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EXPLOITATION OF SUPERFICIAL MINE FOR LIMESTONE USED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE KOZJAK ROCK FILL DAM

Vlade Anastasovski, Mile Stojanovski, Slavco Dzolev, Aleksandar Panovski

Abstract

There is no doubt that the energy potential of a country is directly influencing its economic and technological development. The potential of the Republic of Macedonia is based on the Pelagonian and the Kichevo coal basin. However, water resources, participating with 29 percent, have also a significant influence upon the energy balance of the country expending with the construction of new resources. This is even more so, considering that, by the construction of new resources, they have been permanently upgrading, thus improving the utilization of the oscillating hydrological conditions of the country. Mining activities during construction of tunnels, shafts, galleries, exploitation of superficial mines for limestone, clay, filters, etc., are the primary segment in the construction of hydro energy facilities. Water in its cycling within nature represents an inexhaustible material. At the same time, it represents a natural resource for life and work.

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