Coal transport from Kolubara to TENT resumes

LAZAREVAC - The railway wagons loaded with coal have resumed transport from the Kolubara mining basin to the Nikola Tesla thermal power plant (TENT) in Obrenovac on Thursday, after a week long interruption due to heavy floods.

The departure of the train loaded with 21 tons of coal was attended by Minister of Energy and Mining Aleksandar Antic who said that experts are doing all they can to make sure TENT A resumes operation on Sunday.

He announced that the daily coal transport from the Kolubara basin would increase in a few days from 8,000 to 10,000 tons and would reach 30,000 tons in ten days from now because one excavator tape-tray system would soon be put into use in Kolubara.

The usual daily delivery of the Kolubara mining basin in this time of year totals 40,000-60,000 tons of coal, the minister said.
”This is a major success for Kolubara and the entire electric power system in Serbia, and it was achieved thanks to the super-human efforts of the employees in the Kolubara basin and the Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS) and the help of all individuals who participated in the flood defence at the EPS plants,” Antic stated.

He expressed the satisfaction that the recovery of the country was launched in Kolubara in the Belgrade municipality of Lazarevac.
”If we manage to resume operation in TENT A on Sunday, this will be the final sign that we have managed to preserve Serbia's electric power system,” the minister noted.

He stated that the situation in the power plant area has stabilised but the danger will not be completely eliminated for as long as the risks of the Sava River overflowing still remain high.

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