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Băița mine

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Location
  
Ştei

Country
  
Romania

Production
  
0 tonnes of uranium

Opened
  
1955

Commune
  
Bihor County

Products
  
Uranium

Financial year
  
2008

Băița mine

The Băița mine is a large open pit mine in the northwest of Romania in Bihor County, 123 km southeast of Oradea and 737 km north of the capital, Bucharest. Băița represents the largest uranium reserve in Romania having estimated reserves of 90 million tonnes of ore grading 0.5% uranium metal.

The Băița mine uranium reserve represents the largest surface uranium deposit in the world.

References

Băița mine Wikipedia