Situation in longwall 3/VII/385 - UPDATE
LW Bogdanka confirms that the current hydrological situation in longwall 3/VII/385 is under the control of the mine's services, and the water inflow is not increasing.
The Company says it is currently conducting advanced hydrogeological analyses related to longwall 3/VII/385. The Company is preparing to commission an expert report on potential options for action and risks associated with further mining and technical work in the area. In the past week, the Company held its first technical discussions in this regard.
According to the mine's services, longwall 3/VII/385 is still prospective and suitable for future mining. The aforementioned expert report is expected to provide answers to the questions of whether it will be possible to continue mining in the existing work area, or whether it will be necessary to shift mining to another location in a plot that has the already opened up.
As the Company has reported in previous press releases, a water leakage occurred during the trial commissioning of the aforementioned longwall in February this year. In accordance with the applicable procedure, in the sloping heading the Company has planned and constructed the so-called receiving pit, i.e. a depression into which water flowed by force of gravity and was then drained using pumps. Now that the situation has stabilized, the water is collected right by the longwall, which has a positive impact on safety and the ability to carry out further monitoring and inspection work.
Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka S.A. is a leading hard coal producer in Poland that stands apart from its peers in terms of its modern and efficient mining. It is one of the largest Polish hard coal mines. Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka S.A. chiefly conducts mining operations in terms of hard coal extraction, enrichment and sales. It supplies this raw material mainly to industrial offtakers. Supply contracts are long-term, and the product is sold to the commercial power sector and the industrial power sector.
The company has been listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange since June of 2009. In August 2022, Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka S.A. returned to listing on the WIG-ESG Index.
Since October of 2015 Bogdanka has been a member of the Enea Group, the second largest player on Poland’s electrical power market in terms of the generation of electricity, which manages the entire value chain on the electricity market ranging from fuel to the generation of electricity, distribution, sales (supply) and customer service.