Czech coal output rose by two percent year on year to 25,6 million tonnes last year

Coal output in the Czech Republic rose last year despite the planned future phase-out. Around 25,6 million tonnes of lignite and hard coal were extracted from open-pit and underground mines, approximately two percent more year on year. Production was traditionally driven by lignite mining, which accounted for 95 percent of the extracted mineral. This follows from statistics from the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MPO). Only lignite is now mined in the Czech Republic, after extraction at the last hard coal mine, ČSM in the Karviná region, ended definitively at the beginning of February.

Last year, 24,3 million tonnes of lignite were extracted, 2,5 percent more year on year. Output grew primarily in the first half of the year. Most of it was used as industrial coal. Key lignite deposits in Czechia are located in the foothills of the Ore Mountains, around Most, Chomutov and Teplice. The most significant sites are the ČSA and Bílina open-pit mines. Lignite mining also continues in the Sokolov region.