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Strategically Located in Central Europe, the Czech Republic Has a Long Mining Tradition Which Has Been Reformed to Modern Standa REPORT Czech Republic: mining EURACOAL PRESIDENT ADVOCATES CLEAN COAL In January 2009, Petr Pudil, chairman of Czech heart of Europe Coal AS, was elected president of the European Association for Coal and Lignite – Euracoal. “The current and repeated bottlenecks of supplies of Strategically located in central Europe, the Czech Republic imported energy in the EU underline the necessity, mentioned in the European Commission’s current has a long mining tradition which has been reformed to energy strategy, to maintain and further develop coal as a substantial component of Europe’s energy modern standards mix,” Mr Pudil said in his inaugural speech. Accord- ing to Mr Pudil, coal utilisation can comply with the HE Czech Republic has successfully made the coal, uranium, feldspar and many industrial minerals EU’s ambitious climate protection objectives in the transition from a post-communist state to including clay and sand. As of December 2008, the long term. Mr Pudil also argues that without new prosperous European nation in the 16 years country had 1,506 reserved and 801 non-reserved climate-friendly coal technology (clean coal tech- of its existence. In November 2009 the Czech mineral deposits, with the number of exploited deposits nology), effective climate protection is not possible Republic will celebrate the 20th anniversary markedly lower – 505 reserved and 211 non-reserved. in Europe or globally. Tof the Velvet Revolution when, as Czechoslovakia, it Before starting its presidency of the EU Council, the ceased to be under the control of the former Soviet Czech Republic identified its main priorities as the three Union – and benefitted from the fall of communism Es – Economy, Energy and European Union in the world. The Mineral Resources for Europe conference held in across Europe. The country was created in 1993 when The Energy issues prioritised by the Czech presidency Prague in April 2009 addressed the question of demand Czechoslovakia was split into the Czech Republic and were relevant to the mining industry. and supply of minerals for the EU and provided ad- Slovakia, and began its accession to the European The Czech presidency focused on steps to strength- ditional input for analysing the ‘critical’ short-, medium- Union, achieved in 2004. In the first half of 2009, the en medium- and long-term energy security across the and long-term needs of mineral resources for Europe’s Czech Republic held the presidency of the European whole EU and also completed the discussion on the industry and economy. Union (EU) Council. strategic priorities of the Second Energy Review. The re- With high-level participation from downstream In the Czech Republic, opportunity often comes view considered key challenges of the EU energy policy, industries, as well as European and worldwide mineral disguised as an economic transition. This is especially with a particular focus on security, external relations suppliers, the conference was a follow-up to the new true with the country’s mining industries. Who would and the development of infrastructure. The outcome of EU Communication entitled “The raw materials initia- have guessed that the tailings from a mine in Jachymov this discussion will form the basis of the second Energy tive – meeting our critical needs for growth and jobs in – once the source of the silver tolar coin – would one Action Plan. Europe”. day be refined into radium, bringing the world into the The Czech presidency was also an opportunity to atomic age? The country has reserves and resources of discuss European supply and demand of raw materials. Continued on page 14 Sedlecký Kaolin is one of the Czech Republic’s largest kaolin producers CZECH REPUBLIC: FAST FACTS Population: 10.2 million Capital: Prague GDP: 3.9% Main commodities: Coal, uranium, feldspar www.mining-journal.com July 31, 2009 Mining Journal 13 13-18MJ090731.indd 13 30/07/2009 11:50 REPORT CZECH REPUBLIC MINERAL Continued from page 13 of the Czech economy: the country has attracted more PRODUCTION than US$50 billion in FDI since 1993. 2006 2007 2008 The Czech economy slowed in late 2008 and the Prior to 1990, the Czech Republic’s economy relied Bentonite (t)b 267,000 335,000 235,000 first half of 2009 as the effects of the US financial crisis on heavy industry, supplying metallurgy and mechani- Bituminous coal (Mt) 13 12.5 12.2 were felt in Europe. In the first quarter of 2009, the gross cal engineering to COMECON (Council for Mutual Eco- Brown Coal (Mt) 48.9 49 47.5 domestic product (GDP) decreased by 3.4% and the nomic Assistance) countries. COMECON was a grouping Feldspar (t) 487,000 514,000 488,000 inflation rate was 4.1%. of communist states that facilitated trade between Kaolin (Mt) 3.7 3.6 3.8 The slowdown came after one of the largest eco- these nations from 1949 to 1991. The transition of the - beneficiated 673,000 682,000 672,000 nomic expansions the country has ever seen. Between Czech Republic’s economy began when eastern mar- Limestone (Mt) 10 11.3 11 2005 and 2007, the GDP real annual growth reached kets shut down, resulting in a huge drop in industrial Uranium (t) 383 322 290 6.4%. The real growth of gross value added in the indus- production as domestic demand changed. The republic - concentratea 358 291 275 try was enormously high between 2003 and 2007, with also faced strong competition from the liberalisation of a= sales production (without ore milling losses); b=Including montmorillonite clays an annual average of almost 12%. Foreign direct invest- foreign trade. from kaolin deposits overburden Source: CGS-Geofond, 2008 ment (FDI) has been an important factor in the growth Despite the economy’s strong growth in recent years, there has been a relative decrease in mining and quar- ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT rying, coke production, and basic and fabricated metals production. The Czech trade balance for minerals and mineral Communism’s legacy tarnishes products is permanently negative due to imports of fuel (crude oil and natural gas), iron ores and materials for mineral fertiliser production. “In terms of value, mining industry only one-tenth of raw material imports are from the (EU member states), while 95% of the raw materials PRIOR to the fall of communism in 1989, which cedures for restructuring coal and ore mines, and extracted in the Czech Republic are exported to the (EU began in Poland and then spread through Eastern eliminating negative environmental consequences of member states),” says Pavel Kavina, a minerals analyst Bloc countries including Czechoslovakia, mining mining in the landscape. Erasing the effects of mining with the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade. activities were undertaken with little respect for the in affected areas is executed in several ways and with The country is self-sufficient in commodities such as environment and local communities. In many post- various financial resources. These include: brown coal and construction minerals. Other commodi- communist countries, mining is therefore unpopular ■ Use of funds from a financial reserve generated by ties, such as bituminous coal, feldspar and silica sand, in some regions. mining companies for remediation, reclamation cover the domestic consumption and are also exported. With uranium, there is another factor – the use of and mining damages; On the other hand, the country is totally import-de- political prisoners in the mines. After the Commu- ■ Use of funds from annual royalties paid by mining pendent on many other minerals such as metallic ores, nist Party took control of Czechoslovakia in 1948, a companies on mining leases and on extracted phosphates and magnesite (CGS-Geofond, 2009). large prison camp was established in the town of reserved minerals pursuant to the Mining Act; Jáchymov. Opponents of the communist regime ■ Phase-out of mining activities and erasing conse- ENERGY MINERALS were forced to mine uranium ore under very harsh quences of coal, ore and uranium mining funded Czech geological reserves of energy minerals are conditions: the average life expectancy in Jáchymov by the state; limited to brown coal (sub-bituminous coal and lignite), was 42 years. ■ Use of proceeds from privatisation of state assets bituminous coal and uranium. Brown coal deposits are The government of the Czech Republic has worked in eliminating old ecological burdens caused by concentrated in the Piedmont Basin of the Krušné hory hard to implement strict environmental codes to mining, existing prior to privatisation of mining Mountains. About 60% of the domestic electric energy offset opposition to mining which has developed in companies; and heat (heating plant) production is covered by coal some communities. For example, Act No. 114/1992 Sb ■ A programme that deals with ecological damage from this area. All bituminous coal mining occurs in the on nature and landscape protection prohibits mining caused prior to privatisation of brown coal mining Czech part of the Upper Silesian Basin. The rising global in specially protected areas of the Czech Republic, companies in the Ústí nad Labem Region and Kar- price of uranium makes Czech mine production an at- including national parks. Although the mining of lovy Vary Region. It involves ecological revitalisa- tractive proposition. However, the extraction of energy mineral resources is not prohibited by law in other tion upon termination of mining operations in the minerals is complicated and limited by land accessibility areas, such as nature reserves, it is very difficult to Moravia and Silesia Region, and reduction of the and environmental issues (see box: Communism’s legacy obtain authorisation. This is because the act prohibits impacts of the termination of coal mining in the tarnishes mining industry). “permanent damage of the soil surface” which practi- Kladno Region based on government resolutions cally excludes mineral mining. in 2002.
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