County
Dibër County
Albania's mountain interior on the North Macedonian border, containing Mount Korab.
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In plain language
Albania has a lot of chromium, a metal used to make stainless steel. The main mines are around Bulqizë. Copper is mined in the north, and there are nickel deposits in the south-east. Mining was much bigger under communism than it is now.
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Albania has a lot of chromium, a metal used to make stainless steel. The main mines are around Bulqizë. Copper is mined in the north, and there are nickel deposits in the south-east. Mining was much bigger under communism than it is now.
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Subject
The Albanian Economy
An upper-middle-income economy of roughly $30 billion, led by services and tourism, with remittances and construction…
Town
Rrëshen
The seat of Mirditë, historic centre of Albania's copper mining region.
Company
Balfin Group
One of the largest private groups in the western Balkans, spanning shopping centres, retail and mining.
Town
Bulqizë
A chromium mining town — Albania is among the world's larger chrome producers.
Town
Selenicë
A bitumen-mining town inland from Vlorë, worked since antiquity.
Town
Prrenjas
A former nickel-mining town on the road to Lake Ohrid.
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