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Aladağ mine
Location
Aladağ mine is located in Turkey
Aladağ mine
Aladağ mine
Location in Turkey
LocationAladağ
ProvinceAdana
CountryTurkey
Production
ProductsChromium ore
History
Opened1973
Owner
CompanyEtibank

The Aladağ mine is a large chromium ore mine located at Adana Province in southern Turkey, 229 km (142 mi) south of the capital, Ankara. Aladağ represents one of the largest chromium reserves in Turkey having an estimated reserve of 200 million tonnes of chromium ore, which contains 10.84 million tonnes of chromium metal at its grading of 5.42%.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Aras MTA" (PDF). eurogeosurveys.org. 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-02.