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Bosnia and Herzegovina: natural resources

Minerals produced, mines and deposits, power capacity and how much the economy depends on resources. Bosnia and Herzegovina is part of the Invest Global country data, so every figure carries its source.

Mines and deposits mapped
52
14 operating
Minerals above 1% of world
0
USGS MCS 2026
Power capacity
4.0 GW
20 plants
Clean share of electricity
43%
Ember, 2025

Mines and deposits

Coal16
Iron ore14
Bauxite and aluminium11
Silver9
Lead8
Copper6
Zinc3
Chromium3
Manganese1
Antimony1
SiteCommoditiesStatusOperatorSource
Bauxite-Bosanska KrupaBauxite and aluminiumOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Bauxite-JajceBauxite and aluminiumOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Bauxite-VlasenicaBauxite and aluminiumOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Bosanska KrupaBauxite and aluminiumOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Buzim MineManganeseOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
ElektrobosnaIron oreOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Imotski PomgardBauxite and aluminiumOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
JajceBauxite and aluminiumOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Kosovo KlinaBauxite and aluminiumOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
LjubijaIron oreOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
SrebenicaZinc, Silver, LeadOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Vares Lead & Zinc MineZinc, Lead, Copper, SilverOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS

Showing operating and larger sites first. Open the map for every site.

Power capacity by fuel

Hydro2.2 GW
Coal1.8 GW
Largest plantsFuelCapacityOwner
Tuzla CHP Power Plant Bosnia and HerzegovinaCoal730 MWNot stated
Kakanj CHP Power Plant Bosnia and HerzegovinaCoal450 MWNot stated
Capljina Pumped Storage Power Plant Bosnia and HerzegovinaHydro420 MWNot stated
Visegrad Hydroelectric Power Plant Bosnia and HerzegovinaHydro315 MWNot stated
Gacko Coal CHP Power Plant Bosnia and HerzegovinaCoal300 MWNot stated
Ugljevik CHP Coal Power Plant Bosnia and HerzegovinaCoal300 MWNot stated
Dubrovnik Hydroelectric Power Plant Bosnia and HerzegovinaHydro216 MWNot stated
Salakovac Hydroelectric Power Plant Bosnia and HerzegovinaHydro210 MWNot stated

Source: WRI Global Power Plant Database v1.3 (CC BY 4.0). Plants of about 1 MW and above, data mostly 2018 to 2021.

Resource dependence

Oil rents
0.0%
% of GDP · 2021
Natural gas rents
0.0%
% of GDP · 2021
Coal rents
0.3%
% of GDP · 2021
Mineral rents
0.0%
% of GDP · 2021
Fuel exports
6.5%
% of merchandise exports · 2025
Ores and metals exports
9.7%
% of merchandise exports · 2025

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Mine and deposit locations combine the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (public domain, last updated 2022, strongest for the United States and the Americas) and Wikidata (CC0, notable named mines). Coverage is uneven and partly historical, and status can be out of date: this is not a complete or current registry, and a point on the map is not an offer, a licence or evidence of a legal right. Production and reserve figures are from the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries and are rounded estimates. Power plants are from the WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), mostly 2018 to 2021. Nothing here is investment, legal or technical advice.