EPS Surface Mining Kosovo

EPS Surface Mining Kosovo (Serbian: ЕПС Површински копови Косово) is a Serbian coal surface mining company with headquarters in Obilić, Kosovo.

EPS Surface Mining Kosovo
Native name
ЕПС Површински копови Косово
Company typeState-owned enterprise
IndustryCoal mining (de jure)
Founded21 December 1991; 32 years ago (1991-12-21)
Headquarters,
Area served
Kosovo
Serbia
Key people
Srđa Kovačević (Director)
RevenueIncrease 31.28 million (2022)[1]
Positive decrease (€1.38 million) (2022)[1]
Total assetsDecrease €14.40 million (2022)[2]
Total equitySteady €0 (2022)[2]
OwnerGovernment of Serbia (100%)
Number of employees
2,029 (2022)
ParentElektroprivreda Srbije
Websitewww.eps.rs/lat/Pages/Ogranci.aspx

History

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EPS Surface Mining Kosovo was founded by Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) on 21 December 1991.[citation needed]

Following the Kosovo War and NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, the UNMIK administration was established in Kosovo on 1 July 1999, and Elektroprivreda Srbije lost its access to the local coal mines and power plants, including Kosovo A and Kosovo B power plants, which were under jurisdiction of EPS Surface Mining Kosovo.[3]

Since then, government-owned Elektroprivreda Srbija by political decision continued to pay off earnings to all of Kosovo-based EPS companies, including EPS Surface Mining Kosovo employees (the other two EPS companies based on Kosovo are EPS TPP Kosovo and EPS Elektrokosmet).[4] However, all these employees are not working in Kosovo-based power plants, and are only occasionally and indirectly employed by EPS throughout the rest of Serbia.[4] As of May 2009, there was a total of around 7,000 such employees which were working only on paper and receive regular earnings.[5] As of June 2017, that number was cut to 4,539 employees.[4] As of August 2022, a total of 3,300 employees worked for these three companies.[6]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "БИЛАНС УСПЕХА (2022) - EPS Surface Coal Mining Kosovo". apr.gov.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b "БИЛАНС СТАЊА (2022) - EPS Surface Coal Mining Kosovo". apr.gov.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  3. ^ "About Us". eps.rs. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b c "Koliko EPS plaća parolu "Kosovo je srce Srbije"". insajder.net (in Serbian). Insajder. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Sindikat EPS-a: Šta sutra i dokle ovako?". radiokim.net (in Serbian). 1 May 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Koliko Elektroprivredu Srbije koštaju preduzeća sa Kosova?". slobodnaevropa.org (in Serbian). 17 August 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
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