Stavalj Coal Mine

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Stavalj Coal Mine (рудник Штаваљ) is an operating coal mine in Stavalj, Sjenica, Eastern Serbia, Serbia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Stavalj Coal Mine	Stavalj, Sjenica, Eastern Serbia, Serbia	43.2713046474323, 20.1289556178561 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1965	–

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
–	0.071355	2024	Underground	–	–	494*	420

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
185	2017	–	–	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
JP PEU Resavica [100.0%]	Government of the Republic of Serbia	Serbia

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

Note: The asterisk (*) indicates that the value is an estimated figure based on various factors, including the company's forecasted or reported monthly or quarterly production data, etc.

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
–	0.09	0.07*	0.09*	0.06*	0.06	0.07	0.07	0.07	–

Expansion/Extension

Table 7: Project status

* Added capacity of a coal mine refers to the enhancement in the mine's production capabilities beyond its initial production capacity.

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Project Phase	Added Capacity (Mtpa)*	Start Year
Cancelled	–	Expansion	–	1.8	–

Note: The above sections were automatically generated and are based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker August 2026 release.

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Background

Štavalj Coal Mine (рудник Штаваљ) is an UNDERGROUND mine near Štavalj, Republic of Serbia. The mine is operated by the Public Company for Underground Coal Mining Resavica, which was established as per the government's decision in 2003. It is a state-owned entity.

The oldest data on the coal exploitation of the Štavalj mine dates from 1936. The initial mine was opened at the Stupsko polje location in the village of Stup in 1955, this mine was abandoned in 1967 when the new pit "Nada" was opened in the village of Štavalj, which was in operation until 1976. The pit was forcibly closed due to the fire. In the same year 1976, a new pit "Štavalj" was opened, where exploitation is still carried out today. The largest number of exploratory wells, as well as mining operations, have been established so far in a productive coal-bearing series where four fields are distinguished: the western, central, eastern and southern fields. It is understood that only the smallest central deposit is being used, the other parts (western, southern and eastern) remain intact.

The mine is located at an altitude of 1100 meters and covers an area of ​​30 km². Unlike several other mines operated by Resavica, the Štavalj deposit is non-methane, which eliminates one of the principal safety hazards associated with underground coal mining.

The Stavalj coal mine produced 71,355 tonnes of coal in 2024, compared with a planned output of 71,000 tonnes, achieving 101% of the production target.

Expansion and Environment

The main purpose of coal mine development is to supply the proposed Štavalj Power Station. The required production for the 320 MW (now 300MW) plant was estimated at 2.3 million tonnes per year. For achieving this production two longwalls were foreseen.

The power plant proposal has been active since at least 2009. With no news on the thermal power plant project since June 2021, it was considered shelved as of June 2023. The coal mine expansion was therefore considered shelved as well.

With no tangible updates on the power plant project and and Serbia's adoption of the final NECP in July 2024, the status of the project was revised to "cancelled", as of September 2024. The status of the coal mine expansion was consequently revised to cancelled as well.

The Stavalj mine is located on the Pešter Plateau, which was designated a Special Nature Reserve in 2016 and has been listed as a Ramsar wetland of international importance since 2006. Environmental groups had identified potential impacts on the Uvač river basin as a concern in connection with the proposed power station expansion.

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