KWB Konin

What KWB Konin does

PAK Kopalnia Węgla Brunatnego Konin S.A. (KWB Konin) is a Polish open-pit lignite (brown coal) miner founded in 1945 and headquartered in Kleczew, Poland. Since 2012 it has operated as a subsidiary within the ZE PAK S.A. Capital Group, and it holds the legal form of a single-member company of the Polish State Treasury. The company operates three active open-pit mines — Jóźwin IIB, Drzewce, and Tomisławice — with combined industrial resources of approximately 76 million tons, using bucket-wheel excavators (including KWK-1500s and SRs-1200 units), over 370 km of underground drainage channels, and the KTZ (excavator-conveyor-spreader) integrated technology system pioneered at the now-closed Kazimierz mine.

The company's core product is run-of-mine lignite supplied directly to ZE PAK S.A. power plants for electricity generation. Beyond mining, KWB Konin monetizes non-core assets — post-mining agricultural, investment, and railway-siding real estate, plus surplus heavy mining machinery — through public tenders (przetargi) on the Logintrade e-procurement platform. The firm also provides land reclamation services, transforming exhausted pits into agricultural fields, forests, water reservoirs, and recreational areas using a proprietary PAN Model co-developed with AGH Kraków and PAN Zabrze; six existing reservoirs (over 500 ha) and five more planned (over 1,750 ha) underpin this line of business.

Go-to-market is sales-led and B2B: lignite flows under long-term internal supply contracts to ZE PAK, while real estate and equipment are sold via competitive public tender with prices set through bidding. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. Customer concentration is effectively total, as lignite supply is captive to the parent group, with secondary tender-based revenue streams serving as episodic offsets. In 2022 the company announced a merger with sister entity PAK KWB Adamów S.A., consolidating the group's lignite mining operations.

Name

KWB Konin

Legal name

PAK Kopalnia Węgla Brunatnego Konin Spółka Akcyjna

Website

https://kwbkonin.pl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1945

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

PAK Kopalnia Węgla Brunatnego Konin S.A. is a Polish open-pit lignite miner operating three active mines (Jóźwin IIB, Drzewce, Tomisławice) that supplies brown coal to ZE PAK S.A. group power plants and monetizes post-mining land, real estate, and surplus equipment via public tenders.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Brown Coal (Lignite) Mining

NAICS

Coal Mining (2121), Surface Coal Mining (212114)

SIC

Bituminous Coal & Lignite Mining (1220), Bituminous Coal & Lignite Surface Mining (1221)

akta.pro primary industry

Lignite Mining (IMAKAIAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Coal Extraction Operations (Surface & Underground) (IMAKAIAG), Mining & Heavy Metals Remediation (Acid Mine Drainage, tailings-impacted sites) (BPALAKAK)

Keywords

• Brown coal mining
• Lignite extraction
• Open-pit mining
• Post-mining reclamation
• Heavy machinery sales

Headquarters

HQ city

Kleczew

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Brown Coal (Lignite) Extraction and Supply: Primary revenue stream from open-pit mining of brown coal/lignite. Coal is supplied to power plants within ZE PAK Capital Group for electricity generation. The mine operates three active pits: Jóźwin IIB, Drzewce, and Tomisławice.
2. Real Estate Sales: Sales of reclaimed post-mining land and properties through public tenders. Properties include agricultural land, investment sites, railway sidings, and residential/commercial land in Kleczew, Konin, and surrounding areas.
3. Mining Equipment Sales: Sale of surplus/excess mining machinery including primary excavators (KWK-1500s, SRs-1200) and other equipment no longer needed for operations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

PAK KWB Konin S.A. extracts brown coal (lignite) from three active open-pit mines — Jóźwin IIB, Drzewce, and Tomisławice — and supplies it to power plants within the ZE PAK capital group for electricity generation. In addition to core mining, the company conducts post-mining land reclamation (agricultural, forest, water, recreational), sells reclaimed real estate, and disposes of surplus mining machinery (e.g., KWK-1500s and SRs-1200 excavators) through public tenders.

Product overview

PAK KWB Konin S.A. is a brown coal (lignite) mining company operating three active open-pit mines: Jóźwin IIB, Drzewce, and Tomisławice. The company extracts lignite and supplies it to power plants within the ZE PAK Capital Group. Beyond core mining operations, the company manages property sales of post-mining land and surplus heavy machinery, and provides land reclamation services that transform former mining sites into agricultural, forest, water reservoirs, and recreational areas. The company was established in 1945 and operates as part of the Zespół Elektrowni Pątnów-Adamów-Konin S.A. Capital Group.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Brown Coal (Lignite) Mining Operations
• Reclaimed Property Sales
• Heavy Mining Machinery Sales
• Post-Mining Land Reclamation Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 6 water reservoirs totaling over 500 ha created from post-mining excavations
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ZE PAK S.A. (Zespół Elektrowni Pątnów-Adamów-Konin S.A.)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2012PAK KWB Konin S.A. is a subsidiary of ZE PAK S.A. Capital Group, which includes mining and energy companies. Coal produced is supplied exclusively to ZE PAK power plants for electricity generation. Parent company listed on Warsaw Stock Exchange since October 2012.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• MIBRAG mbH: German lignite mining company operating open-pit mines in Central Germany supplying regional power plants; comparable scale and open-pit lignite extraction model with captive offtake to affiliated generators.
• PGE GiEK S.A. - Kopalnia Węgla Brunatnego Turów: Operates the Turów open-pit lignite mine in Lower Silesia, supplying the Turów Power Station; comparable Polish lignite miner with a captive power offtaker and similar surface-mining technology stack.
• PAK KWB Adamów S.A. Sister brown coal mining company within the ZE PAK Capital Group, operating adjacent pits in the Konin-Turek area; in 2022 a merger was announced with KWB Konin, making this the most direct operational and structural peer.
• PGE GiEK S.A. - Kopalnia Węgla Brunatnego Bełchatów: Operates the Bełchatów open-pit lignite mine, the largest in Poland and Europe, supplying the nearby Bełchatów Power Station; directly comparable as a Polish open-pit lignite miner integrated with a power generation owner.

Regional players

• Kopalnia Węgla Brunatnego Sieniawa: Polish planned/emerging lignite concession in Greater Poland that, if developed, would be a regional peer to KWB Konin in terms of deposit type and power-offtake proximity.

Emerging players

• Eesti Energia (Estonian Oil Shale / Enefit): Operates oil-shale mining and energy generation in Estonia; an adjacent solid-fuel bulk mining operator with similar captive power-generation integration model, useful as a comparable in solid-fuel energy supply chains.

Broad incumbents

• Vattenfall Mining Operations (Germany/Czech Republic): Operates the Jänschwalde and Czech ČSA lignite mines feeding Vattenfall's power plants; comparable as an integrated European lignite miner navigating coal phase-out commitments.
• RWE Power Lignite Mining (Rheinland/Hambach/Garzweiler): RWE operates three large German Rhineland open-pit lignite mines feeding its own power plants; comparable as an integrated lignite miner/generator facing similar EU energy-transition headwinds.
• LEAG (Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG & Co. KG): German lignite mining and power operator in the Lusatian region; comparable as an integrated lignite mining business with open-pit operations and post-mining land reclamation programs.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kwb-konin

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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