Făget mine
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Rodna |
| Commune | Bistriţa-Năsăud County |
| Country | Romania |
| Production | |
| Products | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Sulfur |
| Production | 857 tonnes of lead, 1,038 tonnes of copper, 25,941 tonnes of sulfur and 2,797 tonnes of zinc |
| Financial year | 2008 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1980 |
The Făget mine is a large mine in the northwest of Romania in Rodna, Bistriţa-Năsăud County, 50 km southwest of Bistriţa and 699 km north-west of the capital, Bucharest. Făget represents one of the largest lead and zinc reserve in Romania having estimated reserves of 9.25 million tonnes of ore grading 0.79% lead and 2.48% zinc thus resulting in 0.07 million tonnes of lead and 0.23 million tonnes of zinc.[1]
References
- ^ "Prezentare comuna Rodna" (in Romanian). scritube.com. 2009. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
