| Muncelu Mic mine | |
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| Location | |
| Location | Veţel |
| Commune | Hunedoara County |
| Country | Romania |
| Owner | |
| None | State owned |
| Production | |
| Products | Iron ore |
| Production | 0 tonnes of iron ore |
| Financial year | 2008 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1951 |
| Closed | 1998 |
The Muncelu Mic mine was a large open pit mine in the western of Romania in Hunedoara County, 16 km southeast of Simeria and 387 km north-west of the capital, Bucharest. Muncelu Mic represents one of the largest iron ore reserves in Romania having estimated reserves of 6,500,000 tonnes of ore.[1] When it was operational it produced around 200,000 tonnes of iron ore/year.[1] The mine also has a gold reserve of around 5.4 million tonnes grading 1g/tonne.
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