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Lueta mine

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Location
  
Lueta

Country
  
Romania

Financial year
  
2008

Commune
  
Harghita County

Products
  
Iron ore

Opened
  
1900

Production
  
10,000 tonnes of iron ore

The Lueta mine is a large open pit mine in central Romania in Harghita County, 36 km west of Miercurea Ciuc and 299 km north of the capital, Bucharest. Lueta represents one of the largest iron ore reserves in Romania having estimated reserves of 6 million tonnes of ore. The mine produces around 10,000 tonnes of iron ore/year.

Map of Lueta, Romania

References

Lueta mine Wikipedia