The Mačkatica mine is one of the largest
molybdenum
Molybdenum is a chemical element with the symbol Mo and atomic number 42 which is located in period 5 and group 6. The name is from Neo-Latin ''molybdaenum'', which is based on Ancient Greek ', meaning lead, since its ores were confused with lea ...
mines in
Serbia.
The mine is located near
Mačkatica
Mačkatica is a village in the municipality of Surdulica, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 259 people.Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naselj ...
in south
Serbia in
Pčinja District.
The Mačkatica mine has reserves amounting to 181 million tonnes of molybdenum ore grading 0.07% molybdenum thus resulting 126,000 tonnes of molybdenum.
See also
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List of molybdenum mines
References
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Molybdenum mines in Serbia