Kolubara: The open pit mine field

A resident of Vreoci looking over the vast open pit mine. Kolubara is the heart of Serbia's coal-dependent energy sector. For the last 8 years, the EPS has been actively attempting to remove the Vreoci settlement, which is located directly above of the most important deposit of the best quality lignite in the whole basin. Already in 2003, the local community protested with roads and rail blockades, staged in Vreoci and on major transport corridors passing near by.