DIAMO, state enterprise, branch Karviná

The branch Karviná in the Moravian-Silesian Region was established by an organisational change on 1 September 2024 through the merger of the DARKOV and ODRA Branch Plants.

The branch Karviná carries out technical liquidation of mines and mining areas after the end of mining, takes care of the areas of mines that have already been shut down and the smoothing of the consequences of mining activities in the Ostrava and Karviná regions, including remediation and reclamation, maintains the level of mine water by controlled pumping, provides anti-methane protection in the area of the Czech part of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin except for the mining areas of the ČSM Mine, manages the area of the "OSTRAMO Lagoon" including the operation of the lagoon water treatment plant and, since 1. 7.2023, the area of the so-called Skatulův Hliník, which was taken over on the basis of Resolution No. 227 of the Government of the Czech Republic of 1 March 2021.

The Karviná Spin-off Plant manages the sites of the former mines in the Ostrava, Petřvald and Karviná sub-basins (hereinafter referred to as ODP, PDP and KDP), Barbora Mine with completed technical liquidation, Paskov, Frenštát, Darkov and CSA mines (including Lazy Mine), with ongoing technical liquidation, and the Jeremenko and Žofie water pits.

The purpose of the set remediation processes in the managed areas is to ensure the elimination of the consequences of mining activities and the implementation of landscape reclamation and revitalisation. The primary objective is to ensure and safely carry out the technical disposal of the main surface mining operations, including the relevant surface facilities, and to prepare the areas of the individual mining sites for future use.

The operation of the DARKOV spin-off plant was terminated on 31 August 2024. This plant was originally registered in the Commercial Register on 29 October 2020. On 1 January 2021, on the basis of Resolution No 949 of the Government of the Czech Republic of 21 September 2020, the idle mines of OKD, a.s., comprising the Útlum-South and Útlum-North sites (Staříč Mine, Frenštát Mine, Dukla Mine and Lazy Mine) were transferred to the state property with the right to manage them for the state enterprise DIAMO, the DARKOV spin-off plant. Together with these sites, the respective mining areas of Staříč, Trojanovice, Petřvald I, Dolní Suchá and Lazy were transferred. On 1 March 2021, the idled Darkov and CSA mines, including the associated Doubrava u Orlová, Karviná - Doly I, Karviná - Doly II and Darkov mining areas, were further transferred.

The operation of the ODRA spin-off plant was terminated on 31 August 2024. This plant was originally established as the successor organisation of the closed mines Šverma, Heřmanice, Ostrava and Odra, i.e. mines from the Ostrava part of the district, to which the J. Fučík Mine was organisationally incorporated on 1 January 1998 and the František and Paskov plants from the Karviná and southern parts of the district were added on 1 July 1999. On 1 January 2002, the ODRA spin-off plant was transferred to DIAMO, a state enterprise, by selling part of OKD, a. s., in accordance with Government Resolution No. 453/2001. On 1 January 2004, the Barbora site, including the social centre, was added to the ODRA spin-off plant by the sale of part of OKD, a. s., in accordance with Government Resolution No 1128/2003. As a result of an organisational change, the SAP (Remediation Works) division was abolished on 1 February 2007 and incorporated into the organisational structure of the ODRA division. On 1 March 2019, the lagoon water treatment plant was transferred to the administration of the ODRA spin-off plant.