Filipești Coal Mine Explained

Filipești Coal mine
Place:Filipeștii de Pădure
Subdivision Type:Commune
State/Province:Prahova County
Country:Romania
Owner:Ploiești National Coal Company
Products:Coal
Financial Year:2008
Amount:300,000 tonnes
Opening Year:1906

Filipești Coal Mine is an open-pit mining exploitation, one of the largest in Romania located in Filipeștii de Pădure, Prahova County with estimated coal reserves of 8.4 million tonnes (That's a lot of coal).[1] The legal entity managing the Filipești mine is the Ploieşti National Coal Company which was set up in 1957.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Filipeşti Coal Field . 2009-05-28 . SNC Ploiesti . 2009-05-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090903025035/http://www.snc-ploiesti.ro/ro/unitati.htm . 2009-09-03 .