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Zofiówka Coal Mine
Mine in Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Zofiówka coal mine is a large mine in the south of Poland in Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Silesian Voivodeship, 307 km south-west of the capital, Warsaw. Zofiówka represents one of the largest coal reserve in Poland having estimated reserves of 87 million tonnes of coal.[1] The annual coal production is around 3.7 million tonnes.
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Accidents
- 5 miners died on 5 May 2018 due to a rock burst with a coal mine bump following an earthquake of magnitude 3.4.[2]
- 10 miners died on 23 April 2022 due to a rock burst following an earthquake of magnitude 2.7 after an outburst of methane gas occurred.[3][4]
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