Rovinari Coal Mine
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Rovinari |
| Commune | Gorj County |
| Country | Romania |
| Production | |
| Products | Coal |
| Production | 8,000,000 tonnes |
| Financial year | 2008 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1978 |
| Owner | |
| Company | National Company of Lignite Oltenia |
Rovinari Coal Mine is an open-pit mining exploitation, the largest in Romania, located in Rovinari, Gorj County.[1] The legal entity managing the Rovinari mine is the National Company of Lignite Oltenia which was set up in 1997.[1]
The exploitation has four open pits Tismana I, Tismana II, Gârla - Rovinari Est and Pinoasa that produced 8 million tonnes of lignite in 2008.[1] The mine has around 3,000 workers and is endowed with 23 bucket-wheel excavators, 14 spreaders, three mixed machines and one deposits spreader.[1] The total proven recoverable reserves of the mine amount to 610 million tonnes of lignite.[1]
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