Annual Report 2010 - Verein der Kohlenimporteure eV

Proposed projects include the Ukhaa khudag mine with
an expected coking coal production capacity of 5 Mtpa,
the Ovoot Tolgoi Mine with 8 Mtpa and the Khu shuut
project with almost 6 Mtpa.
Although it has the largest coking coal reserves in the
world, Mongolia has an underdeveloped infrastructure.
Accordingly, there is much interest from major
producers to acquire coal mines and to participate in or
to set up joint ventures.
POLAND
Production
The decline in Polish coal output continued also in 2010.
Despite good profits over the last five years, output from
Polish producers has declined by more than 20 Mt.
Major Hard Coal Producers in Poland
Company Production Exports
2009
Mt
2010
Mt
2009
Mt
2010
Mt
Kompania Weglowa 42.2 39.5 6.7 8.7
Katowicka Grupa Kapitalowa 13.5 12.8 0.7 0.8
Jastrzebska Spólka Weglowa 11.4 13.3 1.8 0.5
Private Mines 10.4 11.0 0 0
Total
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77.5 76.6 9.2 10.0
Polish coking coal and coke production increased in the
wake of recovering steel output. Coking coal production
Mt.
Investment in coke production is returning because mothballed
coking coal mines are being re-opened. After coke
production dropped to 6.95 Mt in 2009, capacity in 2010
increased again to about 10 million tonnes.
The privatisation of the Polish mining industry is
sluggish. Weglokoks announced that it would float on
the stock market during the summer of 2011, thereby
Poland is planning to merge Weglokoks with two other
coal mining companies, Katowicki Holding Weglowy
SA and Kompania Weglowa. A decision is expected
during the summer of 2011.
Poland is importing increasing quantities of coal,
primarily steam coal, but also smaller quantities of
coking coal and anthracite. Import volume in 2010
amounted to 13.5 Mt, primarily from Russia; most of it
is used in northern Poland.
Poland has also been granted the opportunity by the
EU to pay subsidies related to the closure of mining
companies.
Infrastructure
In 2010, there were no changes in the transport
infrastructure, which is now too large for the current
export volumes. Export logistics in Poland are well
developed.
Loading ports include Danzig, Swinemünde, Stettin
and Gdingen. While Danzig is able to load Capesize
freighters, Swinemünde and Gdingen are accessible only
to Panamax ships and Stettin only to Handysize vessels.
In the medium term, these ports will gain in importance
for imports. Import capacity could in the short term be
Exports
Exports in 2010 increased by 10% to 10.1 Mt. With
imports of almost 13.5 Mt, Poland remained a net
by Weglokoks and 1.4 Mt by mining companies
themselves. The increase in exports was due to steam
coal alone, while coking coal exports dropped by 13.5%
to about 1 Mt.
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