Ruhr coalfield

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| state/province = North Rhine-Westphalia

| country = Germany

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The Ruhr is a large coal field located in the west of Germany in North Rhine-Westphalia. Ruhr represents one of the largest coal reserve in Germany having estimated reserves of 42 billion tonnes of coal.{{cite web|url=http://www.bgr.bund.de/DE/Themen/Energie/Produkte/Vortraege/comparability_hard_coal_reserves.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=2|title=Coal in Germany|year=2012|publisher=bgr.bund.de|accessdate=2013-07-23}}