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The Halemba coal mine, located in the Halemba district of Ruda Śląska, was the first Polish mine opened after World War II.
Its construction began in 1943 under the German Schaffgotsch company, which sank the first shaft to 90 m, using forced labor from the concentration camp of Auschwitz.
After World War II, construction resumed — driven by growing demand for coke coal — and the mine officially opened on July 1, 1957.

Halemba produced both thermal and coking coal, but never had its own coke ovens.

Over the years, Halemba sunked several shafts, including Grunwald II, III, and IV.

Grunwald III, with its characteristic concrete headframe, reached depths of 1,030 m, making it one of the deepest in the region.

On November 21, 2006, a methane explosion at 1,030 m claimed the lives of 23 miners.

In 2007, Halemba merged with the Polska-Wirek mine, and in 2016 it became part of the larger Ruda coal mining complex under Polska Grupa Górnicza.

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