Haerwusu, China's largest coal mine, Inner Mongolia

Landsat TM acquired on 16 April 1990 at 02:32:04 UTC
Landsat ETM acquired on 22 April 2001 at 03:01:55 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 29 April 2016 at 03:26:02 UTC
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Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 29 April 2023 at 10:30:32 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Climate change, natural resources, open-pit mine, coal power, greenhouse gas emissions, China
Fig. 1 - L5 (16.04.1990), L7 (22.04.2001), S2 (29.04.2016, 18.04.2023) - China's largest open-pit coal mine is located in Haerwusu.
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It lies in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region which encompasses many other coal mines as well as other mineral resources.
Fig. 2 - S1 (29.04.2016, 29.04.2023) - Haerwusu coal reserves total about 1.73 billion tonnes.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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