MINERAL COMMODITY SUMMARIES OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 2011 Statistical data to 2010 (Data deadline: August 31, 2011) Czech Geological Survey – Geofond ČESKÁ GEOLOGICKÁ SLUŽBA - GEOFOND October 2011 1 Compiled by: Jaromír Starý Ivo Sitenský Tereza Hodková Graphic design: Ludmila Richterová Renata Kachlíková Budoš Volák [email protected] www.geofond.cz 2 CONTENTS CONTENTS ________________________________________________________ 3 EXPLANATORY NOTES ____________________________________________ 12 List of abbreviations, symbols and technical units _____________________________ 13 Exchange and inflation rates of currencies in which minerals are priced _________ 15 Mineral reserve and resource classification in the Czech Republic and its evolutional comparison with international classifications__________ 17 The Czech classification ________________________________________________________ 17 International classifications _____________________________________________________ 19 Comparison of Czech and international systems of classification ______________________ 22 Conclusions __________________________________________________________________ 24 Literature ____________________________________________________________________ 24 Geological position of the Czech Republic in Europe ___________________________ 26 INTRODUCTION ___________________________________________________ 27 MINERAL BASE OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND ITS DEVELOPMENT IN 2010 ______________________________________________________________ 31 1. Legal framework for mineral resource use ________________________________________ 31 1.1. Reserved and non-reserved minerals and their deposits ___________________________________ 31 1.2. Planning, approval and carrying out of mineral prospecting and exploration ___________________ 31 1.2.1. Reserved minerals______________________________________________________________ 31 1.2.2. Non-reserved minerals (and their mining)___________________________________________ 32 1.3. Permit to mine a prospected and explored deposit _______________________________________ 32 1.4. Royalties on reserved minerals mined __________________________________________________ 33 1.5. Reserves for mining damages and remediation during the mining of reserved minerals __________ 34 2. Selected statistical data on exploration and mining on the territory of the Czech Republic _ 34 3. Significance of mining in the Czech economy ______________________________________ 35 4. Trends of reserves of minerals (economic explored disposable reserves) Totals in mill t (if not otherwise stated) ______________________________________________________________ 35 5. Summary of exploration licences valid in 2010 and newly issued in 2010 (listed according to minerals) - prospecting and exploration works financed by companies ___________________ 36 6. State-funded geological projects ________________________________________________ 36 3 6.1. Economic geology projects ___________________________________________________________ 36 6.2. Other geological projects____________________________________________________________ 38 7. Summary of selected legal regulations on mineral prospecting and exploration in force as of June 30, 2010 _________________________________________________________________ 39 7.1. Acts _____________________________________________________________________________ 39 7.2. Other legal regulations ______________________________________________________________ 39 7.2.1. Mineral deposits exploitation ____________________________________________________ 39 7.2.2. Geological work _______________________________________________________________ 40 7.2.3. Regulations on licensing of mining operations and verification of qualification _____________ 40 ECONOMY AND MINERALS ________________________________________ 41 Mineral facts: International coal market - trends and perspectives _____________ 42 Introduction __________________________________________________________________________ 42 Section 1: International coal market ____________________________________________________ 45 I. Key coal producers and consumers ________________________________________________ 45 The importance of China _________________________________________________________ 47 II. International coal trade ___________________________________________________________ 48 III. Reserves and Resources ________________________________________________________ 50 IV. Coal prices _____________________________________________________________________ 51 Section 2: Coal use ___________________________________________________________________ 52 Coal and electricity generation ____________________________________________________ 52 Coal and steel __________________________________________________________________ 53 Coal and cement ________________________________________________________________ 54 Coal liquefaction ________________________________________________________________ 54 Section 3: Policy perspectives _________________________________________________________ 54 I. General policy context ____________________________________________________________ 54 II. International environmental policy _________________________________________________ 55 III. Regional and national environmental policies _______________________________________ 55 China __________________________________________________________________________ 55 USA ___________________________________________________________________________ 56 European Union _________________________________________________________________ 57 Australia _______________________________________________________________________ 57 Section 4: Clean coal technologies _____________________________________________________ 57 I. Efficiency improvements __________________________________________________________ 58 II. Carbon capture and storage ______________________________________________________ 59 III. Other technologies ______________________________________________________________ 59 Outline of domestic mine production __________________________________________ 61 Domestic share in the world mine production __________________________________ 65 ENVIRONMENT AND MINERALS _____________________________________ 66 Mining and nature protection _________________________________________________ 67 Specially protected areas (ZCHÚ) in the Czech Republic__________________________________ 67 Structure of ZCHÚ in 2010 ____________________________________________________________ 68 Mining of reserved and non-reserved mineral deposits in CHKO, kt ________________________ 68 4 Mining of reserved and non-reserved mineral deposits in individual CHKO, kt* _______________ 69 Impact of mining of reserved deposits in CHKO, t/km2 in a year ___________________________ 70 Mining activities charge of the Czech Republic territory ___________________________________ 71 Development of reclamations after mining _______________________________________________ 72 Reclamation after mining of reserved minerals in 2010 ____________________________________ 72 Share of specially Protected Areas of the Czech Republic nature [zvláště chráněná území přírody České republiky (ZCHÚs)] established in localities with former mining (“after mining”) in all the ZCHÚs ________________________________________________________________________ 77 MINERALS CURRENTLY MINED IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC _______ 78 ENERGY MINERALS _________________________________________________________ 79 Bituminous coal ______________________________________________________________________ 80 1. Registered deposits and other resources of the Czech Republic ______________________ 80 Coal basins: ________________________________________________________ 80 2. Basic statistical data of the Czech Republic as of December 31 _______________________ 81 3. Foreign trade ___________________________________________________________________ 81 4. Prices of domestic market ________________________________________________________ 82 5. Mining companies in the Czech Republic as of December 31, 2010 ___________________ 82 Brown coal __________________________________________________________________________ 83 1. Registered deposits and other resources of the Czech Republic ______________________ 83 Coal basins: ________________________________________________________ 83 Ecological territorial limits ____________________________________________ 83 2. Basic statistical data of the Czech Republic as of December 31 _______________________ 85 3. Foreign trade ___________________________________________________________________ 85 4. Prices of domestic market ________________________________________________________ 85 5. Mining companies in the Czech Republic as of December 31, 2010 ___________________ 87 Crude oil ____________________________________________________________________________ 88 1. Registered deposits and other resources of the Czech Republic ______________________ 88 Principal areas of deposits presence: ____________________________________ 88 2. Basic statistical data of the Czech Republic as of December 31 _______________________ 89 3. Foreign trade ___________________________________________________________________ 89 4. Prices of domestic market ________________________________________________________ 90 5. Mining companies in the Czech Republic as of December 31, 2010 ___________________ 90 Natural gas __________________________________________________________________________ 91 1. Registered deposits and other resources of the Czech Republic ______________________