BULGARIAN COAL INDUSTRY REVIEW

Bulgarian Coal Mining Coal is an important energy resource primarily used for electricity generation around the world. The coal resource is a critical substance in many industries to fulfill the ...

Maritsa Coal Mines

The coal reserves are expected to be sufficient to service the current usage for a period of between 60 and 70 years. Collectively, the mines produced 27.1 million tonnes of coal in 2021, up from 20.6 million tonnes in 2020. This represented 96% of total Bulgaria's 2021 coal production, according to Ministry of Energy's 2021 Bulletin.

Clinging to coal: A sobering look into Bulgaria's energy transition

The story takes place in southwest Bulgaria, in one of the coal regions of the Balkan country. Bulgaria has the lowest GDP in the entire European Union. And, unlike many other places or even the second coal region of the country, mine workers here don't make good money. With a salary of about €350-400 a month, it is only a little higher ...

Industry revenue of "mining of hard coal" in …

Published by Statista Research Department, Dec 21, 2023. This statistic shows the revenue of the industry "mining of hard coal" in Bulgaria from 2012 to 2017, with a forecast to 2025. It is ...

Bulgaria: mining of hard coal industry enterprises 2020 | Statista

Bulgaria: number of enterprises in the mining and quarrying industry 2011-2020; Bulgaria: number of enterprises in the mining of coal and lignite industry 2011-2020

International Journal of Coal Geology

The International Journal of Coal Geology deals with fundamental and applied aspects of the geology, petrology, geochemistry and mineralogy of coal, oil/gas source rocks, and shales. The journal aims to advance the environmentally sustainable exploration and utilization of these resources, as well …. View full aims & scope.

Bulgaria (6th ed.)

Coal from the single opencast mine and two underground mines is supplied mainly to the nearby 210 MW Bobov Dol TPP. In 2015, a total of 1.0 million tonnes of brown coal was …

Bulgarian coal miners demand job security, fear changes

Protester carry a cross with a sign "Maritsa East mine" seen as hundreds of Bulgarian coal miners and energy workers staged a protest in Sofia, Bulgaria, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, to demand government guarantees for their jobs amid bids by the European Union to close mines and reduce carbon emissions. The financial burden …

Paleoenvironmental application of Taxodium macrofossil biomarkers …

The Bobov dol Basin is situated in SW Bulgaria and belongs to the so-called Pernik coal province. It is an elongated intramountain graben system, located in the NW-SE direction (Zagorchev et al., 1994).The coal-bearing Paleogene facies were deposited over denuded crystalline schists, and are comprised of Triassic and Jurassic sediments (Fig. …

Bulgaria | the voice of coal in Europe

Brown coal. Bulgaria's brown coal deposits are mostly located in the western part of the country (the Bobov Dol, Pernik and Pirin coalfields and the Katrishte deposit) and near the Black Sea (the Cherno More coalfield where production ceased in 2016). In 2022, the production of brown coal accounted for 2% of total coal production.

EU Commission allocates €1.2 billion for transformation of …

15 Feb 2024: Germany deletes EU CO2 allowances freed up by coal exit. 16 Jan 2024: Market economics to cut Bulgaria's coal use before 2038 deadline - minister. …

Bulgaria's government adopts plan for transition for coal-mining …

Meeting in special session on September 29, Bulgaria's government adopted Territorial Just Transition Plans for the country's coal-mining regions, envisaging the mines being allowed up to operate up to the year 2038 and with strategies to attract investment and secure incomes as the country's coal industry shuts down.

Bulgarian Mining and Exploration Sector

The biggest oil refinery of the Balkan Peninsula operates on Bulgaria. Coal Mining. The coal supplies in the Republic of Bulgaria are slightly over 2 billion tons; the relative share of the supplies in operation is 86%. The lignite supplies are predominant in the country 91%, and the most of the studied deposits have geological and mining and ...

Bulgaria earmarks EUR 1.15 billion for just transition of coal …

Bulgaria revealed that it would establish industrial parks with zero greenhouse gas emissions, of which one would replace the Maritsa East (Maritsa iztok) coal mining and thermal power plant complex. The funds are also intended for the production and supply of biomethane. In addition, energy efficiency measures and …

Soil water repellency characteristic curve of Spolic

As the organic carbon was concentrated mainly in the coal particles of sand grain size (Atanassova et al., 2018), the preliminary removal of the organic matter from the samples allowed to estimate the particle size distribution of the black clay which was the main geological substrate of the spoils at this area.The textural fractions of the studied …

Bulgaria: Mining, Minerals and Fuel Resources

The mining industry caters mainly to regional demands and is small scale. Overview of Resources. The mineral industry of Bulgaria produced metal ores, mineral fuels (especially coal), and a number of industrial minerals in 2010. The metallurgical sector smelted and refined silver, steel, zinc, copper, and lead. The map of Bulgaria.

Bulgarian Government Adopts Green Transition Plans Amid …

Bulgaria is already late in submitting the territorial plans for the transition of the three coal regions and lost almost 100 million euros ($106 million) for 2022 from the …

Organic accumulation and microbial action in surface coal-mine …

The Pernik coal basin lies in western Bulgaria, about 750 m above msl, and about 25 km west-south west of Sofia (42°36′N, 23°03′E). The area ranks with the oldest of Bulgaria's coal-mining areas and is provided with some of its better quality Oligocene brown coals (Ivanov et al., 1973). These are extracted from several seams at depths ...

Coal

Coal - Bulgaria. Production in Coal market is projected to amount to 26.4bn kg in 2024. An annual growth rate of 4.01% is expected (CAGR 2024-2028).

Troyanovo 1 Coal Mine

Troyanovo 1 Coal Mine (рудник Трояново 1) is a SURFACE mine located near Lyubenovo, Stara Zagora Province, Bulgaria.. The mine is part of the Maritsa Coal Mines which includes 3 mines (Troyanovo 1, Troyanovo 3 and Troyanovo-North Coal Mine). Maritsa Coal Mines account for about 96% of Bulgaria's coal production. The mines are …

Bulgarian coal miners demand job security, fear changes

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Hundreds of Bulgarian coal miners and energy workers staged a protest on Wednesday to demand government guarantees for their …

Bulgarian miners protest against plans to phase out coal

Last Friday, MPs from the majority parliamentary party said that coal-fired power stations in Bulgaria will be phased out by 2038. Under the agreement, if a worker or a miner at the coal-fired power station loses their job, they will be paid 36 monthly wages as compensation, the equivalent of €75,000. This is equal to 75 average monthly wages ...

Remote monitoring of ecological state of disturbed lands in …

Trojanovo Open Pit Mine, Bulgaria is a known coal producer being among the top largest open pit coal mines in Europe. Started its history in the early 1960s, the open pit coal mine is now the only ...

Is Bulgaria Ready to Give Up Coal? | Pulitzer Center

Sprawling over 240 square kilometers (92 square miles), this is Bulgaria's biggest coal mine, supplying nearby power plants in the Stara Zagora region that produce around 30% of the country's electricity. Yet a closer look reveals the landscape to be alive with hundreds of workers. See more

Bulgaria Coal Production, 1981 – 2022 | CEIC Data

Bulgaria Coal Production data is updated yearly, averaging 30.880 Tonne mn from Dec 1981 to 2021, with 41 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 37.132 Tonne …

Organic accumulation and microbial action in surface coal-mine …

In Bulgaria, around 80% of the land disturbed by surface coal mining awaits reclamation. Top soils from the pre-mine environment are reserved for the recultivation of gently sloping agricultural benches. Steeper slopes are reclaimed through forestry.The impacts of two tree species on initial pedogenesis are examined on opencast coal-mine …

Coal mining | Definition, History, Types, & Facts | Britannica

M. Albert Evans Raja Venkat Ramani. Coal mining, extraction of coal deposits from the surface of Earth from underground. Coal has been used since the Bronze Age, 3,000 to 4,000 years ago, and was the basic energy source that fueled the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries.

ROLE OF COAL IN BULGARIA

A substantial country's production obtained 45 billion kilowatts, on production in as consumption as Ukraine country is expected as. Table 5-1. Bulgaria's Coal Reserves and Production. Figure 5-1. Bulgaria's Coal Fields. in Bulgaria's coal mine methane (CMM) industry. Table 5-2. Key Stakeholders in Bulgaria's CMM Industry.

Bulgaria and coal

Coal generates half of Bulgaria's electricity. About 30 million tons of lignite are mined annually (about 5 million tons oil equivalent). EU grants are supporting the replacement …

(PDF) Microbiome status and determinants in soils from …

Microbial communities inhabiting the acid mine drainage (AMD) have been extensively studied, but the microbial communities in the coal mining waste dump that may generate the AMD are still ...

Bulgaria rolls back plans to phase out coal amid fears over

Bulgaria's lawmakers have agreed to backtrack on plans for an early phase-out of coal-fired power plants amid demonstrations. Bulgaria's lawmakers have voted to roll back plans to decarbonise the ...

(PDF) Microbiome status and determinants in soils from the …

Microbiome status and determinants in soils fr om the region of Maritsa-Iztok coal mine (Bulgaria) I.... The second soil (Profile 2) is located close to the coal-min - vulnerable to pyrogenic ...

Coal price in Bulgaria $117, steam coal, antracite 14.04.2024

What is price of coal in Bulgaria today? The price of coal in Bulgaria today 14.04.2024: Anthracite coal, BGN/MT: 283. Coal 5,500 kcal, BGN/MT: 257.

Bulgaria's government adopts plan for transition for coal …

September 29, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff. Meeting in special session on September 29, Bulgaria's government adopted Territorial Just Transition Plans for the country's coal …

Trace elements in the Goze Delchev coal deposit, Bulgaria

The subbituminous Pliocene–Late Miocene Goze Delchev coal deposit is located in southwest Bulgaria (Fig. 1) (Siskov et al., 1986). The basement rocks of the Goze Delchev deposit consist of volcanic and metamorphic rocks. ... The main characteristics of the coal in the underground mine and the open-pit mine respectively …