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Romania is an oil producer, but the level of production is not enough to make the country self-sufficient. As a result, it is a net oil and gas importer. The pipeline network in Romania included: 1,738 km for crude oil, 2,321 km for petroleum products and 708 km for natural gas, in 1999.
The Certej mine is an epithermal gold-silver deposit located in the Apuseni Mountains of Transylvania in western Romania. The deposit extends from surface and was previously mined as an open pit. Certej contains proven and probable reserves of approximately 2.5 million ounces of gold and 16.3 million ounces of silver. [1]
Rovina mine is a proposed open pit mine in the west of Romania in Hunedoara County, 18 km north of Deva and 388 km north of the capital, Bucharest.Rovina is a large gold and copper deposit with estimated reserves of 4 million oz of gold and 244,000 tonnes of copper, [1] and the largest proposed copper-gold project in the EU. [2]
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The Romanian government has won a yearslong legal dispute with a Canadian mining company seeking damages over failed plans to open a gold and silver mine in the Eastern ...
The Săcărâmb mine is a large open pit mine in the west of Romania in Hunedoara County, 30 km (19 mi) north of Deva and 400 km (250 mi) north of the capital, Bucharest. Săcărâmb represents a large gold deposit with estimated reserves of 530,000 oz (15,000 kg) of gold. [1]
The history of the Rosia Montana mine site goes back at least to Emperor Trajan's time. [8]Rosia Montana is the largest undeveloped gold deposit in Europe, [9] hosting measured and indicated resources of 10 million ounces of gold and 47.6 million ounces of silver, [10] together with an inferred resource of 1.2 million ounces of gold.
Cetate open-pit gold mine (1971–2006) to be reopened as part of the project. Roșia Montană Project was a proposed gold and silver mine in Roșia Montană, Romania.If approved, it would have become Europe's largest open-pit gold mine [1] and it would have used the gold cyanidation mining technique.
Gold cyanidation is a chemical process for extracting gold from low-grade ore. Used in Romania for decades, the process came into debate following the 2000 Baia Mare cyanide spill and proposal of the Roșia Montană Project, which would create the largest operation for gold extraction using cyanides in Europe.