Hambach surface mine
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The Tagebau Hambach is a large open-pit coal mine in Niederzier and Elsdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is operated by RWE and used for mining lignite.
Aerial view of Hambach surface mine
Banner project by JunepA in Tagebau Hambach, 2017
Panoramic view from Sophienhöhe
Hambach open-pit lignite mine in the neighbourhood of the Hambach Forest, showing a bucket-wheel excavator during the demonstrations on 6 October 2018
Hambach Forest
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Hambach Forest is an ancient forest located near Buir in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany, between Cologne and Aachen. It was planned to be cleared as part of the Hambach surface mine by owner
Hambach surface mine
…in Niederzier and Elsdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is operated by RWE and used for mining lignite. The mine is on the site of the ancient Hambach Forest, which was purchased by RWE in 1978. The company then cut most of the forest down and cleared it to mine. Only 10% of the forest area remains. RWE…
Aerial view of Hambach Forest from the south, October 2018
Area of destroyed forest with excavator
Hambach Forest's rare Bechstein's bat population was threatened.
Barricade (September 2016)