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]