Borsod coal mines ltd

The mining boom in the Borsod region began in the mid-19th century. The pace of development was significantly influenced by the boom in iron production in Diósgyőr and Ózdi on the one hand, and by the construction of railways on the other. Among the companies that expanded locally, the Hungarian General Coal Mining Company (Magyar Általános Kőszénbánya Részvénytársaság) increased its interests by acquiring the Zsigmond mine in Királd and other mines.

On 1 August 1910, the Borsodi Coal Mines Joint Stock Company started its operations from the merger of the Királd, Sajószentpéter and Disznóshorváti mines and the Kazinczi Coal Mines Joint Stock Company operating in the Sajó valley. The company was originally established to exploit the brown coal deposits of Kazinc.

During the First World War, the company greatly increased its production to such an extent that the amount of coal extracted exceeded that produced during the peacetime period. This was partly due to the fact that the company's mines were put at the service of the war and the workers were under military supervision. During the period, there was a considerable amount of coal available, given that production was also taking place in other areas (Zsil Valley, Petrozsény, etc.) which were part of the Kingdom of Hungary during the war, in addition to the company's coal mines, while there was no obstacle to the import of Prussian coal.

After the First World War, in 1923, in order to electrify the work in the mines, he set up an electricity centre in Barczika, which also supplied electricity to the state coal mines in Mucsony and Ormos-Puszta. The Central Power Station of the Borsodi Coal Mines not only supplied electricity to the coal mines in the Sajó valley, but also to many surrounding villages and industrial plants. In 1922, the company acquired the coal area of Császtapuszta.

In the 1930s, the amount of lignite extracted by the company in metric tons was as follows:

• 1 938 703 q
• 2 003 704 q
• 2 028 295 q
• 2 481 956 q
• 2 647 475 q
• 3 134 273 q
• 3 705 939 q

This shows that the company was able to increase its production of mined lignite from the mid-1930s. Similarly, the company's production of electricity increased by 35% in 1938 compared with 1937. A major factor in this was the fact that the Hungarian General Hard Coal Mine and the Eger-Gyöngyösvidéki Electricity Joint Stock Company supplied electricity to the Recsk ore mine, while the Eger-Gyöngyösvidéki Electricity Joint Stock Company received electricity partly from the Borsodi Szén Barcika power station and partly from the water separation centre of the Salgótarján Hard Coal Mine Joint Stock Company.

During the Second World War, the company's production fluctuated. In 1943, improvements allowed some increase in coal production, but the end of the war forced the closure of operations. After the war, the company was placed on the same footing as the other coal mines and the joint stock companies that controlled them: unlike the other industries, it was nationalised in 1945 and continued to operate under the supervision of the Hungarian State Coal Mines as part of the Borsod Coal Industry Centre.

Sources

Antal Csíkvári (ed.): Vármegyei Szociográfiák V. - Borsod vármegye.

Great Hungarian Compass 1910-1944.

Press material 1910-1944.

Imre Schmotzer - Árpád Martényi - Endre Vadász:Once upon a time... The coal mines of Borsod. There was once a time when there was a Borsodi in Borsdorf. Mining. 138(3), 16-22.

Founded on 1 August 1910.

Date of cessation: 1945

Founders: Hungarian General Coal Mining Ltd.

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Main activity: mining and electricity generation

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Author: Róbert Szabó