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The Welzow-Süd opencast mine is an opencast lignite mine in southern Lower Lusatia in the district of Spree-Neisse, operated by Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG. Up to 20 million tonnes of lignite per year are extracted from the Welzow-Süd opencast mine

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Photo12/imageBROKER/Sylvio Dittrich

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BRK24F08_315

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Keywords

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