Ocna de Fier mine

Ocna de Fier mine
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]

References

  1. ^ a b "Zăcămitele de minereu de fier" (in Romanian). Consiliul judetean Hunedoara. 2010. http://cshd.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/a-doua-epistola-catre-hunedoreni1.pdf. Retrieved 2010-08-24.