Caption

RWE Power AG's Inden open pit mine is located in the Rhenish lignite mining area near Inden, between Eschweiler and Jülich. Annual production amounts to 22 million tons of lignite and is used exclusively to supply the Weisweiler power plant. The coal seams are up to 45 meters thick. Mining is carried out with the aid of bucket wheel excavators. This operation employs 850 people. The open pit mine is expected to be exhausted by 2030

Date

Oct 04, 2022

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Rudy Fessel

Reference

BRK25G60_376

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NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

34,9Mb (2,7Mb) / 13,4in x 10,1in / 4032 x 3024 (300dpi)

Keywords

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