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Dognecea mine

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Dognecea mine
Location
LocationDognecea
CommuneCaraş-Severin County
CountryRomania
Production
ProductsIron ore
Production10,000 tonnes of iron ore
Financial year2008
History
Opened1911

The Dognecea mine is a large open pit mine in the western of Romania in Caraş-Severin County, 23 km west of Reşiţa and 509 km north-west of the capital, Bucharest. Dognecea represents one of the largest iron ore reserves in Romania having estimated reserves of 9 million tonnes of ore.[1] The mine produces around 10,000 tonnes of iron ore/year.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Industria in Transilvania interbelica" (PDF) (in Romanian). BCU Cluj. 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-01.