Coal Mine Methane Country Profiles, Chapter 14, June 2015
Germany's current hard coal production is from three underground mines —Prosper-Haniel, Auguste Victoria and Ibbenbueren—located in North-Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany (Euracoal, 2013; Euracoal, 2014), while all brown coal production is from surface mines in basins across the country (Figure 14 -1). CMM Country Profiles