POP 2010, Karviná Mine
POP 2010, Karviná Mine
Three aspects of our operations help make the Company cost-effective: the quality of our coal, our proximity to our customer base and our improving of productivity.
Our wholly owned subsidiary OKD is the only producer of hard coal in the Czech Republic. OKD operates in the Ostrava-Karviná district and is located in the southern part of the Upper Silesian coal basin. The area is noted for the quality of its coal, which has a high calorific value and a low sulphur content. Some 60 per cent of OKD's output can be sold as coking coal, which normally commands higher margins than thermal coal.
Many of our customers have relied on our coal and its characteristics for decades. A number of them have their production processes configured to match the quality of our coal.
Some of our major customers include Arcelor Mittal Steel, U.S. Steel, Voest Alpine, Moravia Steel, ČEZ and Dalkia.
Throughout our long history, we have enjoyed an enviable productivity rate thanks to the hard work of our miners and our sensible strategic decisions. During the last few years, we have focused on rebuilding on the tradition of these mines, some of which go back over 200 years. Our capital investment programmes are a good example of our commitment to continually improve the efficiency of our operations and our reliability as a supplier.
We produce coke through our subsidiary OKK, which is located near our mining operations. OKK operates two coking plants with five coking batteries and a combined capacity of approximately 1.3 million tonnes of coke per year.
NWR is a reliable supplier. We have proven to our customers that we are highly reliable in terms of quality, mixture and timeliness of our deliveries.
We have developed long-term partnerships with many of our customers. Reliability is crucial in our business and our reliability should help our customers through these difficult times, which in turn will help us to strengthen our relationships with our customer base. The efficiency of our operations helps to reduce downtime, overruns of budget and production delays. Our capital investment programmes are already delivering significant improvements to our efficiency and productivity, and we expect to continue this trend.