Mines

Brod – Gneotino open cut mine

An additional environmental report for HeRMeS has been submitted on 10.4.2013
A six-month’s report for HeRMeS has been prepared
A request has been submitted to the Ministry of Finance to allow borrowing of funds for the procurement of the equipment for discontinuous excavation, as part of the request for procurement of the mining equipment for Suvodol ground coal series.

2. Suvodol ground coal series open cut mine

The wells to drain the Suvodol ground coal series have been completed and the facility was technically approved in February 2013; this is a completion of a very significant moment in the process of opening the Suvodol ground coal series mine and allows for further works related to the excavation and exploitation of coal.
A request has been submitted to the Ministry of Finance to allow borrowing of funds for the procurement of additional equipment for opening the Suvodol ground coal series mine.
A letter has been sent inviting international financial institutions / foreign commercial banks to express interest in financing the project.

Coal Deposit Zhivojno

The detailed exploration works from geological, hydro-geological, engineering-geological and geo-mechanical aspects in the coal deposit Zhivojno (stage one) have been completed.
The studies resulting from the detailed exploration works from geological, hydro-geological, engineering-geological and geo-mechanical aspects have been completed.
A technical and economic study of Zhivojno has been developed, containing a preliminary preview of the possibilities of exploitation and use of the coal in Zhivojno as energy fuel.
The exploration/exploitation wells for assessment of the conditions for draining of the coal deposit Zhivojno (as a second stage of the detailed exploration works from geological, hydro-geological, engineering-geological and geo-mechanical aspects in the deposit) have been finished.
A study has been conducted of the exploration/exploitation wells for assessment of the conditions for draining of the coal deposit Zhivojno.
The tender for selecting a design company to develop the main mining project for the opening, preparations and exploitation of the coal in Zhivojno with underground Technology was annulled due to technical inadequacy of the bids.

Protection of the environment – REK Bitola

The technical documentation for construction of a waste water treatment plant has been completed.
A plan for wind protection zone and a reforestation plan of the storage locations at REK Bitola have been developed.
The tender for procurement of surveillance equipment has been published.