Kolubara coal basin
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The Kolubara coal basin is a major lignite mining region in central Serbia that supplies a significant portion of the country’s coal-fired power generation.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kolubara Mining Basin | 1 |
| Kolubara coal field | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coal basin
ⓘ
lignite mining region ⓘ |
| contains |
Kolubara A power plant
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kolubara B power plant site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsMine |
Field B mine
ⓘ
Field D mine NERFINISHED ⓘ Field G mine ⓘ Tamnava-East Field mine NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamnava-West Field mine NERFINISHED ⓘ Veliki Crljeni mine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributesTo | greenhouse gas emissions in Serbia ⓘ |
| country | Serbia ⓘ |
| economicRole |
important contributor to Serbian GDP
ⓘ
major regional employer ⓘ |
| employs | local workforce in Kolubara region ⓘ |
| energySectorRole | major supplier of Serbia's electricity generation ⓘ |
| fuelType | coal ⓘ |
| geologicalPeriodOfFormation |
Pleistocene
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pliocene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalImpact |
air pollution
ⓘ
land degradation ⓘ water pollution ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
conveyor belt systems
ⓘ
overburden removal equipment ⓘ railway connections to power plants ⓘ |
| languageOfLocalAdministration | Serbian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kolubara District
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mačva District NERFINISHED ⓘ central Serbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| miningMethod | open-pit mining ⓘ |
| nearCity |
Lazarevac
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Valjevo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearRiver | Kolubara River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Elektroprivreda Srbije NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Republic of Serbia (through Elektroprivreda Srbije) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Serbian coal industry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUseOfCoal | electricity generation ⓘ |
| regulatoryAuthority | Government of Serbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resourceType | lignite ⓘ |
| startOfIndustrialMining | 20th century ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | key asset for Serbian energy security ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
EU environmental compliance discussions
ⓘ
energy policy debates in Serbia ⓘ environmental protests in Serbia ⓘ |
| supplies | Serbian coal-fired power plants ⓘ |
| typeOfCoal | low-calorific lignite ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
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this entity surface form:
Kolubara Mining Basin
this entity surface form:
Kolubara coal field