Aladağ mine

Aladağ mine
Location
Aladağ mine
Location in Turkey
Location Aladağ
Province Adana
Country Turkey
Coordinates 37°32′47″N 35°23′55″E / 37.54649°N 35.39873°E / 37.54649; 35.39873Coordinates: 37°32′47″N 35°23′55″E / 37.54649°N 35.39873°E / 37.54649; 35.39873
Production
Products Chromium ore
History
Opened 1973
Owner
Company Etibank

The Aladağ mine is a large chromium ore mine located at Adana Province in southern Turkey, 229 km (142 mi) south of the capital, Ankara. Aladağ represents one of the largest chromium reserves in Turkey having an estimated reserve of 200 million tonnes of chromium ore, which contains 10.84 million tonnes of chromium metal at its grading of 5.42%.[1]

References

  1. "Aras MTA" (PDF). eurogeosurveys.org. 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-02.

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