List of mines in Ireland
The following list of mines in Ireland is subsidiary to the lists of mines articles. This list contains working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output(s).
Mines
Coal Mines
Lead Mines
Zinc Mines
Mining companies
As of the 21st century, mining companies operating in Ireland include:
- Anglo-American plc - a mining and natural resources company with interests in gold, platinum, diamonds, coal, base and ferrous metals, industrial minerals and forest products.[1]
- Arcon - an Irish registered mineral and mining exploration organisation that managed the Galmoy Zinc Mine.[2] Galmoy is now run by the Swedish owned company Lundin.
- New Boliden - a mining and smelting company with operations in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Ireland. Boliden's main minerals are copper, zinc, lead, gold and silver.[3]
- Conroy Diamonds and Gold - established in 1995 to exploit the discovery of the Galmoy Ore deposits. Its current activities are on a geological structure known as the Longford-Down Massif.[4]
- Hereward Ventures plc - focused on the exploration of gold in Bulgaria, and base-land minerals in Ireland.[5]
- Minco Mining & Metals Corporation - engages in the acquisition, search and development of base and precious metal properties.[6]
- Minco plc - an active zinc explorer, focusing on Pallas Green in Limerick where excavation shows some zinc mineralisation.[7]
References
- ↑ Archived 20 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Arcon International Resources plc". MiningLife.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2006. Retrieved 11 September 2006.
- ↑ "Boliden Mineral AB". MiningLife.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2006. Retrieved 11 September 2006.
- ↑ "Conroy Diamonds and Gold P.l.c.". MiningLife.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2006. Retrieved 11 September 2006.
- ↑ "Hereward Ventures Plc". MiningLife.com. Archived from the original on 23 November 2005. Retrieved 11 September 2006.
- ↑ Mininglife.com - Minco Mining Archived 14 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Minco plc". MiningLife.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2006. Retrieved 11 September 2006.
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