Clean energy
In people’s imagination coal is still often associated with emissions, acid rain, light ash and grey, ravaged landscapes. However, the reality has been different for a long time. To a significant extent, present-day power plants produce neither light ash nor sulphur oxides, which were the cause of acid rain in the past.
On the contrary, coal and its exploitation are becoming the source of clean energy. For example fire-damp, which is a by-product of mining in the Ostrava region, has a virtually identical composition to natural gas, the demand for which is still growing.
Primarily, it is the new technologies of coal processing and utilization that are being developped:
On the contrary, coal and its exploitation are becoming the source of clean energy. For example fire-damp, which is a by-product of mining in the Ostrava region, has a virtually identical composition to natural gas, the demand for which is still growing.
Primarily, it is the new technologies of coal processing and utilization that are being developped:
- coal gasification
- modern liquid fuels from coal
- the future of coal utilization for electricity production
- removal CO2 from combustion gases
- new materials
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NWR Open Mine Magazine No. 1/2012
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NWR Open Mine Magazine No. 4/2011
The Company Magazine...here
Announcement of suspected fraud
BUSINESS INTEGRITY POLICY
NWR Open Mine Magazine No. 3/2011
The Company Magazine...here
NWR Open Mine Magazine No. 2/2011
The Company Magazine...here
NWR Open Mine Magazine No. 1/2011
The Company Magazine... more
Company code of ethics
The Company Magazine...here
NWR Open Mine Magazine No. 4/2011
The Company Magazine...here
Announcement of suspected fraud
OKD, a.s., has been currently exposed to fraudulent activity by unknown individuals in Germany.
Full version of the document in English and German is here.
BUSINESS INTEGRITY POLICY
This policy was adopted by the Board of Directors of New World Resources Plc on 15 November 2011 and shall have immediate effect.
Full version of the document is here.
NWR Open Mine Magazine No. 3/2011
The Company Magazine...here
NWR Open Mine Magazine No. 2/2011
The Company Magazine...here
NWR Open Mine Magazine No. 1/2011
The Company Magazine... more
Company code of ethics
The Board of Directors of OKD has adopted a Company code of ethics that is obligatory for all the employees of the firm. It defines basic values and attitudes to enterprise that OKD conforms to in the course of its business activities.
The code of ethics is not any binding rule of law or internal directive, it represents, however, a moral obligation for each employee of OKD.