While Poland systematically closes its coal mines, according to the European Union's forced plan to decision distant from this natural material to 2049, Coal Energy – originating in Ukraine – plans to restart mining in advanced Silesia.
Coal Energy announced an application for a coal mining licence in Poland in 2026. It is about coal extraction from the KWK Bobrek-Mechowice deposit, as the representatives of the management board of the Ukrainian company informed. We can read about the substance in today's Polish thought Information Service. It's the same company that confirmed in August 2025 that she was curious in taking over the Siltech mine infrastructure in Zabrze.
This announcement coincided with the visit of Deputy Head of the Polish Ministry of abroad Affairs Marcin Bosacki in Kiev. The Deputy Minister expressed solidarity with Ukraine after Russia's fresh massive attacks on critical infrastructure, including energy. However, it should be noted that Bosnian is accompanied by a delegation of not only parliamentarians but besides businessmen and bankers. any commentators believe that during this visit, the subject of coal deposits in Poland may be discussed.
The planet is betting on coal. Tonight on the U.S. portals, the planet Bank reported that request for minerals would increase rapidly in the coming decades, which would require over $500 billion of fresh investments in mining by 2040 and $1.7 trillion in mining, processing and infrastructure by 2050. China, India, Russia, the United States are focusing on the mining industry, including coal. As you can see, Ukraine understands, unlike the European Union, what the national interest is.
The undisputed mining expert Jerzy Markowski erstwhile stated that the authorities in Poland have been implementing a coal elimination programme for years without creating any energy alternative. The United States energy policy is planned for 100 years, in the European Union countries for 20 years, and in Poland for 4 years. As you can see, Ukrainian policy is much more farsighted than the 1 conducted by Warsaw.
Markowski has surely dealt with the false dogma of the Polish participation in global CO2 emissions many times. He clearly and clearly stated that Poland is not to save the world. We shouldn't care about this at all. Poland's emissions are 1 percent worldwide. And even if we stopped all coal power plants in Poland in 1 day, the planet would not even notice. specified a policy given that China exceeds 4 billion tonnes of coal, India and the US are over 1 billion and Russia 500 million tonnes are suicidal for Europe.
In 2024, the Chinese started building fresh coal plants with a full capacity of nearly 100 gigawatts, the most in a decade. In addition, Chinese state-owned companies plan to build a further 140 coal plants abroad. India doesn't want to fall behind. State giant Coal India resumed coal mining in 32 closed mines. The Indian tycoon besides planned to open an additional 5 fresh mines. India plans to increase the capacity of coal power plants by almost 90 gigawatts by 2030.
America's betting on coal, too. U.S. president Donald Trump restores coal to a major place in American energy. The American leader signed a number of decrees supporting the home coal industry. Trump has long been talking about coal in the superlatives themselves, utilizing the adjectives “beautiful and clean”. The value of unextracted coal resources in the US exceeds, according to the President, the value of gold collected in 1 of America's most crucial treasures.
However, let us return to the issue of Ukrainian coal business in Poland. Aleksander Reznik from Ukrainian company Coal Energy confirmed information about the desire to extract Polish coal. He stated: “We are continuing the process of obtaining a licence to extract from the Bobrek-Mechowice deposit. We gotta present a plan for the improvement of the deposit earlier, but I hope that by the end of 2026 we will be able to apply for a concession." president Coal Energy explained that it is mainly about expanding the scale of the business of the subsidiary Advanced Industrial Technologies.
Coal Energy is simply a holding company registered in Luxembourg, listed on the Stock Exchange since 2011. The holding company brings together companies operating in Cyprus and Ukraine, operating in the mining sector. Among another things, she ran 10 mines in Donbasa. Currently, through the Polish subsidiary Advanced Industrial Technologies provides mining services to coal companies in Poland. The main shareholder is Lycaste Holding Ltd, associated with Wiktor Wyszniewski, from Ukraine. This company besides operates in Romania and Albania.
You cannot resent China, India, Russia, the United States or Ukraine. They want to mine coal, and they're right. They all care about their national business. They care for the well-being and energy safety of their citizens. We should resent the madmen of the European Union and those ruling Poland. Our reason is to return to Polish coal!
Łukasz Jastrzębski
