Bełchatów Coal Mine
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| Location | |
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  Bełchatów coal mine Location in Poland | |
| Location | Bełchatów |
| town | Łódź Voivodeship |
| Country | Poland |
| Coordinates | 51°14′01″N 019°18′46″E / 51.23361°N 19.31278°E |
| Production | |
| Products | Coal |
| Production | 40,000,000+ t/year[1] |
| History | |
| Opened | 1955 |
| Owner | |
| Company | Kopalnia Wegla Brunatnego Bełchatów |
The Bełchatów coal mine (Polish: Kopalnia Węgla Brunatnego „Bełchatów”) is a large open-pit mine in the centre of Poland in Bełchatów, Łódź Voivodeship, 150 km west of the capital, Warsaw. Bełchatów represents one of the largest coal reserves in Poland having estimated reserves of 1,930 million tonnes of lignite coal.[2] In 2015, the mine produced 42.1 million tonnes of lignite (66.7% of Poland's total lignite production)[1] to feed Bełchatów Power Station.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Poland". Euracoal. Euracoal. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
- ^ "References" (PDF). poltegor.pl. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
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