Cierre de la minería en Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo (2012) Historical milestone · Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo, Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba Image of Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo, not of the place itself. Mining, the economic engine of the municipality since the 19th century, ceased definitively in 2012, closing out more than a hundred years of coal extraction in the basin. 2012 Photo: Edmundo Sáez (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo