Czech miner OKD mined 1.161 million tonnes of hard coal in its last full year of mining

Mining company OKD mined 1.161 million tonnes of hard coal last year, its final year of mining. A year earlier, it mined 1.202 million tonnes. During January this year, the company will extract around another 45,000 tonnes. OKD spokeswoman Barbora Černá Dvořáková told ČTK today.

"On the night shift on Sunday, 31 January 2026, the machines in the final longwall, 463 204/1, will stop. The symbolic final wagon of coal will emerge from a depth of 1,300 metres on 4 February, bringing hard coal mining in the Czech Republic to an end after almost 250 years," Černá said.

In total, almost 124.3 million tonnes of coal had been mined from the ČSM Mine, OKD's last operating mine, by the end of 2025.

"The Czech Republic is no longer dependent on hard coal in the energy sector, while customers for coking coal can be counted on the fingers of one hand, with a very short supply outlook. The reserves remaining underground are no longer economically or technically recoverable," said OKD CEO Roman Sikora.