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Devolli mine

mine in Albania

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ5267658 ↗
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The Devolli mine is a large mine in the south-east of Albania in Korçë County 114 km south-east of the capital, Tirana. Devolli represents the largest nickel reserve in Albania having estimated reserves of 35.6 million tonnes of ore grading 1.2% nickel. The 35.6 million tonnes of ore contains 427,000 tonnes of nickel metal.

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This entry incorporates text from “Devolli mine” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.