The monumental coal preparation plant of Beringen is the showcase of the Beringen coal mine. Yet the four wings of the complex were threatened with demolition for years. However, in 2023, the be-NATURE project was given the green light.
On 2 August 1901, André Dumont received a telegram saying 'Kohle angebohrt'. What the Belgian geologist had long suspected was confirmed in the early twentieth century: the Limburg subsoil was brimming with coal. Seven coal mines popped up like mushrooms. Six were partly preserved after the closures at the end of the 20th century.
The monumental coal preparation plant of Beringen is the showcase of the Beringen coal mine. Yet the four wings of the complex were threatened with demolition for years. However, in 2023, the be-NATURE project was given the green light.
A Monnoyer-type water tower stands in the shadow of the headframe and compressor building of the Helchteren-Zolder mine.
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