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In these three mining areas, lignite is exclusively extracted at opencast mines. In 2018, a total of 880 million cubic metres of overburden were moved during mining – an average overburden-to-coal ratio of 5.3 cubic metres per tonne. Nearly 90% of lignite production is used for power generation (148.2 million tonnes in 2018), accounting for 22.5% of total power generation in Germany. On 1 ...