Bełchatów Coal Mine

{{Short description|Mine in Poland}}

{{Infobox mine

| name = Bełchatów coal mine

| image = Bełchatów Lignite Coal Mine.jpg

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| caption =

| pushpin_map = Poland

| pushpin_label = Bełchatów coal mine

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Poland

| coordinates = {{coord|51|14|01|N|019|18|46|E|region:PL|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| place = Bełchatów

| subdivision_type = town

| state/province = Łódź Voivodeship

| country = Poland

| owner = Kopalnia Wegla Brunatnego Bełchatów

| official website =

| acquisition year =

| products = Coal

| financial year =

| amount = 40,000,000+ t/year

| opening year = 1955

| closing year =

}}

The Bełchatów coal mine ({{langx|pl|Kopalnia Węgla Brunatnego „Bełchatów”}}) is a large open-pit mine in the centre of Poland in Bełchatów, Łódź Voivodeship, 150 km west of the capital, Warsaw. Bełchatów represents one of the largest coal reserves in Poland having estimated reserves of 1,930 million tonnes of lignite coal.{{cite web|url=http://www.poltegor.pl/ref/lr2006a.pdf|title=References|year=2010|publisher=poltegor.pl|accessdate=2010-09-28|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313053018/http://www.poltegor.pl/ref/lr2006a.pdf|archivedate=2012-03-13}} In 2015, the mine produced 42.1 million tonnes of lignite (66.7% of Poland's total lignite production){{cite web|title=Poland|url=https://euracoal.eu/info/country-profiles/poland/|website=Euracoal|publisher=Euracoal|accessdate=21 November 2017}} to feed Bełchatów Power Station.