Ocna de Fier mine | |
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Location | |
Location | Ocna de Fier |
Commune | Caraş-Severin County |
Country | Romania |
Owner | |
None | State owned |
Production | |
Products | Iron ore |
Production | 10,000 tonnes of iron ore |
Financial year | 2008 |
History | |
Opened | 1900 |
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 20,000,000 tonnes of ore.[1] The mine produces around 10,000 tonnes of iron ore/year.[1]
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