Beringen Coal Preparation Plant
The Beringen coal preparation plant is a part of the former , which is located in Beringen, Belgium, Beringen in the Belgium, Belgian Provinces of Belgium, province of Limburg (Belgium), Limburg. Since 1994, the building has been selected and protected as mining heritage by the Flemish government, and is planned to be reused as part of the Flemish Mining Museum. The mining site of Beringen was one of the Belgian anchor points of the European Route of Industrial Heritage, ERIH (European Route of Industrial Heritage). A coal preparation plant (, ) separates the usable coal from the waste rock. This coal preparation plant is one of the biggest and last vast examples of the Belgian coal industry. Functionality After its excavation, the coal has to be sorted out from the waste rock before being sold. This task became, except from digging, one of the main activities of a colliery. In Beringen the coal preparation plant started operation in September 1924, two years after the mine i ...
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Koersel
Koersel is a village in the Belgian province of Limburg (Belgium), Limburg and is a submunicipality of Beringen, Belgium, Beringen. It was an independent municipality until 1977. It it has around 18,000 inhabitants. History Koersel was first mentioned in 1166 as Corsela; either from the Latin curticella: small farm, or from the Germanic Corsala: Cor's farm. In 1909, started the construction of the and in October 1919 the first coal seam was reached at a depth of 623 metres. The football stadium of Koersel is Mijnstadion (translated: mine stadium). References

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