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 .