{{Short description|Mine in Poland}} {{Infobox Mine | name = Adamów coal mine | image = Turek Elektrownia.jpg | width = | caption = Adamów power plant | pushpin_map = Poland | pushpin_label = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{Coord|52.0191|N|18.6331|E|source:wikidata|display=inline,title}} | place = [[Turek, Poland|Turek]] | subdivision_type = [[Voivodeship]] | state/province = [[Greater Poland Voivodeship]] | country = [[Poland]] | owner = Kopalnia Węgla Brunatnego Adamów | module={{Infobox company|embed=yes | type=[[Government-owned corporation|Public company]]}} | official website = | acquisition year = | products = [[lignite]] | financial year = | amount = 1,600,000 | opening year = 1979 | closing year = 2021 }} The '''Adamów brown coal mine''' ({{langx|pl|Kopalnia Węgla Brunatnego „Adamów”}}) was a large open-pit mine in [[Turek, Poland|Turek]], [[Greater Poland Voivodeship]], central [[Poland]], 208&nbsp;km west of the capital, [[Warsaw]]. At the time of its commissioning Adamów held one of the largest [[lignite]] reserves in [[Poland]], estimated to be 90 million tonnes of [[coal]].<ref name="Iacobeni">{{cite web|url=http://www.poltegor.pl/ref/lr2006a.pdf |title=References |year=2010 |publisher=poltegor.pl |access-date=2010-09-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313053018/http://www.poltegor.pl/ref/lr2006a.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-13 }}</ref> The annual coal production was around 1.6 million tonnes.

In August 2020 the management announced that the mine will be closed by the end of the year.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-04 |title=Koniec kopalni węgla brunatnego Adamów. Zamiast wydobycia, odnawialne źródła energii - Polsat News |url=https://www.polsatnews.pl/wiadomosc/2020-08-04/koniec-kopalni-wegla-brunatnego-adamow-zamiast-wydobycia-odnawialne-zrodla-energii/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=polsatnews.pl |language=pl}}</ref> Because there was still some coal left, the management decided to continue operations and the last excavator was permanently turned off at 4:50 pm on 17 February 2021. There are plans to install a [[Photovoltaic system|photovoltaic array]] on the site.<ref>{{cite web |title=Na odkrywce Adamów wydobyto ostatnią tonę węgla. Kopalnia zakończyła definitywnie działalność. |url=https://www.turek.net.pl/miasto/30397-na-odkrywce-adamow-wydobyto-ostatnia-tone-wegla-kopalnia-zakonczyla-definitywnie |website=Turek.net.pl |language=pl |trans-title=Last tonne of coal from Adamów pit. Mine definitely closed. |date=19 February 2021}}</ref>

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