Vevi Coal Mine

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Vevi Coal Mine is a mothballed coal mine in Vevi, Florina, Western Macedonia, Greece.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Vevi Coal Mine	Vevi, Florina, Western Macedonia, Greece	40.751111, 21.5775 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Mothballed	–	2010	–

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
–	–	–	Surface	Open Pit	–	50*	*

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
90	–	–	–	Lignite	Thermal	Florina (Meliti) Power Station

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
the Greek State [state-owned]	Government of Greece [100%]	Greece

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

Vevi Coal Mine is a surface coal mine in Vevi, Florina, Greece. The Vevi mine is located close to Greece’s northern border with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Unlike many of Greece's other coal mines, Vevi was not initially owned by the country's dominant utility, the Public Power Corporation (PPC); the company was not allowed to submit a bid after the European Union told Greece last year to curb PPC’s monopoly over lignite.

Greece-based construction company, Aktor S.A., was eventually named the winning bidder in late 2014. However, Aktor was not able to pursue the project after the left-wing Syriza party came into power shortly afterwards, and so the agreement was never brought to parliament for approval. As a result, Vevi Mine remained a state-owned project.

In mid-2022, PPC was considering boosting lignite extraction for reinforced reserves during the energy crisis, including from the Vevi coal mine. The mine has been described as "side-lined" since 2001 and reopening of the mine after so many years of inactivity would be a lengthy procedure. As of late 2024, with no news, it appeared that the mining activity was not restarted.

Coal Phase-Out

In 2019, the Greek government aspired to phase out coal by 2023. Following lengthy debates, speculations and the pressure from the energy crisis, the official target date landed at 2028. According to state-controlled PPC’s recent reply within a parliamentary debate, the country will cease burning the solid fossil fuel in 2026.

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