Haljinici Underground Coal Mine

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Haljinici Underground Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Kakanj, Zenica-Doboj Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Haljinici Underground Coal Mine	Kakanj, Zenica-Doboj Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina	44.086592, 18.175356 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	–	–

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
0.4	0.24	2021	Underground	–	–	494*	*

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
156	2023	425	–	Subbituminous	Thermal	Kakanj Thermal Power Plant

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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

Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)

Note: The asterisk (*) indicates that the value is an estimated figure based on various factors, including the company's forecasted or reported monthly or quarterly production data, etc.

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Saleable	0.325*	0.27*	0.285*	0.276	0.25*	0.24*	0.2*

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

Background

Haljinići Coal Mine is an UNDERGROUND coal mine located near Kakanj in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

It is part of Kakanj coal mine. The mine is operated by RMU Kakanj, which is owned by Elektroprivreda BiH.

RMU Kakanj also operates the surface Vrtliste Coal Mine. The mine supplies the Kakanj Thermal Power Plant, which is also owned by Elektroprivreda BiH.

According to the company's website, production of up to 0.4 million tonnes per year is possible at the underground Haljinići.

According to Global Data, the underground Haljinici mine produced 0.37 million tonnes in 2021 (ROM). According to a government report, the underground mine produced 0.276 million tonnes in 2020.

Joint coal production of Vrtlište and Haljinici coal mines in 2021 was 1 million tonnes. This declined to 0.96 Mt in 2022 and 0.77 Mt in 2023.

As of December 2024, production from the underground section was about 1,000 tonnes per day. However in the first half of the year, there was no production from underground coal exploitation - it was launched after the overhaul of the wide-face equipment and its installation in the new excavation field. Production plan for the two mines in 2025 was 0.875 million tonnes.

Restructuring and Potential Closure

The parent company Elektroprivreda is undertaking restructuring and recapitalization of its seven coal mines over 2021-2023. The company also plans to adjust its coal mines with the national plan to reduce emissions, which will affect the drop in overall production (5 million tons of coal in 2021 is expected to drop to 4.6 by 2022 and 4.3 in 2023).

In 2021, experts anticipated 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 video report about the mine's harmful activity by Aarhus Centre was made available in November 2023.

As of October 2024, the production of the two mines of RMU Kakanj was said to be 60% of the plan. The lack of manpower and unfavourable operating conditions at the two mines of RMU Kakanj were cited as the reason for the non-fulfillment of the planned production. Most of the machines are older than thirty years and for some of them it is difficult to find spare parts. Due to the wear and tear of the equipment, work on overburden and coal mining is halted every day, and the procurement of spare parts is a long and expensive process. Every day, employees solve malfunctions and repair equipment with superhuman efforts."

In late 2024, Elektroprivreda made statements about the need to increase coal production at its mines, in particular at Kakanj, saying that the energy system of the Federation of BiH is in trouble and can be stabilized only by increased coal production. However, this contradicts the declarations signed by Bosnia and Herzegovina to reduce coal consumption. According to Elektroprivreda BiH, coal deliveries from existing mines are not sufficient and they had to import 400,000 tons of coal during the year. In 9 months of 2024, the seven coal mines of Elektroprivreda mined a total of 3.87 million tonnes, a decrease from 4.16 million tonnes in the same period in 2023. Some mines will close in the coming period and it is necessary to increase coal production from the Kreka, Kakanj and Đurđevik mines.

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