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Status and Prospective Development of Mining in Croatia

After the bauxite mines for aluminium production ceased (1990) and soon after the last coal mine in Tupljak was closed down (1999), the mining industry in Croatia needed a recovery from an apparent psychological setback caused by numerous newspaper articles on "Last Coal Mine in Croatia Closed down". In reality this statement was only partly true. In the "golden age" of mining in Croatia, i.e. before and after the II World War, lignite, brown and bituminous coal were excavated in many companies almost throughout Croatia. Bauxite was dug out in Istria and Dalmatia in many locations. Not much attention was paid to the excavation of non-metals in view of mining, although it was present. After the 60-ies the petroleum and gas production replaced coal as a power-supply source, and the production of non-metals, including minerals for building materials gained importance not only in Croatia. At the end of the millenium the mining industry in Croatia consisted of the production of petroleum, gas and non-metal minerals, and this is how it is probably going to remain for most of the coming century. The absolute production value today is certainly much higher than it was in the "good old mining days", when the reputation of mining was completely different.

Croatia; Mining; Status; Prospective development

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