Kolubara D & E Coal Mine

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Kolubara D & E Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Kalenic, Central Serbia, Serbia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Kolubara D & E Coal Mine	Kalenic, Central Serbia, Serbia	44.418099, 20.338872 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1964	–

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
–	6.8	2022	Surface	Open Pit	–	100	1526*

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
400	–	–	Kolubara	Lignite	Thermal	Kolubara B Power Station

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Elektroprivreda Srbije Beograd AD	Elektroprivreda Srbije Beograd AD [100%]	Serbia

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Saleable	9	9	9	8	3	–	6

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

The Kolubara Field D and E coal mine is a surface mine near Barosevac, Serbia. The Kolubara Field D and E coal mine is part of Kolubara Mine Complex.

It was previously referred to as Polje D mine.

It is located in the eastern part of the Kolubara basin, around the towns Zeoke, Sakulja and Barosevac.

A map of the pits of the Kolubara mine complex.

As per 2019 Euracoal Report, preparatory works were in progress to develop open-pit mine Field E, with 400 million tonnes of lignite reserves, as a replacement for Field D.  The E mine’s planned annual output was 12 million tonnes. In August 2019 it was reported that Field E project has been completed. From 2019 onwards EPS showed joint production from Fields D and E in its annual technical reports. In 2023, production was reported only for Filed E at 6.3 million tonnes. It is therefore assumed that production at Field D has now discontinued. As per 2008 EBRD's document, Field D should have discontinued mining already already by 2016.

Media reports from January 2023 reported a landslide affecting Field E coal mine that trapped some of the mining equipment. There were no casualties and it appeared that production would be shortly restored.

• Owner: Elektroprivreda Srbije Beograd AD (EPS)
• Parent Company: Government of the Republic of Serbia
• Status: Closed (Field D, 2022), Operating (Field E)
• Location: Barosevac, Serbia
• GPS coordinates: 44.418099, 20.338872 (exact)

• Mine status: Operating
• Production Capacity: 12 Mtpa (capacity Field E), 9.6 Mt (2018), 9.2Mt (2019), 8.4 Mt (2020), 3.6 Mt (2021), 0 (2022), 6.3 Mt (2023)
• Mineable reserves: 400 Mt
• Coal type: Lignite
• Mine type: Surface
• Start year: 1964 (Field D), 2019 (Field E)

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