Panasqueira

<p>Minas da Panasqueira or Mina da Panasqueira (English: 'Panasqueira mine') is the generic name for a set of mining operations between Cabeço do Pião (<a href="/facts/Fund%25C3%25A3o%2c_Portugal/nS7P0T7c">Fundão</a> municipality) and the village of Panasqueira (<a href="/facts/Covilh%25C3%25A3/fVnrEoyn">Covilhã</a> municipality), which has operated in a technically integrated and continuous manner practically since the discovery of <a href="/facts/Ore/kgc9DssX">ore</a> there. Subsequently, it was agglomerated into a single administrative entity called Couto Mineiro da Panasqueira (English: 'Panasqueira Mining Reserve') which had its last demarcation on 9 March 1971 and later on in the present C-18 Mining Concession (16 December 1992). The mining facilities are currently centralized in the area of Barroca Grande – Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis (Covilhã) through which the current underground operation, ore extraction and processing facilities are accessed.
</p><p>The mine has been operating nearly without interruption since 1901, with a strong impact on the identity, history and current society of <a href="/facts/Beira_Interior/HdJBuYHS">Beira Interior</a> in general and <a href="/facts/Cova_da_Beira_Subregion/C4TAmyI4">Cova da Beira</a> in particular. It is also known worldwide in the <a href="/facts/Tungsten/WYwbNDYX">tungsten</a> (wolfram) industry, not only for its quality and volume of production, duration and adaptability of operation; but also due to the maturity of the technical solutions both underground and in ore processing.
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Panasqueira