List of mines in Serbia

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The following list of mines in Serbia is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in Serbia and is organised by the primary mineral output(s) and province. For a history of mining in the region now known as Serbia, see Vujic 2014. [1]

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For practical purposes stone, marble and other quarries may be included in this list. Operational mines are demarcated by bold typeface, future mines are demarcated in italics. [2]

Coal mines

Cobalt mines

Copper mines

Graphite mines

Lithium mines

Magnesium mines

Molybdenum mines

Nickel mines

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References

  1. Vujić, Slobodan (2014). "THE HISTORY OF SERBIAN MINING" (PDF). Academy of Engineering Sciences of Serbia, Matica srpska and Mining Institute of Belgrade.
  2. "Mineral deposits and mining districts of Serbia Compilation map and GIS databases" (PDF). Mineral deposits and mining districts of Serbia Compilation map and GIS databases (Republic of Serbia's Ministry of Mining and Energy). March 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2006. Retrieved 31 March 2016.