117 hectares of open pit Šikulje under water , damage amounting to million
Dr.Elvedin Grabovica, General manager of Elektroprivreda BiH and Senad Sarajlić, executive manager for production , accompanied by Enver Omazić, director of the Mine Kreka visited open pit mine Šikulje of the Kreka mine . They observed on-site enormous damage caused to this business enterprise . They also discussed the next activities necessary for dealing with consequences of the floods.
117 hectares of the open pit Šikulje are under water , the machines are under water . Furtunately there were no casualities . The 800 miners are currently not working and the Mine will not be in function in the next few months .
JP Elektroprivreda BiH will financially help to the Mine to overcome these problems . The miners will not lose their salaries „ said dr. Elvedin Grabovica, General manager of EP BiH .
Enver Omazić, director of the Mine Kreka said that direct damage to the open pit Šikulje amount 7 - 10 million KM and indirect damage amount 20 million KM .