Coal phase-out: suspicion of profit-taki • Table.Briefings

Bergbau Braunkohleabbau Rohstoffe — Nochten opencast lignite mine in Lusatia, Saxony: Leag will have to ensure recultivation here after 2038, but funding is uncertain.

The lignite company Leag has made profits in recent years. However, instead of putting the money aside for the recultivation of the opencast mines, investor Daniel Křetínský appears to be diverting it to other companies.

The mining and generation of electricity from lignite in eastern Germany is set to end by 2038 at the latest. What will then be left are the billions in costs for recultivating the opencast mines in Germany’s east. Nature restoration must be done by those responsible – primarily Leag, which operates opencast mines and power plants in Brandenburg and Saxony.

Coal phase-out: suspicion of profit-taking at Leag

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