Тhe mining industry in the 21st century needs fundamental changes in both technical and management technology, because many unresolved mining issues lead to building a structured and directly applicable management model that would be managing tool by the mine production system.The aim of this paper is to define a model for the management of discont...

By Vladimir Malbašić, Dimšo Milošević, Čelebić Miodrag

More than 60 years ago, six countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the    Netherlands) have established a Coal and Steel Community and have reached an agreement that with creating a unified market for coal and steel, they will attain common prosperity, by developing national and economic interests of these countries. T...

By Saša Stamenkovic, Svetlana Stevovic, Milan Stamatovic

Stone “Tenelija” is categorized as oolitic limestone. This stone was used to build a number of constructions in Herzegovina, and one of the most famous is the “Old Bridge” in Mostar. The stone is characterized by its specific physical and mechanical characteristics. Stone “Tenelija” has low uniaxial compression strength, low modulus of elasticity, ...

By Kenan Mandžić, Adnan Ibrahimović, Enver Mandžić

Efficient roadway management requires knowledge of the structural capacity of the roadway or the load-bearing capacity of the pavement structure. In order to determine the existing conditions of the pavement structure and define appropriate intervention measures, it is necessary to determine relevant impact on surface of the pavement structure on h...

By Mladen Čajić, Mirza Pozder, Branko Mazić, Sanjin Albinović, Ammar Šarić

The mineral composition of plant extracts from the Boraginaceae family was examined in this paper. The research includes the plants: Anchusa officinalis L., Echium vulgare L. and Echium italicum L. Content analysis of the elements was done using inductively coupled plasma with a mass spectrophotometer. The results of the study showed that the extra...

By Ivana Bošković, Dragutin Đukić, Pavle Mašković, Leka Mandić, Svetlana Perović, Aleksandra Govedarica Lučić, Zoranka Malešević

First two paramount problems of the world are food security and energy. Permaculture is a new interdisciplinary branch of the science, which has positive synergistic effects and solves both problems, including environmental care. The paper analyzed the holistic principles of permaculture design and possible application in the flats, gardens in the ...

By Svetlana Stevovic, Jovana Jovanovic, Dijana Djuric

The major task of multi-purpose reservoir „Modrac“ operation is to decide how much water should be released now and how much should be retained for future use given some available and/or forecasted information at the beginning of the current time period. In practice, reservoir operators usually follow rule curves, which stipulate the actions that s...

By Nedim Suljić, Omer Kovčić

Base isolation systems are among the most successful and widely applied methods of mitigating structural vibration and damage during seismic events. These systems have been installed in numerous full-scale structures all around. There are three principal types of base isolators: Lead Rubber Bearing (LRB), High Damping Rubber Bearing (HDRB), and Fri...

By Barghlame Hadi, Hojjat Hashempour Gavgani

This paper shows organic matter composition (humic acids, fulvic acids, humins) and fractions of humic (free and bounded with mobile R2O3 (HA1), bounded with Ca (HA2), and bounded with clay and stabile R2O3 (HA3)), and fulvo acids (free and bounded with mobile R2O3), bounded with HA1, bounded with HA2, and bounded with HA3), in Rendzina soils on di...

By Svjetlana Radmanović, Aleksandar Đorđević, Nataša Nikolić

The purpose of the wastewater treatment plant project is to implement and achieve the goals set in the water management bases of the Republika Srpska and the Federation of BiH, which identified the necessary sectoral investments and the development of the institutional capacity needed to meet the requirements of the European directives. By implemen...

By Nebojša Knežević, Dušica Pešević, Igor Milunović