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The Nochten open-cast mine (Upper Sorbian: Wochožanska jama) is an open-cast lignite mine in northern Upper Lusatia operated by Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG (LEAG) . Up to 18 million tonnes of lignite are mined annually in the Nochten opencast mine. Stacker in front of the silhouette of the Boxberg power plant

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Photo12/imageBROKER/Sylvio Dittrich

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BRK24E56_030

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Keywords

18 Boxberg Central Europe East Germany Eastern Germany Europe Europe's FRG German German Federal Republic Germany JSC Lausitz Lusatia Middle Europe No People Opencast lignite mining Opencast lignite mining area Republic of Germany Sachsen Saxony State of Saxony Strip mining lignite Upper Lusatia barren barrenness broken brown coal bust coal colliery corporation corrupted countryside damage damaged defective deserted desolate destroyed destruction eighteen electricity supply empty energy energy industry energy production energy source energy supply extraction fossil energy source fossil fuel industrial building joint stock company joint-stock company landscape landscape photo landscape shot lignite lignite open-pit mining lunar landscape material meager meagre million mine mining moon landscape natural resource no one nobody northern open cast mining open-cast lignite mine opencast lignite mine opencast mine power generation power industry power plant power station power supply production raw material scenery sparse stacker strip mining technical technology uninhabited weaners wrecked