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The “Konin”Brown Coal Mine
The “Konin” Brown Coal Mine is
located in Greater Poland. It is the
only lignite open pit in Poland
operating after joining the European
Union and still operating
(zepak.com, 2021). In the interwar
period, lignite deposits in the Konin
area were examined and
documented. Duringthe occupation,
Germanswere the first to start the
exploitation of raw material. After
the war in 1945, the mine was
officially established as “KWB Konin”
(BrownCoal Mine Konin).
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