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Kreka coal mine

Coordinates: 44°34′47.14″N 18°32′23.97″E / 44.5797611°N 18.5399917°E / 44.5797611; 18.5399917
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Kreka Coal Mine
Location
Kreka Coal Mine is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kreka Coal Mine
Kreka Coal Mine
LocationKreka, Tuzla
Tuzla Canton, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 75000
CountryBosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates44°34′47.14″N 18°32′23.97″E / 44.5797611°N 18.5399917°E / 44.5797611; 18.5399917
Production
ProductsLignite

The Kreka Coal Mine is a coal mine located in the Tuzla Canton.[1] The mine has coal reserves amounting to 1.12 billion tonnes of lignite, one of the largest coal reserves in Europe and the world. The mine has an annual production capacity of 2.95 million tonnes of coal.[2] It is one of the last remaining operators of steam locomotives in Bosnia as of 2024, with five DRB Class 52 locomotives still in operating service transporting lignite from the mine to the Tuzla Power Plant, the largest coal plant in the region.

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  1. ^ Balta Klelija Construction and production features of dewatering wells in the “Kreka” lignite basin Mine Water and The Environment, 1993 ISSN 1025-9112 ISSN 1616-1068
  2. ^ "Mineral deposits of Bosnia and Herzegovina" (PDF). eihp.hr. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2013-07-04.