⛏ Tellnes mine

The Tellnes mine is one of the largest titanium mines in Europe. The mine is located about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) northeast of the Jøssingfjorden in Sokndal Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The mine has reserves amounting more than 300,000,000 tonnes of ore grading 18% titanium. The deposit of titanium was discovered in 1954 and production at the mine began in October 1960. Each year there is about 2,000,000 tonnes of ore and 1,600,000 tonnes of rock waste removed from the open-pit mine. This resulted in about 580,000 tonnes of ilmenite concentrate from the mine in 1999.