SocietyGermany's Last Coal Mine Shuts DownTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 videoSociety12/06/2018December 6, 2018Germany has ended coal mining. The people of the Ruhr see it as the bittersweet end to an era in their history. The pits were closed not so much for environmental as for economic reasons. Mining is no longer lucrative. https://p.dw.com/p/39RWyAdvertisement