| Roșia - Peșteana Coal mine | |
| Place: | Rovinari |
| Subdivision Type: | Commune |
| State/Province: | Gorj County |
| Country: | Romania |
| Owner: | National Company of Lignite Oltenia |
| Products: | Coal |
| Financial Year: | 2008 |
| Amount: | 7,200,000 tonnes |
| Opening Year: | 1973 |
Roșia – Peșteana Coal Mine is an open-pit mining exploitation, one of the largest in Romania located in Rovinari, Gorj County.[1] The legal entity managing the Roșia - Peșteana mine is the National Company of Lignite Oltenia which was set up in 1997.[1]
The exploitation has three open pits Roșia, Peșteana Nord, Peșteana Sud-Urdar that produced 7.2 million tonnes of lignite in 2008.[1] The mine has around 2,900 workers and is endowed with 19 bucket-wheel excavators, 12 spreaders, one mixed machine and three deposits spreader.[1] The total proven recoverable reserves of the mine amount to 112 million tonnes of lignite.[1]