Coal sales fell by 3.7 mln tons in 2018

Coal output in Poland decreased by 2.1 million tons and amounted to 63.4 million tons in 2018. Coal sales stood at 62.5 million tons, showing a decline of 3.7 million tons y/y, the Industrial Development Agency reported. In December mines extracted about 4.7 million tons of coal and sold less than 4.8 million tons. This was the lowest monthly result not only in 2018 but also for several previous years.

At the end of December, last year coal reserves amounted to 2.4 million tons. The mines in Poland employed around 82,800 people.