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Silesia in Poland and Czech Republic has more working coal miners than the rest of the European Union combined.
United Kingdom - Britain had major coal-mining activity in the past, but since the 1980s coal mining has been in decline due to the increased use of natural gas in power stations and cheaper imports. Very few working coal mines and open-cast quarries now exist in Britain.
- In England, the West Midlands region, which covers the western part of the English Midlands. The West Midlands conurbation is the name given to the large conurbation in the region that includes the cities of Birmingham and Wolverhampton. The "Black Country" is a loosely defined area of the English West Midlands which includes the north and west of Birmingham and the south and east of Wolverhampton, famous for its coal mines (especially in Staffordshire), its coal coking operations, and other heavy industry, including iron foundries and steel mills that used local coal to fire their furnaces, all of which produced a level of air pollution that had few equals anywhere in the world.
- The Kent coalfield in Kent in South East England also had coal mining operations. In South West England, Somerset was the location of the Somerset coalfields until 1973. Yorkshire in North West England also was formerly home to major coal mining operations.
- In Wales, the South Wales coalfield in South Wales was formerly a coalfield.
Spain There are large coal deposits in Asturias and León which helped fuel the Industrial Revolution in Spain; these have mostly been exhausted.
Ukraine Donbas, Volyn, and Halychyna are coal-mining regions.
Romania The Jiu Valley is a coal-mining region.
Serbia Kolubara and Kostolac are coal mining regions. The REMBAS region near the Resava River is a coal-mining region.
Germany The Ruhr Area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Lusatia, and the Central Germany lignite mining area are some of the coal-mining regions. End of 2010 there were five operating hard coal mines in Germany: 1: Bergwerk Ibbenbüren, Ibbenbüren, 2: Zeche Auguste Viktoria, Marl, 3: Bergwerk Prosper-Haniel, Bottrop, 4: Bergwerk West, Kamp Lintfort, 5: Bergwerk Saar, Saarlouis.
Netherlands Limburg was a coal-mining region until 1973; See mining in Limburg
France Nord-Pas de Calais, Saint-Etienne (Loire) and Lorraine were the major coal-mining regions.
Russia Kuznetsk Basin of southwestern Siberia is a coal-mining region.
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