Brod-Gneotino Coal Mine

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Brod-Gneotino Coal Mine (Брод-Гнеотино) is an operating coal mine in Bitola, Pelagonia, North Macedonia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Brod-Gneotino Coal Mine	Bitola, Pelagonia, North Macedonia	40.967495, 21.539161 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	–	–

Table 3: Operation details

Note: The asterisk (*) signifies that the value is a GEM estimated figure.

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
–	1.38	2023	Surface	Open Pit	6.5	50.0*	566*

Table 4: Coal resources and destination

Total Reserves (Mt)	Year of Total Reserves Recorded	Total Resources (Mt)	Coalfield	Coal Type	Coal Grade	Primary Consumer/ Destination
22.0	2018	108.0	–	Lignite	Thermal	Bitola power station

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
ESM [100%]	ESM [100%]	North Macedonia

Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	0.79	0.76	0.84	0.64	0.86	0.42	–

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2025 release.

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Background

The Brod-Gneotino coal mine is owned by Elektrani na Severna Makedonija AD.

The mine provides coal to the Bitola power station. The company has proposed to expand the Brod-Gneotino mine to create the Zivojno coal mine.

A coal transport system linking the Brod-Gneotino and Suvodol mines was constructed by Macedonian Power Plants (ELEM) at a cost of EUR 18.6 million. The system, which stretches 10 kilometres, had a transport capacity of 3,800 tonnes per hour.

In July 2022 ESM reported that it will build the a solar photovoltaic power plant of 100 megawatts on the ground of Brod-Gneotino mine.

Coal production jointly with Suvodol Coal Mine was said to be 4 million tonnes, as of early 2024. In 2024, coal production at the Brod-Gneotino coal mine amounted to 0.95 million tonnes.

As of April 2025, the Suvodol and Brod-Gneotino mines were assessed as approaching full depletion.

Coal Phase-out Date

As of December 2021, North Macedonia was planning to phase out coal by 2027, decommissioning Oslomej TPP in 2021 and REK Bitola by 2027. This was only in planning, according to their draft National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP), although it was also submitted through their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) submitted under the Paris Agreement in 2021 (page 7, point d). The decommissioning of Oslomej did not happen in 2021.

In January 2022, the coal phase-out was delayed until 2030 due to concerns over energy security.

In late 2025, a public consultation was held on an updated NECP. The draft document did not specify a clear coal phase-out date, though the scenarios underpinning it were based on 2030. In 2025, the Climate Investment Funds approved US $85 million to support North Macedonia's coal phase-out and transition to clean energy, as part of the Just Energy Transition Investment Platform launched at COP28.

Renewable Energy Transition

In December 2024, ESM secured a €55 million loan from KfW for the Bitola 2 PV project and the second phase of the Bogdanci wind farm, alongside a €5 million EBRD grant for the construction of the 20 MW Bitola 1 and 10 MW Oslomej 2 solar facilities, with completion planned by 2026.

In December 2025, the EBRD and Germany's KfW Development Bank signed a joint €87 million financing package for the construction of the 134 MW Bitola 3 solar power plant on the site of an exhausted coal mine at REK Bitola. The project was expected to generate 180.9 GWh of renewable electricity annually and reduce CO₂ emissions by approximately 134,000 tonnes per year.

Incidents

In September 2025, a mine worker sustained injuries while performing duties and was transported to the local for treatment.

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