Coal shower

A miner takes a shower after his shift in Hungary's last remaining deep-cast coal mine at Markushegy, 70 km west of Budapest. Hungary secured EU regulatory approval for a 144 million euro grant to shut down the uncompetitive coal mine, operated by Vertes Power Plant, in the next two years.

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( Laszlo Balogh, Reuters / January 23, 2013 )

A miner takes a shower after his shift in Hungary's last remaining deep-cast coal mine at Markushegy, 70 km west of Budapest. Hungary secured EU regulatory approval for a 144 million euro grant to shut down the uncompetitive coal mine, operated by Vertes Power Plant, in the next two years.

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