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Jilț Coal Mine

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Jilț Coal mine
Location
LocationMătăsari
CommuneGorj County
CountryRomania
Production
ProductsCoal
Production7,000,000 tonnes
Financial year2008
History
Opened1984
Owner
CompanyNational Company of Lignite Oltenia

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

The exploitation has two open pits Jilț Sud, Jilț Nord that produced 7 million tonnes of lignite in 2008.[1] The mine has around 2,400 workers and is endowed with 15 bucket-wheel excavators, seven spreaders, two mixed machines and one deposit spreader.[1] The total proven recoverable reserves of the mine amount to 285.8 million tonnes of lignite.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Jilţ Coal Field". National Company of Lignite Oltenia. 2009-02-24. Archived from the original on 2008-06-10. Retrieved 2009-02-24.