Ocna de Fier mine

Iron ore mine in Caraș-Severin County, Romania

45°20′31″N 21°46′35″E / 45.34194°N 21.77639°E / 45.34194; 21.77639 (approximate)ProductionProductsIron oreProduction10,000 tonnes of iron oreFinancial year2008HistoryOpened1900

The Ocna de Fier mine is a large open pit mine in the western of Romania in Caraș-Severin County, 25 km west of Reșița 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.^[1]^[2] The mine produces around 10,000 tonnes of iron ore/year.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Zăcămitele de minereu de fier" (PDF) (in Romanian). Consiliul judetean Hunedoara. 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-24.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Skarns in Romania". science.smith.edu. 1996. Retrieved 30 June 2013.