Motru Coal Mine

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]

Berbești Coal mine
Location
LocationMotru
CommuneGorj County
CountryRomania
Production
ProductsCoal
Production6,600,000 tonnes
Financial year2008
History
Opened1976
Owner
CompanyNational 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

  1. "Motru 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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