Tellnes mine

The Tellnes mine is one of the largest titanium mines in Europe. The mine is located about 4 km northeast of the Jøssingfjorden in Sokndal municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The mine has reserves amounting more than 300,000,000 t 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 t of ore and 1,600,000 t of rock waste removed from the open-pit mine. This resulted in about 580,000 t of ilmenite concentrate from the mine in 1999.