Voivozi Coal Mine is an
open-pit mining
Open-pit mining, also known as open-cast or open-cut mining and in larger contexts mega-mining, is a surface mining technique of extracting rock or minerals from the earth from an open-air pit, sometimes known as a borrow.
This form of mining ...
exploitation, one of the largest in
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
located in
Popeşti,
Bihor County with estimated coal reserves of 3.9 million tonnes.
The legal entity managing the Voivozi mine is the
Ploieşti National Coal Company which was set up in 1957.
References
{{coord missing, Bihor County
Coal mines in Romania