Valea Blaznei mine
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Location | |
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Location | Rodna |
Commune | Bistriţa-Năsăud County |
Country | Romania |
Production | |
Products | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Sulfur |
Production | 195 tonnes of lead, 236 tonnes of copper, 5,888 tonnes of sulfur and 635 tonnes of zinc |
Financial year | 2008 |
History | |
Opened | 1774 |
Owner | |
None | State owned |
The Valea Blaznei mine is a large mine in the north of Romania in Rodna, Bistriţa-Năsăud County, 50 km southwest of Bistriţa and 699 km north-west of the capital, Bucharest. Valea Blaznei represents one of the largest lead and zinc reserve in Romania having estimated reserves of 10.5 million tonnes of ore grading 0.76% lead and 2.48% zinc thus resulting in 0.08 million tonnes of lead and 0.26 million tonnes of zinc.[1]
References
- ↑ "Prezentare comuna Rodna" (in Romanian). scritube.com. 2009. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
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