Germany | the voice of coal in Europe
The Central German mining area around Leipzig yielded a total lignite output of 19.2 million tonnes in 2018. The most important company in this area is MITTELDEUTSCHE BRAUNKOHLENGESELLSCHAFT mbH (MIBRAG), owned by the Czech company, EPH. It has two opencast mines at Profen in Saxony Anhalt and Schleenhain in Saxony. The company supplies