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Banovići coal mine

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Banovići Coal Mine
Location
Tuzla Canton
CountryBosnia and Herzegovina
Production
ProductsLignite

The Banovići Coal Mine is a coal mine located in the Tuzla Canton. The mine consists of three surface mines: Čubrić, Turija and Grivice and the underground Omazići mine and has coal reserves amounting to 208 million tonnes of lignite, which makes it one of the largest coal reserves in Europe and the world. The mine, which is owned and operated by RMU Banovići,[1] has an annual production capacity of 1.27 million tonnes of coal.[2] The coal mine used in 2014 still steam locomotives on its railway.[3]

References

  1. ^ Kimball, Suzette M.; Jewell, Sally (2013). Area reports-International-Europe and Central Eurasia: U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook 2011. Washington: U.S. Government. ISBN 978-1-4113-3671-1.
  2. ^ "Mineral deposits of Bosnia and Herzegovina" (PDF). eihp.hr. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
  3. ^ Even Further Rail (2014-06-23), Banovici Coal Mine - Bosnian Narrow gauge Steam in Spring Sunshine, retrieved 2016-03-06