Annual report - HSE

Most of company’s investments were in connection with modernisation of mining
equipment, i.e.: extraction and directional chain conveyor, as well as of the equipment for
maintenance of the existing extraction equipment (especially hydraulic supports), extraction
machines equipment and control and energy equipment. Investments in equipment for
construction of pit roadways refer to purchase of steel arch supports, maintenance of
road-headers, modernisation of coal transportation from preparation sites, comprising
investment in the construction of pit roadways and in new band conveyors, as well as in
large-scale maintenance of the existing ones. PV invested also in infrastructure upgrading
and maintenance and in other pit and surface equipment.
2.9.7 TET
The appropriate bases for adopting a decision on a long-term solution of energy location
of TET after 2015 were prepared also in 2012.
2.10 IT
Optimisation of the HSE Group data centre
Within the scope of consolidation of system and application services, a review and
optimisation of existing data capacities of individual HSE Group companies were carried
out in 2012. The Group implemented contemporary mutual file system that enables
disburdening of the Group’s HA production system for less demanding applications
and data. Within the streamlining project, virtual library system was also introduced,
enabling daily, monthly and annual generation and archiving of back-up copies on two
locations, which was not possible with the previous technologically obsolete equipment.
Such approach is important for the Group, especially in terms of controlled IT system
management and simultaneous provision of backup.
HSE IT security policy
In 2012, the anti-virus protection within the framework of the ISO-27001 standard was
updated and unified management of workstations was introduced, in the area of IT security.
This solution enables also current monitoring of compliance of the installed software and
patches, which additionally contributes to IT systems reliability.
Consolidation of server and data structure of the HSE IT system
Given the nature of its activity and organisation, HSE has several business locations, and
its IT system is based on the same, complex structure. For this purpose, consolidation of
server and data (production) infrastructure was carried out at the end of 2012 within the
scope of ‘Open Architecture’, which comprises the standard open architecture without
vendor lock-in. During the project performance, the HSE Group available system resources
were taken into account – for establishment of HA centre DRC (Disaster Recovery Centre),
new data and serves capacities in existing safe rooms were implemented, thanks to which
synergy effects on cost and technological level were achieved. The new architecture
enables access to system resources and data at the secondary location in the event of
natural disasters or failure of the primary location, always and for all end-users.
Unification of business ERP systems in the HSE Group
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In 2012, the company HSE started upgrading the ERP business information system in line
with the project management procedures and with a special emphasis on preparation of
project plans (BBP), which will represent the basis for effective continuation of the upgrade
project.