2.2.5.    Brown Coal Industry, Lausitz Area

Bucket chain excavators still dominate the brown coal (lignite) opencast mines in the Lausitz area. Huge moveable bridges, each of them weighing more than 10000 tonnes, transport the overburden material across the mine.
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Opencast Mine, Bucket Chain Excavator, ES 3750
Germany
Jänschwalde, Lausitz
2000-11-22


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Opencast Mine, Overburden Transport Bridge
Germany
Jänschwalde
2000-11-22


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Opencast Mine, Bucket Chain Excavator, ES 3750
Germany
Jänschwalde
2000-11-22


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Opencast Mine Reichwalde, Bucket Chain Excavator
Germany
Reichwalde, Lausitz
2000-11-02


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Plessa Power Plant
Germany
Plessa
2001-11-20


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Briquette Plant
Germany
Knappenrode
2000-11-24



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