National Hard Coal Company

Compania Națională a Huilei
Company typePublic
IndustryCoal
Founded1998
HeadquartersPetroșani, Romania
Key people
Daniel Surulescu, CEO
ProductsBituminous coal
Revenue US$347 million (2007)
Number of employees
11,740 (2007)
Websitehttp://www.cnh.ro/

The National Hard Coal Company (Romanian: Compania Naționala a Huilei) was set up as a commercial society by the Government of Romania in 1998. The main headquarters of the company is placed in Petroșani, the principal city in the coal mining region of Hunedoara County's Jiu Valley.
The company has its material base in Gorj, Hunedoara and Mehedinți counties with total reserves of 350 million tonnes of coal.[1]

The annual production is around 3 million tonnes of bituminous coal and the total number of employees is around 12,000.

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