Lakkia Mine

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Lakkia Mine is a closed coal mine in Western Macedonia, Greece.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Lakkia Mine	Western Macedonia, Greece	40.63353013, 21.67554299 (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	–	2008	2022

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
–	2.5*	2018	Surface	Open Pit	–	50*	294*

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
–	–	–	–	Lignite	Thermal	Ptolemaida power station

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Public Power Corporation SA	Public Power Corporation SA [100%]	–

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

Lakkia Coal Mine is a surface lignite mine owned by Greece's state-owned Public Power Corporation S.A. (PPC) in West Macedonia, Greece.

Lakkia Mine began operating around 2008, but was put on care and maintenance some time later, as the need for lignite decreased and its operation was deemed economically unviable due to the poor coal deposit. After the June 2017 landslide in Amyntaio, Lakkia's operations were restarted. At that time, it was producing 2.5 million tonnes of coal per year.

The mine then ceased operations in 2021, but operations were said to be reopened in 2022 to supply coal to the Ptolemaida V, Agios Dimitrios, and Meliti power stations, whose 2023 closures were delayed until 2025. As of September 2022, PPC was planning to mine 1 million tonnes of lignite over a period of 10 months.

Hover according to PPC's 2021 annual report, mining at Lakkia permanently ceased in 2021. News report from September 2022 referred to PPC's plans to reopen the Lakkia mine, but it was not clear whether it has happened. PPC's 2022 annual report further clarified that mining was permanently suspended in 2022. Another source suggested that the mine discontinued operations already in 2021.

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