Bytom Odrzański mine | |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Coordinates: | [1] |
Place: | Bytom Odrzański |
Subdivision Type: | town |
State/Province: | Nowa Sól County |
Country: | Poland |
Owner: | KGHM Polska Miedź |
Products: | Copper |
Opening Year: | 2004 |
The Bytom Odrzański mine is a large mine in the west of Poland in Bytom Odrzański, Nowa Sól County, 360 km south-west of the capital, Warsaw. Bytom Odrzański represents one of the largest copper and silver reserve in Poland having estimated reserves of 31.5 million tonnes of ore grading 2.47% copper and 56 g/tonnes silver.[2] The annual ore production is around 0.7 million tonnes from which 17,300 tonnes of copper and 39.2 tonnes of silver are extracted.