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Ocna de Fier mine

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Location
  
Ocna de Fier

Country
  
Romania

Financial year
  
2008

Commune
  
Caraş-Severin County

Products
  
Iron ore

Opened
  
1900

Production
  
10,000 tonnes of iron ore

The Ocna de Fier mine is a large open pit mine in the western of Romania in Caraş-Severin County, 25 km west of Reşiţa and 511 km north-west of the capital, Bucharest. Ocna de Fier represents the largest iron ore reserves in Romania having estimated reserves of 200 million tonnes of ore grading 25% iron metal. The mine produces around 10,000 tonnes of iron ore/year.

Map of Ocna de Fier, Romania

References

Ocna de Fier mine Wikipedia