Coal Company mine gave Anna Company of Mines Restructuring – Virtual Poland

Coal Company submitted on Thursday to the Mine Restructuring Company (SRK) Anna Mine in Pszów, until recently, as part of the mine Rydułtowy-Anna. In this part of the mine for four years no longer mined coal, but still continues operation on the border areas Rydultau and Anna.

The burial shafts of the mine will be liquidated at the earliest in the middle of next year.

In connection with the transfer of the mine to Anna SRK Company will reduce its workforce by more than 1.3 thousand. people who benefit from the protective package, including retirement benefits and leave mine. They are employees of different mines and headquarters Company.

As reported on Thursday, spokesman Witold Jajszczok SRK, on ​​Thursday signed an agreement for the acquisition free of mines by Anna SRK. Earlier, on March 17, the plant was formally separated from the mine Rydułtowy-Anna. Later on its takeover agreed to management board and supervisory board of NDS, as well as energy minister.

As part of the free acquisition of SRK took over the lease 76 hectares of state-owned land with buildings, structures and devices in the area. The company also takes over the excavations and structures at the bottom of the mine, machinery, equipment, fixed assets and equipment.

“With the acquisition, SRK takes over the rights and obligations arising out of the Coal Company contracts, but only those which are necessary for the mine closure and liabilities arising from mining damage arising from the activities of the mine Anna” – Jajszczok said.

SRK also took over the payment of compensatory pensions for former employees of Anna.

At the same time SRK and KW concluded a cooperation agreement, which is valid until mid-2017. This is due to Company plans, which intends to operate the wall mining on the border of mining areas dedicated mines.

“Because of these works, liquidation, understood as backfilling shafts will occur no earlier than mid-2017 years” – said the spokesman.

SRK will eliminate mine Anna in the plan based on the movement of the liquidated mines, which must be approved by the local mining office, and a program and a liquidation plan, which requires approval of the minister of energy.

According to the Law on the Functioning of coal mining, people leaving work in connection with the liquidation of Anna (to employees of different mines KW), most benefit packages curtain in the form of severance and benefits later. Some of them will benefit from leave of mining.

The business plan Polish Mining Group, which is the beginning of May will take over active mines Company assumes that the SRK next year will still part of the mine in Ruda Slaska Room – the technological combination of mines and Bielszowice Room. It is also planned combination of technological mine Jankowice and Chwałowice; Moreover, to be analyzed other possible bonding where it can be effective.

Following the amended January 22, 2015 r. Law on the Functioning of coal mining, which made it possible to finance state activities against acquired by SRK mines (including benefits for their employees), was taken in has plants generating the greatest losses Company : Brzeszcze (the plant bought later a group Tauron), Center and Makoszowy, and KHW: a large part of the former mine Myslowice and so-called. the movement of God’s gifts of mine Murcki-Staszic.

Act, Parliament again amended the December 22 last year, prolonging the possibility of applying corrective measures and protective mining to 1 January 2019. Among the redundant assets of mining companies, which the Ministry of Energy mentioned in the context of the transfer to the NDS on the basis of this story , were mine Anna (KW), field Bojków belonging to the mine Sośnica (KW), Poniatowski mine shaft Wieczorek (KHW) and the area of ​​the mine Bielszowice Pawlow (KW).

In business for over 170 years Anna Mine in Pszów on the ground Rybnik coal mining ended in early 2012, because its deposits over coal. The fact that the plant will be closed, said as early as 2004. When formally combined with a nearby mine Anna Rydułtowy. After completion of the extraction of the crew went to Anna Rydultau and other mines Company.

The history of the mine Anna goes back to 1832. When the mayor of Rybnik Augustine Ferdinand Fritze bought land in Pszów with a view to launching a coal mine. Operation began in 1842. In the field of mining, which gave the name Anna. Mine to grow rapidly. In the years 1888-1891 the development was halted because it is completely flooded. The plant re-launched a new owner. There has been a rapid increase in coal production. In 1929. Mine mined over one million tons of coal annually and employs 2.9 thousand. people. The record production of nearly 2.9 million tons of coal was achieved in the communist period, in 1978. Over 20 years ago, Anna was still nearly 200 km of underground workings; still has a few dozen kilometers.