CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE · RESOURCES

Romania: natural resources

Minerals produced, mines and deposits, power capacity and how much the economy depends on resources. Romania is part of the Invest Global country data, so every figure carries its source.

Mines and deposits mapped
56
7 operating
Minerals above 1% of world
0
USGS MCS 2026
Power capacity
15 GW
68 plants
Clean share of electricity
68%
Ember, 2025

Mines and deposits

Gold15
Copper12
Iron ore8
Titanium6
Coal4
Zinc4
Lead4
Bauxite and aluminium4
Phosphate4
Uranium3
Molybdenum3
Manganese2
SiteCommoditiesStatusOperatorSource
Baia De FierGraphiteOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Calarasi Steel CombinateIron oreOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Chituc DepositTitaniumOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Tigveni DepositTitaniumOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Tulcea Ferroalloy PlantManganese, ChromiumOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
(Facility) Baia Mare Smelter/RefineryCopperProcessing plantNot statedUSGS MRDS
(Facility) Copsa Mica SmelterZinc, LeadProcessing plantNot statedUSGS MRDS
(Facility) Oradea Alumina RefineryBauxite and aluminium, VanadiumProcessing plantNot statedUSGS MRDS
(Facility) Tulcea Alumina RefineryBauxite and aluminiumProcessing plantNot statedUSGS MRDS
Bacau Complex Phosphoric Acid PlantPhosphateProcessing plantNot statedUSGS MRDS
BalanCopperProcessing plantNot statedUSGS MRDS
Balan - Pb/ZnZinc, LeadProcessing plantNot statedUSGS MRDS

Showing operating and larger sites first. Open the map for every site.

Power capacity by fuel

Coal5.8 GW
Gas3.4 GW
Hydro3.3 GW
Nuclear1.3 GW
Solar472 MW
Wind386 MW
Largest plantsFuelCapacityOwner
Turceni power stationCoal1,650 MWComplexul Energetic Oltenia SA
Rovinari power stationCoal1,320 MWCE Oltenia Complexul Energetic
NPP CernavodaNuclear1,298 MWNot stated
HPP Portile de Fier IHydro1,161 MWNot stated
Mintia-Deva power stationCoal1,075 MWSC Complex Energetic Hunedoara
TPP CCCC Petrom BraziGas860 MWNot stated
TPP IernutGas751 MWNot stated
Isalnita power stationCoal630 MWSC Complexul Energetic Craiova

Source: WRI Global Power Plant Database v1.3 (CC BY 4.0). Plants of about 1 MW and above, data mostly 2018 to 2021.

Resource dependence

Oil rents
0.4%
% of GDP · 2021
Natural gas rents
0.5%
% of GDP · 2021
Coal rents
0.0%
% of GDP · 2021
Mineral rents
0.0%
% of GDP · 2021
Fuel exports
5.6%
% of merchandise exports · 2025
Ores and metals exports
2.7%
% of merchandise exports · 2025

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Mine and deposit locations combine the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (public domain, last updated 2022, strongest for the United States and the Americas) and Wikidata (CC0, notable named mines). Coverage is uneven and partly historical, and status can be out of date: this is not a complete or current registry, and a point on the map is not an offer, a licence or evidence of a legal right. Production and reserve figures are from the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries and are rounded estimates. Power plants are from the WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), mostly 2018 to 2021. Nothing here is investment, legal or technical advice.