […]

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Polish JSW reduced coal production by 2.9% y/y in the 4th quarter of 2022

Masha Malonog — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 10:29:37 +0000

In the fourth quarter of 2022, the Polish producer of coking and power coal Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa (JSW) reduced the coal production by 2.9% compared to the same period in 2021 – to 3.47 million tons. This is stated in the report on the company’s website. Compared with the third quarter of 2022, coal production […]

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Poland’s JSW increases the share of coking coal production

Masha Malonog — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 09:07:49 +0000

Poland’s Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa has opened new sections with a depth of 900 m in a longwall 34 at the Knurow-Szyglowice mine. This is stated on the company’s website. The daily load of longwall will be close to 3.5 thousand tons. As Jaroslav Tvardokens, the head of the Knurov-Szyglowice mine, noted, this is an important […]

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Polish JSW cut coke production by 15.5% y/y in the third quarter of 2022

Masha Malonog — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 06:15:27 +0000

Polish company Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa (JSW) announced the operating results of the coal segment in the third quarter of 2022. The message on the official websitesite reports about it. Total sales of coking coal in the third quarter fell by 4.5% y/y – to 2.65 million tons, the total volume of coke sales decreased by […]

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