The Darkov Mine

At the present, the Darkov mine is the largest deep-mining complex in the Czech Republic. Darkov has its own washing plant with nominal capacity of 800 tons per hour. The mine comprises three separate operating areas Darkov, Karviná Doly II and Stonava.

 

Karviná - Doly 2179

735 06 Karviná - Doly

Czech Republic
Tel. switchboard: +420 596 461 111
Tel. secretariat: +420 596 469 530
Fax: +420 596 422 279
E-mail: petra.indrackova@okd.cz

  

The Darkov mine in numbers

 

	Darkov Mine
2011 Production	approx. 3,1 Mt
Mining area size	approx. 25,9 km2
Reserves as at 1 January 2012 (according to JORC standards)	approx. 37,425 Mt

  

Depth

The biggest absolute depth at the Darkov mine can be found in the upcast air-shaft Mír 4, opening at 235 metres above sea level and reaching as deep as 776 metres below sea level.

History

The history of the Darkov mine reaches into mid-19th century. At that time a series of new mines was established, which were later included in the Darkov complex. This concerns particularly the mines Gabriela (established in 1852), Hohenegger (1880) and Austria (1898). These mines went through numerous changes, including several changes of names. In the 50’s of the previous century they became the basis for the complex of “Velkodůl 1. máje”, which was renamed to the Darkov mine on May 2, 1991. Even after 1990 there were some changes in organization. At the beginning of 1993 the plants of Darkov and Mír were combined.