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:

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	–	–

Table 3: Operation details

Note: The asterisk (*) signifies that the value is a GEM estimated figure.

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
0	–	–	Surface	Open Pit	4.2	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	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Pannon Power Holding	Pannon Power Holding [100%]	Germany

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker April 2024 release and the September supplement.

Background

PécsVasas Coal Mine is a coal mine in Southern Transdanubia County, Hungary.The open-pit mining began in 1962 and continued until 2004. In 2014, the open-pit mining was restarted in a very small area with the plan to produce 15,000 tonnes of coal per year.

In 2018, Eurcoal's report showed 'lignite' production of 0.002 Mt. (2,000 tonnes). Although this mine was listed as 'Hard coal' (Bituminous), the report clarified that this coal is officially classified as lignite due to its low calorific value.

As per 2022 Euracoal report, PANNON HŐERŐMŰ ZRT owned by VEOLIA has extracted very small quantities of coal from the Pécs-Vasas surface mine in Southern Transdanubia, however reported lignite production was shown as '0'. A scientific publication dated June 2023 referred to the mine as abandoned.

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