Paroșeni Coal Mine is an
underground mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agricultural processes, or feasibly created artificially in a la ...
exploitation, one of the largest in
Romania
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located in
Vulcan, one of six cities in the
Jiu Valley
The Jiu Valley ( , ) is a region in southwestern Transylvania, Romania, in Hunedoara county, situated in a valley of the Jiu River between the Retezat Mountains and the Parâng Mountains. The region was heavily industrialised and the main activity ...
region of
Hunedoara County
Hunedoara County () is a county (''județ'') of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Deva, Romania, Deva. The county is part of the Danube–Criș–Mureș–Tisa Euroregion.
Name
In Hungarian language, Hungarian, it is known as , ...
.
The legal entity managing the Paroșeni mine is the
National Hard Coal Company
The National Hard Coal Company () was set up as a commercial society by the Government of Romania in 1998. The main headquarters of the company is placed in Petroșani, the principal city in the coal mining region of Hunedoara County's Jiu Valley ...
which was set up in 1998.
The mine has reserves of 23.7 million tons of coal.
Mining at Paroseni began in 1966
See also
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Jiu Valley
The Jiu Valley ( , ) is a region in southwestern Transylvania, Romania, in Hunedoara county, situated in a valley of the Jiu River between the Retezat Mountains and the Parâng Mountains. The region was heavily industrialised and the main activity ...
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League of Miners Unions of the Jiu Valley
External links
Coal mines and coal mining in Jiu Valley
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Paroseni Coal Mine
Coal mines in Romania