Czechia’s last hard coal mine closes as 250 years of mining come to an end

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:57:43 +0200Czechia’s last hard coal mine closes as 250 years of mining come to an endhttps://english.radio.cz/czechias-last-hard-coal-mine-closes-250-years-mining-come-end-8876568© 2026 Radio Prague International After nearly two and a half centuries, hard coal mining in the Czech Republic has come to an end. The final mining shift surfaced from the ČSM mine in the Ostrava–Karviná coal basin late on Sunday night. A symbolic last cart of coal will be brought to the surface on Wednesday. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/29715e39d70a741bcb37c11b9e16f9e7.jpg?timestamp=1770123701 Czechia’s last hard coal mine closes as 250 years of mining come to an end https://english.radio.cz/czechias-last-hard-coal-mine-closes-250-years-mining-come-end-8876568 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9