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Coordinates: 37°52′3″N 8°9′38″W / 37.86750°N 8.16056°W / 37.86750; -8.16056
Aljustrel mine was a zinc-lead mine near Aljustrel, Portugal. The mine was put on care and maintenance in November 2008.
Aljustrel mine may also refer to any of the several metal mines around Aljustrel, amongst which the São João copper mine 37°52′59″N 8°10′55″W / 37.883°N 8.182°W / 37.883; -8.182 and some manganese mines.
Metal mining in Aljustrel is documented since the Roman epoch. It may have begun earlier though, at least since the region was under tartessian influence. Archaeological evidence suggests that even earlier metal mining existed, around 2000 BC.
Aljustrel (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐɫʒuʃˈtɾɛɫ]) is a town and a municipality in the district of Beja in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 9,257, in an area of 458.47 km².
During the Roman era, Aljustrel was known as Metallum Vispascense.
The present mayor is Nelson Domingos Brito, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is June 13. Its French twin town is Hem, in the Nord département.
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes (freguesias):
Álbum de fotografias das minas de Aljustrel - 1ª parte. Fotos de equipamentos que não são mais usado na exploração das minas (que por sinal mereciam estar num museu) e do equipamento mais actualizado das minas. Slideshow from Aljustrel's mines - 1st part. Equipments photos that is no longer used in the exploitation on mines (which by the way they deserved to be in a museum) and the most updated mining equipment. Musica/Music: "Heartbeat" by Briareus http://ccmixter.org/files/Briareus/25308 is licensed under a Creative Commons license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Segunda parte da visita às minas de Aljustrel, desta vez o subsolo, a 400 metros de profundidade. Second part of the visit to the Aljustrel mines, this time the underground, 1,330 feet below surface. Musica/Music: "La Madeline Au Truffe (composed by Jeris)" by basematic (feat. Jeris (VJ_Memes)) http://ccmixter.org/files/basematic/33580 is licensed under a Creative Commons license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
As máquinas e os minérios que são extraídos das minas de Aljustrel. Machinery and the minerals that are extracted from Aljustrel mines. Musica/ Music: "Recycle This" by unreal_dm (feat. Panu Moon) http://ccmixter.org/files/unreal_dm/24664 is licensed under a Creative Commons license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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EuroZinc Mining Corporation is a Canadian based metals company, engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and mining of base metal deposits internationally. EuroZinc owns the second largest producing copper mine in Western Europe, the Neves-Corvo copper mine located in southern Portugal. The Company also owns the Aljustrel zinc/lead/silver mine located 40 km from the Neves-Corvo mine. Both mines consist of poly-metallic deposits containing, among other metals, copper, zinc, lead and silver. The Aljustrel mine is currently on care and maintenance, however, a decision is pending on placing the mine into production. EuroZinc continues to seek to optimize copper production at Neves-Corvo, and is also planning on producing zinc concentrate from the Neves-Corvo deposits by the middle...
Portuguese mines like; Neves Corvo, Aljustrel, Panasqueira and Jales... Minerals like Pirites,Galena,Calcite,Quartzite,Wolfram,Uranium,Lithium,Gold and Oil...
...Dedicado a quem faz do trabalho na mina o seu modo de vida!
Aljustrel, Alentejo, Portugal, Março de 2016 Vista aérea com Drone Parrot Bebop Som: GRUPO CORAL MINEIROS DE ALJUSTREL NAS MINAS DE ALJUSTREL, interpretando a moda "ALJUSTREL DO BAIXO ALENTEJO". (Registo da "MODA" - Associação do Cante Alentejano)
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