Husnicioara Coal Mine

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Husnicioara Coal mine
Location
Husnicioara Coal mine is located in Romania
Husnicioara Coal mine
Husnicioara Coal mine
LocationHusnicioara
CommuneMehedinți County
CountryRomania
Coordinates44°40′41.02″N 22°50′33″E / 44.6780611°N 22.84250°E / 44.6780611; 22.84250[1]
Production
ProductsCoal
Production3,100,000 tonnes
Financial year2008
History
Opened1980
Owner
CompanyNational Company of Lignite Oltenia

Husnicioara Coal Mine is an open-pit mining exploitation, one of the largest in Romania located in Husnicioara, Mehedinți County.[2] The legal entity managing the Husnicioara mine is the National Company of Lignite Oltenia which was set up in 1997.[2]

The exploitation has two open pits Husnicioara - Vest, Zegujani that produced 3.1 million tonnes of lignite in 2008.[2] The mine has around 700 workers and is endowed with five bucket-wheel excavators, three spreaders, one mixed machine and four deposits spreader.[2] The total proven recoverable reserves of the mine amount to 67 million tonnes of lignite.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Husnicioara, Comuna Husnicioara, Judeţul Mehedinţi, Romania". mindat. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Husnicioara Coal Field". National Company of Lignite Oltenia. 2009-02-24. Archived from the original on 2008-06-10. Retrieved 2009-02-24.