Iacobeni mine

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Iacobeni mine
Location
Location Iacobeni
Commune Suceava County
Country Romania
Production
Products Copper, Manganese
Production 70,000 tonnes of manganese
Financial year 2008
History
Opened 1782
Owner
Company Minbucovina
None State owned

The Iacobeni mine is a large mine in the north of Romania in Suceava County, 96 km southwest of Suceava and 340 km north of the capital, Bucharest. Iacobeni represents the third largest copper reserve in Romania having estimated reserves of 200 million tonnes of ore grading 0.4% copper.[1] The mine also has one of the largest manganese reserves in Romania estimated at 2.5 million tonnes of ore with an annual production of around 70,000 tonnes.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Iacobeni mine" (in Romanian). www.crainou.ro. 2009-05-26. Retrieved 2009-05-26. 

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