OKD plans to hire more than 200 new employees in Czechia's Karviná region this year

Mining company OKD plans to hire more than 200 new employees in the Karviná region this year. It is looking mainly for workers with mining experience to replace those leaving naturally, for example to retire. OKD spokesperson Barbora Černá Dvořáková told the Czech News Agency (ČTK) today.

„Since the options on the Czech labour market are very limited in this field, OKD is also looking to the Polish market, where mining is expected to continue until 2049 and where schools still train apprentices for future work in the mining sector,“ the spokesperson said.

OKD is the only producer of hard coal in Czechia. In recent years, however, it has closed most of its mines because they had not been profitable for a long time. Mining now continues only at the ČSM Mine in the Karviná region, where operations are due to continue until the end of 2025. OKD is owned by the state through the company Prisko.