Coal miner New World Resources (NWR) has confirmed the fatality of an employee at its Darkov Mine in the Czech Republic.
NWR announced that a 41-year-old worker of its subsidiary OKD died at the surface workplace on Saturday 5th April.
“NWR expresses its deepest condolences to the families, relatives and friends of the deceased worker,” the company said.
An investigative committee comprising members of the District Mining Authority in Ostrava, Darkov Mine management, OKD management, the OKD Trade Unions representatives, and the police is now conducting an enquiry into the accident.
Central European coal and coke producer, New World Resources, has announced an increase in metallurgical coal prices for Q1 2013, but significantly lower thermal prices.
OKK Koksovny a.s. (OKK), Europe’s largest producer of foundry coke and subsidiary of New World Resources N.V. (NWR), a leading hard coal and coke producer, has commenced trial operations at its new coke battery at the Svoboda coking plant in Ostrava, the Czech Republic.