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Mine in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Profen Coal Mine
Location
Saxony-Anhalt
CountryGermany
Production
ProductsLignite

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. As of 2018, Mibrag has paid €550 million ($644 million) in local taxes per year, or 16 percent of the district's revenue.

References

  1. "MIBRAG company" (PDF). kr-ustecky.cz. 2012. Retrieved 2013-07-05.
  2. Wecker, Katharina (1 June 2018). "Germany's mining communities brace themselves for post-coal era | DW | 01.06.2018". DW.COM. Archived from the original on 2018-06-19. Permalink https://p.dw.com/p/2ym4b {{cite web}}: External link in |quote= (help)

51°08′00″N 12°10′00″E / 51.1333°N 12.1667°E / 51.1333; 12.1667

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