JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Recent coal quality testwork undertaken at coal miner Prairie Mining’s Jan Karski mine, in Poland, has established the mine’s potential to produce high-value ultralow-ash semisoft coking coal (SSCC).
Independent analysis by coal market consultants estimates that the mine’s ultralow-ash SSCC would potentially realise a 10% premium to international benchmark SSCC prices.
“The expanded washability and coking analysis from the recently drilled cycow 9 borehole has confirmed that a high-value ultralow-ash SSCC can be produced from Jan Karski at a product yield of 75%,” CEO Ben Stoikovich said in a statement.
He highlighted that this transforms the mine into a predominantly coking coal project with superior SSCC qualities.
“Preliminary discussions with select European steelmakers have confirmed the suitability of ultralow-ash high SSCC to be used in coke oven blends,” he said.