Ghelari mine
Appearance
Location | |
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Location | Ghelari |
Commune | Hunedoara County |
Country | Romania |
Production | |
Products | Iron ore, sometimes Magnetite, Siderite, Limonite, in pockets: Hematite. |
Production | 200,000 tonnes of iron ore |
Financial year | 2008 |
History | |
Opened | 1900 |
Closed | September 2005 |
Owner | |
Company | Minvest SA Deva |
The Ghelari mine was a large open pit, also an underground iron ore mine in the western of Romania in Hunedoara County, 20 km south-west of Hunedoara and 411 km north-west of the capital, Bucharest. Ghelari represents one of the largest iron ore reserves in Romania having estimated reserves of 14 million tonnes of ore.[1] The mine produced around 200,000 tonnes of iron ore/year.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Zăcămitele de minereu de fier" (in Romanian). Consiliul judetean Hunedoara. 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-24.