Adamów Coal Mine

Mine in Poland

52°01′09″N 18°37′59″E / 52.0191°N 18.6331°E / 52.0191; 18.6331ProductionProductsligniteProduction1,600,000HistoryOpened1979Closed2021OwnerCompanyKopalnia Węgla Brunatnego AdamówCompanyCompany typePublic company

The Adamów brown coal mine (Polish: Kopalnia Węgla Brunatnego „Adamów”) was a large open-pit mine in Turek, Greater Poland Voivodeship, central Poland, 208 km west of the capital, Warsaw. At the time of its commissioning Adamów held one of the largest lignite reserves in Poland, estimated to be 90 million tonnes of coal.^[1] The annual coal production was around 1.6 million tonnes.

In August 2020 the management announced that the mine will be closed by the end of the year.^[2] Because there was still some coal left, the management decided to continue operations and the last excavator was permanently turned off at 4:50 pm on 17 February 2021. There are plans to install a photovoltaic array on the site.^[3]

References

^ "References" (PDF). poltegor.pl. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
^ "Koniec kopalni węgla brunatnego Adamów. Zamiast wydobycia, odnawialne źródła energii - Polsat News". polsatnews.pl (in Polish). 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
^ "Na odkrywce Adamów wydobyto ostatnią tonę węgla. Kopalnia zakończyła definitywnie działalność" [Last tonne of coal from Adamów pit. Mine definitely closed.]. Turek.net.pl (in Polish). 19 February 2021.