Miljevina Coal Mine
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The Miljevina coal mine is a surface coal mine in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the mine.[1]
Background
The mine, which began production in the mid-20th century, ceased production when the company which owned it went bankrupt in approximately 2007. The mine was then bought by the Republika Srpska which in turn sold the mine in July 2010 to Pavgord, a transportation and civil engineering company.[2] Under the sale agreement, Pavgord had an obligation to reopen the mine.[3] As of 2011, the company has indicated that it aims to mine 200,000 tonnes a year.[4] In 2011, the Bosnia and Herzegovina Foreign Investment Promotion Agency referred to the mine as potentially being re-opened.[5]
Upon the sale of the mine to Pavgord, it was understood that the buyer would continue underground mining. Instead, the owner Pavlović closed the pits and mined only the surface area.[6] Between 2011 and 2014, Miljevina exported coal to Serbia, Hungary, Montenegro and Kosovo.[6] The mine was producing around 0.2 million tonnes at that time.[7]
By 2016, the mine was in the bankruptcy proceedings which terminated in May 2016. [8]
Mass grave discovered
In 2004 the Commission for Missing People of Bosnia's Muslim-Croat federation announced that they had exhumed 35 bodies from about 2 metres below the surface of the waste disposal site at the mine. It was reported that the bodies were believed to be those of some of the former inmates of the KP Dom prison and Muslim residents from Foca, Miljevina and Jelec killed in April and May of 1992 by Serbian military and paramilitary forces.[9]
Mine Details
- Owner: Pavgord d.o.o.
- Parent Company: Pavgord d.o.o.
- Location: Miljevina, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Coordinates: 43.5175414894031, 18.6452897381067 (Exact) [1]
- Status: Closed (2015-2016)
- Production: 0.2 million tonnes (2015)[7]
- Total Resource:
- Total Reserves:
- Coal Type: LIGNITE [6]
- Mine Type: SURFACE[6]
- Start Year: 1947[6]
- Source of Financing:
Articles and Resources
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "About: Miljevina coal mine".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Local firm Pavgord to buy Miljevina coal mine for EUR 3.1mn.", Intellinews, July 7, 2010.
- ↑ "Miljevina seeking a partner to build a TPP", eKapija, January 29, 2011.
- ↑ "Old wounds healed: Mine Miljevina wins markets", eKapija, November 22, 2011.
- ↑ Foreign Investment Promotion Agency, Bosnia and Herzegovina Investment Opportunities: Bosnia and Herzegovina Energy Sector", September 2011, page 8.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "Businessman Dug Millions Out of the State's Bankrupt Mine". cin.ba. November 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 "MILJEVINA BROWN COAL MINE: POLLUTING BISTRICA (PHOTO and VIDEO)". focanskidani.wordpress.com. July 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ ""Miljevina" mine: End of decade-long bankruptcy, 60 percent of creditors settled". www.biznisinfo.ba. June 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Bosnia graves may hold hundreds of Muslims", August 12, 2004.
