mining company
This is an incomplete alphabetical list of mining companies.
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* Adex Mining
* Aditya Birla Group
* African Rainbow Minerals
* Agnico Eagle
* Aiteo
* Almonty Industries
* Alumina
* Anaconda Copper
* Anglo American (mining)
* Anglo Platinum ...
located in
Banovići
Banovići ( sr-cyrl, Бановићи) is a town and municipality located in the Tuzla Canton, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. The intensive development of BanoviÄ ...
, in the
Tuzla Canton
The Tuzla Canton Official name of canton is Tuzla Canton (; ; ) is one of 10
. The mine consists of four
brown coal
Lignite (derived from Latin ''lignum'' meaning 'wood'), often referred to as brown coal, is a soft, brown, Combustion, combustible sedimentary rock formed from naturally compressed peat. It has a carbon content around 25–35% and is considered ...
mines, three surface mines: Čubrić, Turija and Grivice and the underground Omazići mine and has coal reserves amounting to 208 million tonnes of
lignite
Lignite (derived from Latin ''lignum'' meaning 'wood'), often referred to as brown coal, is a soft, brown, combustible sedimentary rock formed from naturally compressed peat. It has a carbon content around 25–35% and is considered the lowest ...
, which makes it one of the largest coal reserves in
Europe
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and the world. The mine, which is owned and operated by RMU Banovići, has an annual production capacity of 1.27 million tonnes of coal. As of 2014 the mine still used steam locomotives on its railway.