Panasqueira
One of the longest-running tungsten mines in Europe, inside NATO.
- Material
- Tungsten
- Stage
- Mine
- Place
- Covilhã, Portugal
- Operator
- Almonty Industries
- Coordinates
- 40.17° N, 7.75° W (approximate)
Seen from orbit
- Heat
- 0 of the last 7 days and 0 of the last 30 had furnace-hot pixels within 6 km (NASA FIRMS).
- Surface temperature
- Landsat, 22 Oct 2026: typical ground 24.9 °C; 1.0 ha more than 8 °C warmer than the land around it; hottest spot 8.6 °C above it.
- Radar
- Latest Sentinel-1 radar picture: 25 Oct 2026.
Signals show activity, not output. They are measured automatically and can be affected by weather, terrain and fires.
Facts
- Mining licence dated 1896
- The workforce peaked at nearly 5,800 in 1943
- Portugal mined about 500 t of tungsten in 2024 (USGS)