Șotânga 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 that extracts rock (geology), rock or minerals from the earth. Open-pit mines are used when deposits of commercially ...

exploitation, one of the largest in

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

located in

Șotânga Șotânga is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania with a population of 7,077 as of 2021. It is composed of two villages, Șotânga and Teiș. The Șotânga Coal Mine was a local open-pit and underground lignite Lignite (derive ...

Dâmbovița County Dâmbovița County (; also spelt Dîmbovița) is a county () of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Târgoviște, the most important economic, political, administrative and cultural center of the county. It is a traditional administra ...

with estimated coal reserves of 5.01 million tonnes. The legal entity managing the Șotânga mine is the Ploieşti National Coal Company which was set up in 1957.

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