Coal & Coke Catalogue - OKD, a.s.

CoalCoal for the energy sectorA coal’s suitability for use in the energy sector is primarily determinedby the following parameters:• Calorific value (Q ir)• Sulphur content (S d )Coal from Karviná strata - Coal of a medium coalification. TheKarviná strata contain both coking and thermal coals.Coal from Ostrava strata - Coal of a medium to high coalification,mostly suitable for coking purposes.Preparation stages for thermal coalWashed thermal coal mix – This a product of coal washing usedin large energy facilities, cement mills, blast furnace and PCI(pulverised coal for injection) facilities.Washed and sorted thermal coal - This a washed coal sorted bygrain size (10-30 mm, 30-50 mm, 30-80 mm, 50-200 mm) for usein the civil sector, for household use and in sugar refineries.Coal dust - The product of the separation of 0-20 mm coalgrains before the process of coal washing. It is used by largepower generation plants and in large energy-consuming operations.Middlings - A product of coal washing, with a higher ash content.Coal preparationThe market value of coal depends not only on its innate propertiesbut also on the degree of preparation. At OKD, coal is preparedfor the market in preparation plants. The main task of the preparationplants is to approximate the ash and moisture contents ofthe supplied coal to the requirements of individual customers.Coal suitable for coking - A washing preparation removes anytailing residues and lowers the ash content to below 10%,a prominent factor for the quality of the final product – coke.Thermal coal - Prepared and mixed in accordance with theneeds of the end users, and particularly in accordance with thecharacteristics of their combustion facilities.OKD mines coal from the Karviná and Ostrava strata.They differ in terms of the height of seamsand the degree of coalification.4