In 2014, Romania allocated RON57 million for such operations and nearly RON920 million in 2005-2014.
Conversmin, the state-owned company managing the shutdown and conservation of mines, placed 60 locations under conservation last year and performed cleanup works on 37 others.
In 2013, Romania shut down 33 mining sites and placed 64 others under conservation, while in the 2005-2014 interval, it shut down 502 mines and placed 640 sites under conservation.