Livno Coal Mine
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Livno coal mine (also known as Tušnica mine) was a surface mine in Livno, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
The mine stopped producing coal in 2012, and in 2015, it was banned from operating because it failed to meet the necessary mining inspection requirements.[1][2]
Location
The satellite image below shows the exact location of the now-closed mine in Livno, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Background
The mine stopped producing coal in 2012, and in 2015, it was banned from operating because it failed to meet the necessary mining inspection requirements.[1][2]Another source from 2015 referred to no official production records from the mine.[3]
A media source from 2019 reported that there has been no production in the Tušnica Livno coal mine for years.
During its earlier operating years, the mine supplied the Kakanj Thermal Power Plant.[4]
Closure
On April 2, 2015, federal mining inspectors banned Livno Mine from operating as it did not meet the personnel or technical requirements for mining.[2] The mine had not been operating for years. The latest control by the mining inspectors showed that the legal status of the mine has not been resolved to date. Only the director formally appeared at the workplace, while the mine facilities are abandoned.[2]
A media source from 2020 described that the Tušnica coal mine have long ceased to exist. "The authorities are reluctant to talk about it. Nothing is left of that company, except for the present day, not very beautiful, picture of its facilities. The Tušnica coal mines still exist, but only on paper. In reality, only traces of them remained in the form of these craters turned into small lakes and maximally devastated buildings. The locals of Orguz, many of whom earned their bread there, are appalled by the current appearance of those mining facilities. "There was nothing left, everything was sold, stolen and so on.[5]
In 2022, there were reports of illegal mining by residents in the residual pits of the mine which allegedly have high levels of radiation.[6]
Mine Details
- Owner: JP RU Tusnica d.o.o. Livno
- Parent: Government of Canton 10
- Location: Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Coordinates: 43.792589, 16.87050538 (exact)
- Status: Closed[2] (2015)[2]
- Production: 0.059 million tonnes per annum (2006)[7]
- Total Reserves:
- Mineable Reserves:
- Coal Type: Lignite (Thermal)
- Mine Type: Surface
- Start Year: 1888[8]
- Source of Financing:
Articles and Resources
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Livanjski rudnik uglja Tušnica ide u stečaj?", eKapija, 26 October 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Amela Lončarić, "Uništen rudnik Tušnica", Oslobodjenje, 23 October 2019.
- ↑ "ENERGY PROSPECTS IN BIH (page 23)" (PDF). https://www.cin.ba/. 2015.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ↑ "Thermal-power plant Kakanj", Elektroprivreda BiH website, accessed September 2012.
- ↑ "Livno: Rudnici ugljena Tušnica postoje samo na papiru". bljesak.info. March 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Voda ili uran–Livnjaci u strahu za opstanak na ognjištima". https://okanal.oslobodjenje.ba/. November 2022.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ↑ Energy Sector Study BIH Final Report - Module 8 - Coal Mines, Energy Institute Hrvoje Pozar, Croatia website, Accessed June 2023.
- ↑ "Predstavnici Vlade razgovarali sa zaposlenicima JP RU Tušnica", Livnovine.com, Archived from the original on 6 July 2015, accessed June 2023.
