Inden Coal Mine
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Inden Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Inden , Aldenhoven , Jülich, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Inden Coal Mine | Inden , Aldenhoven , Jülich, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany | 50.875, 6.35 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:
Project Details
Table 2: Project status
| Status | Status Detail | Opening Year | Closing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating | – | 1982 | 2030 (planned)[1] |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 15.58[2] | 2021[2] | Surface | Open Pit | 17[1] | 230[1] | 1283* |
Table 4: Coal resources and destination
| Total Reserves (Mt) | Year of Total Reserves Recorded | Total Resources (Mt) | Coalfield | Coal Type | Coal Grade | Primary Consumer/ Destination |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 260 | – | – | Ruhr | Lignite | Thermal | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| RWE Power AG[3] | RWE AG | Germany |
Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the GEM April 2024 Global Coal Mine Tracker dataset.
Background
The Inden mine is a surface coal mine, operated by RWE Power near Inden, Aldenhoven, and Jülich, North Rhine–Westphalia, Germany.[4]
The Inden mine was first developed in 1957 by the brown coal and briquette works company, Roddergrube AG. Coincidentally, this company had been closely linked to RWE since 1912.[5] As early as 1959, around one million tons of lignite were being mined for the Weisweiler power station. In 1969, the mine was temporarily shut down because the coal supplies from the Zukunft-West opencast mine were sufficient. However, redevelopment of the Inden field began in 1981 as the coal reserves at Zukunft-West neared depletion.[5]
Although approved for a coalfield size of 4,500 hectares, the mine currently only operates at a size of about 1,700 hectares (17 km2).[6]
Since opening, the mine's operations have expanded eastwards. This means that on the eastern edge of the open pit, the layers above the coal are removed until it is exposed. The overburden that arises is then backfilled on the opposite side and the landscape is recultivated so that the open pit “wanders.” As the Inde River crosses the mining area, a new river bed was created that has been leading the river around the open pit to the west since the end of 2005.[7] This man-made lake, which is referred to as the “Inden Ocean” due to its size, will be left behind by the Inden mine after its planned decommissioning in 2030.[6]
- Owner: RWE Power AG
- Parent Company: RWE AG
- Location: Inden, Aldenhoven, and Jülich, North Rhine–Westphalia, Germany
- GPS Coordinates: 50.875, 6.35 (exact)
- Mine Status: Operating
- Production: 13.8 (2019)[8], 11.59 Mt (2020), 15.58 Mt (2021)[9]
- Total Resource:
- Total Reserves: 260 million tonnes[6]
- Coal Type: Lignite
- Mine Size: 17km2[6]
- Mine Type: Surface
- Start Year: 1957; 1982
- Retirement Year: 2030 (expected)
- Source of Financing:
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Additional data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240207184802/https://www.rwe.com/en/the-group/countries-and-locations/inden-mine-site/. Archived from the original on 07 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240219035115/https://braunkohle.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/202203_Dyllong_Maassen_Schiffer_Die-deutsche-Braunkohlenindustrie-2021.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.rwe.com/en/the-group/rwe-power/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ Germany's Three Lignite Mining Regions, Clean Energy Wire, 2018.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Tagebau Inden auf Industriemuseen Euregio Maas-Rhein (Memento des Originals vom 7. November 2017 im Internet Archive, Industrial Museums of the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Inden mine, RWE website, accessed June 2022.
- ↑ Devastation of the Inden opencast mine (Original from April 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive)
- ↑ Ten Biggest Producing Surface Mine in Europe in 2020, Mining Technology,06 Sep 2021.
- ↑ "The German lignite industry in 2021 (page 84)" (PDF). braunkohle.de/. 2022.
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