Motru Coal Mine is an open-pit mining exploitation, one of the largest in Romania located in Motru, Gorj County.[1] The legal entity managing the Motru mine is the National Company of Lignite Oltenia which was set up in 1997.[1]
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Motru |
| Commune | Gorj County |
| Country | Romania |
| Production | |
| Products | Coal |
| Production | 6,600,000 tonnes |
| Financial year | 2008 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1976 |
| Owner | |
| Company | National Company of Lignite Oltenia |
The exploitation has two open pits Lupoaia, Roșiuța that produced 6.6 million tonnes of lignite in 2008.[1] The mine has around 2,300 workers and is endowed with 13 bucket-wheel excavators, seven spreaders, two mixed machines and two deposits spreader.[1] The total proven recoverable reserves of the mine amount to 108 million tonnes of lignite.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Motru Coal Field". National Company of Lignite Oltenia. 2009-02-24. Archived from the original on 2008-06-10. Retrieved 2009-02-24.