| TABLE 2 |
| BULGARIA: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003 |
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| (Thousand metric
tons unless otherwise specified) |
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| |
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Annual |
| Commodity |
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Major operating companies |
|
Location of main facilities |
|
capacity |
| Cement |
|
|
|
Reka Devnia |
|
Devnia |
|
1,825. |
| Do. |
|
|
|
Zlatna Panega |
|
Panega |
|
1,300. |
| Do. |
|
|
|
Others |
|
Temelkovo, Dimitrovgrad, Pleven, and
Beli |
|
1,590. |
| |
|
|
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|
Izvor |
|
|
| Coal: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| Bituminous |
|
|
Economic Mining and Power Combine |
|
Balkan coal basin in central Bulgaria, |
|
445. |
| |
|
|
|
(Smek) Balkanbass |
|
northwest of Silven |
|
|
| Brown |
|
|
|
G. Dimitrov |
|
Pernik coal basin, southwest of Sofia |
|
4,000. |
| Do. |
|
|
|
Others |
|
Bobov Dol and Pirin in western
Bulgaria |
|
3,100. |
| Lignite |
|
|
|
SMEK East Maritsa |
|
East Maritsa coal basin near Zagora |
|
25,000. |
| Do. |
|
|
|
Others |
|
Marbas. Pernik, and Bobov Dol coal
basins |
|
5,300. |
| Copper (Cu): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Concentrate,
Cu content |
|
|
|
Asarel-Medet AD. |
|
Panagurishte, Pazardzhik District |
|
25. |
| Do. |
|
|
|
Chelopech Ltd. |
|
Srednogorie, Sofia District |
|
5. |
| Do. |
|
|
|
Bradtze |
|
Malko Turnovo |
|
2. |
| Do. |
|
|
|
Elatzite-Med Ltd. |
|
Srednogorie, Sofia District |
|
15. |
| Do. |
|
|
|
Rosen |
|
Burgas, near the Black Sea |
|
1. |
| Do. |
|
|
|
Tsar Asen |
|
Srednogorie, Sofia District |
|
2. |
| Do. |
|
|
|
Burgaskii Mines Ltd., Zidorovo |
|
Burgas, near the Black Sea |
|
0.5. |
| Metal,
refined |
|
|
|
N.V. Umicore S.A. Pirdop Copper |
|
Srednogorie, Sofia District |
|
120. |
| |
|
|
|
Smelter & Refinery |
|
|
|
|
| Iron ore |
|
|
|
Kremikovtzi Iron and Steel Works |
|
Kremikovtzi |
|
2,000. |
| Lead-zinc
(Pb-Zn): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Concentrate,
Pb-Zn content |
|
|
Gorubso Co. |
|
Erma Reka, Kurdjali,
Laki, and Rudozem, all |
|
59 Pb, |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
in Madan area near Greek border |
|
47 Zn. |
| Do. |
|
|
|
Madzharovo Ltd. |
|
Near Plovdiv |
|
3 Pb, |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 Zn. |
| Do. |
|
|
|
Ossogovo Ltd. |
|
Ossogovo Mountains, western Bulgaria |
|
3 Pb, |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 Zn. |
| Do. |
|
|
|
Ustrem Ltd. |
|
Near Thundza River, eastern Bulgaria |
|
3.5 Pb, |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.8 Zn. |
| Metal: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Pb, refined |
|
|
|
KCM SA [formerly Dimitur Blagoev] |
|
Plovdiv |
|
44 |
| Do. |
|
|
|
Lead and Zinc Complex Ltd. |
|
Kurdjali |
|
60. |
| Zn, smelter |
|
|
|
KCM SA [formerly Dimitur Blagoev] |
|
Plovdiv |
|
60. |
| Do. |
|
|
|
Lead and Zinc Complex, Ltd. |
|
Kurdjali |
|
30. |
| Manganese ore |
|
|
|
Mangan Ltd. (Obrotchishte) |
|
Varna District |
|
50. |
| Natural gas |
|
|
|
Ministry of Power Supply |
|
Chiren field, in northwest Bulgaria |
|
(1). |
| Petroleum: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Crude |
|
|
|
do. |
|
do. |
|
(1). |
| Refined |
|
barrels per day |
|
Economic Trust for Petroleum Products |
|
Refineries in Burgas, Pleven, and Ruse |
|
260,000. |
| Steel, crude |
|
|
|
Kremikovtzi Iron and Steel Works |
|
Near Sofia |
|
2,300 |
| Do. |
|
|
|
Stomana
Iron and Steel Works |
|
Pernik |
|
1,300. |
| 1Insignificant capacity. |
|
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|
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