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Enefit Kaevandused AS
Company typestate owned
IndustryMining
Founded1945
Headquarters
Jõhvi
,
Estonia
Area served
North–east Estonia
Key people
Ahti Puur (CEO)
ProductsOil-shale
Number of employees
3,150 (2009)
ParentEesti Energia
Websitewww.energia.ee/en/organisatsioon/kaevandused

Enefit Kaevandused (former names: Eesti Põlevkivi and Eesti Energia Kaevandused) is a mining company located in Jõhvi, Estonia. It is a subsidiary of Eesti Energia, an Estonian state-owned energy company. The core activity of Enefit Kaevandused is oil-shale mining. The produced oil shale is mainly used to fuel oil shale-fired power stations in the north–east of Estonia.[1] The company has 3,150 employees.[2] The chief executive officer is Veljo Aleksandrov.

Enefit Kaevandused were established in June 1945 as Eesti Põlevkivi, also known by its name in Russian Estonslanets. It was created by merging Kukruse and Käva II mines. In 1946, it took over Viivikonna mine.[3]

Enefit Kaevandused has following subsidiaries:

  • Estonia Underground Mine - oil-shale mining
  • Narva Open-Cast - oil-shale mining
  • AS Põlevkivi Raudtee - rail transportation
  • Orica Eesti OÜ (35% of shares) - production of explosives

Gallery

  • Dragline excavator in Narva mine.
    Dragline excavator in Narva mine.
  • Põlevkivi Raudtee's train transporting oil-shale near Ahtme.
    Põlevkivi Raudtee's train transporting oil-shale near Ahtme.
  • Unrehabilitated land in older part of Aidu mine.
    Unrehabilitated land in older part of Aidu mine.

References

  1. ^ Juhan Tere (2010-02-05). "Estonian oil shale mining industry posted record of a decade due to cold weather in January". The Baltic Course. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
  2. ^ Juhan Tere (2009-10-06). "Eesti Energia Kaevandused makes 49 employees redundant". The Baltic Course. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
  3. ^ Pihlamägi, Maie (2010). "Policy of transition: Industry in the Estonian SSR during the first post-war five-year plan (1946–1950)" (PDF). Acta Historica Tallinnensia. 15. Estonian Academy Publishers: 146–166. doi:10.3176/hist.2010.1.07. Retrieved 2014-08-21.

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