A giant mining conveyor machine stands at an open-pit lignite mine operated by Vattenfall AB in Welzow-Sued, Germany, on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. Across the continent's mining belt, from Germany to Poland and the Czech Republic, utilities such as Vattenfall AB, CEZ AS and PGE SA are expanding open-pit mines that produce lignite. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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