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Mine in Aladağ, Adana, Turkey
Aladağ mine
Location
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LocationAladağ
ProvinceAdana
CountryTurkey
Coordinates37°32′47″N 35°23′55″E / 37.54649°N 35.39873°E / 37.54649; 35.39873
Production
ProductsChromium ore
History
Opened1973
Owner
CompanyEtibank

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%.

References

  1. "Aras MTA" (PDF). eurogeosurveys.org. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-22. Retrieved 2010-10-02.

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Turkey Mineral resources of Turkey
Fuels
Oil
Natural gas
Coal
Lignite
Metallic materials
Gold
Silver
Iron
Copper
Chromium
Nickel
Bauxite
Manganese
Non-metallic materials
Boron
Phosphate
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