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Lubin mine

Coordinates: 51°26′46″N 16°07′24″E / 51.4460°N 16.1232°E / 51.4460; 16.1232
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Lubin Mine
Location
LocationLubin
townLubin County
CountryPoland
Production
ProductsCopper
History
Opened1957
Owner
CompanyKGHM Polska Miedź

The Lubin Mine is a large mine in the west of Poland in Lubin, Lubin County, 347 km south-west of the capital, Warsaw. Lubin represents one of the largest copper and silver reserve in Poland having estimated reserves of 347 million tonnes of ore grading 1.26% copper and 58 g/tonnes silver.[1] The annual ore production is around 7.3 million tonnes from which 92,000 tonnes of copper and 423 tonnes of silver are extracted.

References

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  1. ^ "Resource base". KGHM Polska Miedź. 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
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51°26′46″N 16°07′24″E / 51.4460°N 16.1232°E / 51.4460; 16.1232