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Aspects in Mining & Mineral Science

Global Climate Change Flooding of the Two Big Open-Pit Coal Mines in Serbia

Submission: July 30, 2019; Published: November 22, 2021

DOI: 10.31031/AMMS.2021.08.000677

ISSN : 2578-0255
Volume8 Issue1

Abstract

Unprecedented precipitation and floods during the mid of May 2014, have caused damage of considerable proportions in Serbia. In the night between 14th and 15th of May, the swollen river Kolubara with its tributaries, has flooded the open pit coal mines Tamnava Zapadno polje and Veliki Crljeni. This is the greatest disaster that has struck the Mining basin of Kolubara since it was founded. This is a brief account of the event.

Keywords: Flood; Мining basin kolubara; Tamnava zapadno polje; Veliki crljeni

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