Zenica coal mine

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Zenica Coal Mine
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Zenica Coal Mine
Location
LocationRaspotočje
Zenica-Doboj Canton
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates 44°11′12″N17°55′49″E / 44.18667°N 17.93028°E / 44.18667; 17.93028
Production
Products Lignite
Owner
Company Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine

The Zenica Coal Mine is a brown coal mine located in Zenica, Zenica-Doboj Canton. [1] [2] The mine has coal reserves amounting to 961 million tonnes of lignite, one of the largest coal reserves in Europe and the world. The mine has an annual production capacity of 0.25 million tonnes of coal. [3]

As of 2024, the mine is the focus of a World Bank-supported pilot project for closure. Workers have faced months of unpaid wages and unpaid health/pension contributions dating back to 2010. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Nadezhda Yurukova Bosnian coal mine Zenica seeks to buy 10 million euro mining equipment March 10, 2016
  2. ↑ Raspotočje, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina Mindat.org
  3. ↑ "Mineral deposits of Bosnia and Herzegovina" (PDF). eihp.hr. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
  4. ↑ Novikau, Aliaksandr; Krupalija, Mustafa (2026), Berisha, Erblin; Moodie, John; Allkja, Ledio; Jeftić, Marija (eds.), "Green Energy Transition in the Western Balkans: Challenges and Opportunities for Bosnia and Herzegovina", The Palgrave Handbook of Just Green Transitions in the Western Balkans and Beyond, Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 155–164, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-95075-9_9, ISBN   978-3-031-95074-2 , retrieved 2025-11-29
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