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Mining in Portugal is regulated by the Portuguese Ministry of Economy and the Geology and Energy Resources authority under the state-run research institute INETI. Mining activities have continued since the pre- Roman era, when most of the region was known as Lusitania .
This list of mines in Portugal is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output. For practical purposes stone, marble and other quarries may be included in this list.
Neves-Corvo mine is a zinc-copper mine 15 km southeast of Castro Verde, Portugal and 220 km southeast of Lisbon, in the district of Beja (Baixo Alentejo). It has a dedicated rail link, the Ramal de Neves Corvo, to the main Linha do Sul railway, allowing export to the port of Setúbal and others.
Portugal's central bank is the Banco de Portugal, which forms part of the European System of Central Banks, and the major stock exchange is the Euronext Lisbon. [33] Among OECD nations, Portugal has a highly efficient and strong social security system; social expenditure stood at roughly 24.6% of GDP .
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Portugal, [e] officially the Portuguese Republic, [f] is a country in the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe.Featuring the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it shares the longest uninterrupted border in the European Union; to the south and the west is the North Atlantic Ocean; and to the west and southwest lie the ...
Lisboa e Vale do Tejo (European Portuguese pronunciation: [liʒˈβoɐ i ˈvalɨ ðu ˈtɛʒu]; English: Lisbon and Tagus Valley) was one of the five regions of Portugal (NUTS II subdivisions). Today two of the subregions are in the new Lisboa Region , two in the Centro Region and one in the Alentejo Region .