page_title: Panasqueira
section_title: Historical Mining Production
hierarchical_section_title: Panasqueira / Historical Mining Production
caption_attribution_description: Português: Aglomerado de cristais de volframite com cerca de 10 Kg
context_page_description: Minas da Panasqueira or Mina da Panasqueira is the generic name for a set of mining operations between Cabeço do Pião and the village of Panasqueira, which operated in a technically integrated manner and continue practically since its discovery. Subsequently, it was agglomerated into a single administrative entity called Couto Mineiro da Panasqueira which had its last demarcation on 9 March 1971 and later in the present Exploration Concession C18. The mining installations are currently centralised in the area of Barroca Grande-Aldeia de S. Francisco de Assis i.e. access to underground exploration, extraction and processing of ore.
  The mine has been in operation for almost 120 years in a practically uninterrupted manner, with a strong impact on the identity, history and present society of the Beira Interior. It is also a worldwide reference in the wolfram sector, not only for the quality and volume of production, duration and adaptability of exploration; but also due to the maturity of technical solutions for both underground exploitation and ore processing.
context_section_description: There are no reliable records of mining production between 1898 and 1933; however it is known, that it was relevant in some years during this period. In the period that is recorded (1934 to present) 128.110 t of wolfram concentrates, 6.576 t of tin concentrates and 32.410 t of copper concentrates were produced. The wolfram concentrates produced have an average of 75% WO3, tin concentrates have an average of 74% Sn and copper concentrates have an average of 28-30% Cu.
  Along with these main products, minerals for collections are also extracted and gravel is sold as inert for the civil construction. Panasqueira Mines is the only wolfram mine in Portugal since 1985, and from 1950 until the end of 2016 were responsible for 77% of the country's total wolfram production.
  The main commercialized product, wolfram concentrates (wolframite in the case of Panasqueira) are a reference in the industry as they have the highest grade and purity in the world in the last decades. They are generally paid at a superior price in relation to market concentrate prices and chosen by the manufacturers of intermediate or final products when a special purity of the raw material is required.
caption: Agglomerate of wolframite crystals with approx. 10 kg
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