Serbia: Mining basin Kolubara extracts the water from flooded coal pits to restart production

Published on 28. May 2014., Mining

Water pumping from the open pit mine “Veliki Crljeni”beganover the weekend, one of two completely flooded Tamnava minesin the Mining Basin “Kolubara”. Water level was lowered by three inchesfor two days, and pumping with six pumpsis continuing.

Investment repair of Drobilana, coal preparation plant on Tamnava has been completed and tests were done. Three trains with 4,500 tons of coal from the landfill have been loaded and ready for collection in TENT.
Employees in MB “Kolubara” work intensively to repair damage from floods in the Kolubara mines.