Dęby Szlacheckie Coal Mine

Dęby Szlacheckie coal mine
Location
Location Dęby Szlacheckie
town Greater Poland Voivodeship
Country Poland
Production
Products Coal
Production 3,300,000
History
Opened 1962
Owner
Company Kopalnia Wegla Brunatnego Dęby Szlacheckie

The Dęby Szlacheckie coal mine is a large mine in the north of Poland in Dęby Szlacheckie, Greater Poland Voivodeship, 130 km north-west of the capital, Warsaw. Dęby Szlacheckie represents one of the largest coal reserves in Poland having estimated reserves of 92 million tonnes of coal.[1] Annual coal production is around 3.3 million tonnes.

The Association of Brown Coal Producers in Poland has identified the mine as a possible source of fuel for power plants.[2]

References

  1. "References 1950-2011" (PDF). poltegor.pl. 2010. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
  2. Stanisław Żuk, Jacek Kaczorowski and Zbigniew Kasztelewicz (9 September 2008). "The strategy of brown coal industry in Poland for 21st century". Retrieved 13 March 2013.


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