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Rudna mine

Polkowice, Italy

Rudna mine

The Rudna mine is a large underground mine in the west of Poland in Polkowice, Polkowice County, 350 kilometres (217 miles) south-west of the capital, Warsaw. Rudna represents one of the largest copper and silver reserve in Poland having estimated reserves of 513 million tonnes of ore grading 1.78%

copper and 42 g/tonnes silver. The annual ore production is around 13 million tonnes from which 231,000 tonnes of copper and 546 tonnes of silver are extracted.

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