Berbești Coal mine
Location
LocationBerbești
CountyVâlcea County
CountryRomania
Production
ProductsCoal
Production2,500,000 tonnes
Financial year2008
History
Opened1980
Owner
CompanyNational Company of Lignite Oltenia

Berbești Coal Mine is an open-pit mining exploitation, one of the largest in Romania located in Berbești, Vâlcea County.[1] The legal entity managing the Berbești mine is the National Company of Lignite Oltenia which was set up in 1997.[1]

The exploitation has four open pits Seciuri, Olteț, Berbești-Vest, Panga that produced 2.5 million tonnes of lignite in 2008.[1] The mine has around 1,800 workers and is endowed with 13 bucket-wheel excavators, seven spreaders, one mixed machine and five deposits spreader.[1] The total proven recoverable reserves of the mine amount to 67 million tonnes of lignite.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Berbeşti Coal Field". National Company of Lignite Oltenia. 2009-02-24. Archived from the original on 2008-06-10. Retrieved 2009-02-24.

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