Afri-Pal has been formed from well experienced industry professionals to exploit a dire shortage of lump coal in Poland estimated to be 11 million tons per annum. Our goal is to purchase good quality fine coal, that is freely available in the area, to provide the very best, reliable source of briquetted coal for both commercial and residential use. By utilising a state of the art binder technology the briquettes are hard, much cleaner to handle, water resistant and burn longer than ordinary lump coal.

Our first site is at Trzebinia, a small town strategically located next to 20 major mines in Silesia with easy access to the market.

Management

Jacek Katuza

Jacek is a Polish national and has been operating in the coal industry all his life. His qualifications range from Mine manager status through to board consultant on one of the three largest coal holding companies in Poland.

Having recently retired at 53 years of age, Jacek is pivotal in the implementation of this project.

Jacek was the mine manager of the Janina Mine, from where we will be sourcing our coal for this project. He is well known and respected by the current management of the mine.

The lease being obtained for the project site comes from the Coal Holding Company that he knows well. The principals are also well known to him.

Jacek has the required know-how and mechanical expertise in the briquetting field having supplied most, if not all, the small briquetting operators with their plants which he has designed, manufactured and serviced. His knowledge of the Koppern briquetting machines also qualifies him for this project.

In terms of expansion in the future, Jacek has already pinpointed other opportunities that are ready for exploitation, also with minimal risk attached.

Jacek has agreed to assist in the project management of the Polish part of the plant installation and he will subsequently run the plant for us.

Andrzej Laskowski

Andrzej has been assisting Hume for almost 9 years. During the past 5 years he has been in Poland employed by the company to further the various projects in Poland. Andrzej’s has spent 7 years in South Africa, he speaks English well and is a very capable translator. Andrzej is a qualified lawyer and his Masters’ degree thesis was based on the comparisons between South African company law and Polish company law. This has, and will, stand the company in good stead when dealing with cross border legal matters. Andrzej has an extraordinary memory for statistics and his knowledge of Polish History won him the Olympiad title as the ‘Young Brain of Poland’.

Products Available

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Maps & Photos

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Hard Coal Deposits in the Upper Silesian Basin.	Afri-Pal location.	Poland Map 1.	Poland Map 2.
USCB Map	Afri-Pal Location	Map of Poland	Map of Poland

Poland Map 3.	10 Hole Briquette, Trzebinia 29 July 2008.	Refurbishment of Screener, Trzebinia 30 July 3008.	Briquette.
Map of Poland	Briquette	Refurbishment of Screener	Briquette

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