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Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, The Prosper coking plant is one of three operating coking plants in the Ruhr area. The Prosper coking plant is the last coking plant to be operated by the successor company to Ruhrkohle AG, RAG Deutsche Steinkohle AG. It was taken over by the steel group ArcelorMittal in 2011. The coking plant is designed for an annual production of almost two million tonnes of coke. Illuminated in blue at the back is the Bottrop sewage treatment plant, also known as the Emscher sewage treatment plant, one of four centralised sewage treatment plants on the Emscher. The plant is operated by the Emschergenossenschaft, Europe

Date

Jan 20, 2022

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Photo12/imageBROKER/Caro / Oberhaeuser

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BRK25C83_025

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