Djurdjevik Coal Mine

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Djurdjevik Coal Mine (Đurđevik) is an operating coal mine in Đurđevik, Tuzla Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Djurdjevik Coal Mine	Đurđevik, Tuzla Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina	44.4010854951708, 18.6604759003548 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1936	–

Table 3: Operation details

Note: The asterisk (*) signifies that the value is a GEM estimated figure.

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
–	0.48	2021	Underground & Surface	Mixed	–	60*	731

Table 4: Coal resources and destination

Total Reserves (Mt)	Year of Total Reserves Recorded	Total Resources (Mt)	Coalfield	Coal Type	Coal Grade	Primary Consumer/ Destination
54	–	60	Tuzla Basin	Subbituminous	Thermal	Tuzla Thermal Power Plant

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
RMU Durdevik doo	Elektroprivreda BiH dd [90.4%]; others [9.6%]	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker April 2024 release and the September supplement.

Background

Durdevik coal mine is a surface and underground coal mine located in Durdevik, Bosnia-Herzegovina. The coal mine began operations in 1936 when the first pit Suhodanj was opened. The mine is operated by RMU Durdevik, which is 100% owned by Elektroprivreda BiH.

Organizational parts of RMU Đurđevik are: surface coal mine Višća and underground coal mine Đurđevik.

Coal from the mine is used to supply Tuzla Thermal Power Plant.

In 2020 the mine produced 0.55 million tonnes, of which 0.13 million tonnes from the underground mine. In 2021, joint production reached 0.49 million tonnes.

Restructuring and Potential Closure

The parent company Elektroprivreda was undertaking restructuring and recapitalization of its seven coal mines over 2021-2023. The company planned to adjust its coal mines with the national plan to reduce emissions, which would result in a drop un overall production (5 million tons of coal in 2021 was expected to drop to 4.6 by 2022 and 4.3 in 2023).

Experts anticipated in 2021 that none of Bosnia’s remaining 11 coal mines will remain operational in the coming decades as eco pressures grow and the country seeks to clean up as it courts EU membership.

A media source from February 2023 reported that the mine announced a tender worth 67 million marks (ca USD 36 million) to hire private companies to perform mining works, justified by the lack of own manpower and equipment, despite employing 700 workers. If hired, the plan would be to mine 0.4 million tonnes in the remainder of 2023 and the same in 2024. The article inferred that it would be Elektroprivreda paying for such contract as the company does not have funds to pay.

In September 2024, the financial audit report found several irregularities at the mine, including illegal public procurement. However, the mine's production did not decline significantly, reaching 0.52 million tonnes 2022 and 0.4 million tonnes in 2023. According to the auditor's findings, Đurdevik made a loss in 2023 in the amount of 21,271,845 KM, and the accumulated loss exceeded the amount of the basic capital. The auditors stated that Đurđevik did not have its own capacities to realize the planned coal production (846,000 tons) in 2023, which is why it planned to entrust the work in one of the surface mines (PK "Višća II") to an external contractor. They concluded a contract with the group of bidders "Junuzović - Kopex" doo Lukavac and "Beat BH" doo Živinice. According to the concluded contract, it was planned to produce 291,000 tons of coal in the period July - December 2023, but only 3,254 tons were produced.

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