Most Important Events of 2001

January
  • coal supply sale contract signed with ČEZ, a.s. for 2001
March
  • Business Plan for 2001 approved
April
  • Libouš – East Quarry overburden backfilling under the northern slopes commences
May
  • operations of the second Libouš coal face start on new belt conveyer numbers 281 – 286
  • KU 800/3 excavation machine at Doly Bílina (DB) from 1971 shut down
June
  • Annual General Meeting
  • CZK 20 per share dividend approved
  • overhaul of the slack dump technological bridge at Ledvice Coal Preparation Facility
July
  • construction started on the drainage of the large-capacity dump via downpipes to the Březno Mine Water Treatment Plant at Doly Nástup Tušimice (DNT)
August
  • construction started of Phase Two of the third coal off-take at Bílina Quarry
  • overhaul started of the wheel discharger tip of the K 2000 excavator at DB
  • construction of the downpipe to the Březno Mine Water Treatment Plant completed
September
  • the raking plough on the fourth overburden section belt conveyor at DNT put into trial operation
  • 129,344 new bearer shares from capital increase credited to the National Property Fund of the Czech Republic
  • establishment of subsidiaries: SD – Kolejová doprava, a.s. and SD – 1.strojírenská, a.s.
  • establishment of Coal Energy, a.s. following investment contributions made by the brown coal companies and ČEZ, a.s. (besides holding a stake in this new company, Severočeské doly a.s. also participates in its management and administration)
October
  • organizational changes made in the integration of selected operating divisions (preparation for transfer to the new subsidiaries)
  • first part of the new coal corridor at DNT put into operation
  • loading station for retail coal sales put into operation following an intensification programme at Ledvice Coal Preparation Facility
November
  • completion of mining preparations for the rotation of the first overburden section backfilling from the dumps of the former Merkur Quarry to the dumps of the Libouš – East Quarry
December
  • signing of Collective Agreement for 2002
  • new SchRs 1550 excavator installed and transportation to the first overburden section at DNT started
  • overhaul started of the wheel discharger tip of the KU 800/19 excavator at DB
  • premature repayment of medium-term credit
  • coal supply sale contract signed with ECK Generating, s.r.o., Kladno for 2002
  • coal supply sale contract signed with ČEZ, a.s. for 2002