PécsVasas Coal Mine
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PécsVasas Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Pecs, Southern Transdanubia, Hungary.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
---|---|---|
PécsVasas Coal Mine | Pecs, Southern Transdanubia, Hungary | 46.100144, 18.289225 (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 | – | – | – |
Table 3: Operation details
Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0.015[1] | – | – | Surface | Open Pit | 4.2[2] | 50* | 299* |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | – | – | – | Lignite[3] | Thermal | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Pannon Power Holding | Veolia Group | Germany |
Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the GEM April 2024 Global Coal Mine Tracker dataset.
Background
PécsVasas Coal Mine is a coal mine in Southern Transdanubia County, Hungary.[4] The open-pit mining began in 1962 and continued until 2004.[5] In 2014, the open-pit mining was restarted in a very small area.[6]
- Operator: Pannon Hőerőmű
- Owner: Pannon Power Holding
- Location: Southern Transdanubia County, Hungary
- Coordinates: 46.1001, 18.2892 (exact)
- Mine status: Operating
- Start year:
- Production capacity (Mtpa): 0.02
- Total reserves (Mt): 3.0
- Coal type: Bituminous
- Mine type: Surface
- Mine size (Km2): 4.2
- Workforce size:
- Primary consumer:
- Source of financing:
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ http://komloiujsag.hu/ujraindult-a-szenbanyaszat-pecs-vasason/.
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(help) - ↑ https://www.pecsma.hu/pecs-aktual/ma-nyitjak-meg-a-vasasi-banyat/.
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(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240121003451/https://euracoal.eu/info/country-profiles/hungary/. Archived from the original on 21 January 2024.
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(help) - ↑ "Mecsek coal mining relaunched," Rekk, March 1, 2015
- ↑ the cradle of Mecsek coal mining,pecma, accessed Oct.25th 2023
- ↑ Coal mining has restarted in Pécs-Vasas,accessed Oct.25th 2023