Profen coal mine explained

Profen Coal Mine
State/Province:Saxony-Anhalt
Country:Germany
Products:Lignite

The Profen Coal Mine is a coal mine located near Zeitz in Saxony-Anhalt. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 115 million tonnes of lignite, one of the largest coal reserves in Europe and the world and has an annual production of 9 million tonnes of coal.[1] As of 2018, Mibrag has paid €550 million ($644 million) in local taxes per year, or 16 percent of the district's revenue.[2]

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51.1333°N 12.1667°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MIBRAG company. 2012. kr-ustecky.cz . 2013-07-05.
  2. Web site: Wecker . Katharina . Germany's mining communities brace themselves for post-coal era DW 01.06.2018 . DW.COM . https://web.archive.org/web/20180619044229/https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-mining-communities-brace-themselves-for-post-coal-era/a-44037149 . 2018-06-19 . 1 June 2018 . Permalink https://p.dw.com/p/2ym4b . live.