Mineral resources as natural resources constitute the backbone of the development of the national economy of each country, and their valorization should be classified into its strategic development plans. Polyvalent industrial branches of the economy today are unthinkable without adequate supply of raw materials, analysis of raw material base, thei...

By Damir Baraković

This work's searching subject are Banovici's local roads which represent mutually dependent municipality or town traffic system that is connected to regional or motorway road system, and uncategorized roads which represent every traffic area that is not categorized as public road.Also it gives a view of local and uncategorized roads but those that ...

By Zahid Bašić

The main objective of this study was to review the methods used in the process of selecting the optimal route of the highway, the way in which these methods are used, highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of each method, and comparing the particular case make the favored one of the offered methods. In addition to mutual comparison criteria ...

By Zahid Bašić, Amir Džananović

Pile group is a particular type of deep foundations which is designed and installed as the ultimate solution to foundation construction, load transition to the resistant subsurface layers, providing lateral resistance, and overcoming the poor performance of surface soils. Pile design should be done with respect to structural consideration, the load...

By Abbas Firouzi Karamjavan

The natural clay bentonite (B) as adsorbent of lead cations was studied. To enhance its adsorption capacity, the coating by iron oxide particles, in two selected weight ratios: 2:1 (BM1) and 4:1(BM2), was used. The changes of the textural and surface parameters after the modification were studied by the low temperature nitrogen adsorption, XRD and ...

By Zuzana Danková, Erika Fedorová, Alexandra Bekényiová

The term "explosive atmosphere" is frequently encountered in industry. Typically hazardous areas are found in chemical plants, refineries, paint and varnish workshops, plants for goods grinding, in the storages of combustible gas, liquids and solid substances. In such hazardous areas we must always pay attention to all normal but also abnormal work...

By Nebojša Knežević

Air quality measurement was conducted in the vicinity of the industrial plot that belongs to RS Silicon LLC Mrkonjić Grad where a plant for the production of the silicon metal is constructed, during the period January – December 2015; this air quality measurement comprised the immissions concentrations of CO, SO2, NO2 and total suspended particles ...

By Dušica Pešević, Nebojša Knežević

The strategy for developing and improving the application of green, clean, renewable and gratis solar energy is a challenge for multidisciplinary teams of scientists. Exquisite examples of positive world practice of the largest solar power plants are presented in this paper, with all the characteristics, starting from the materials of photovoltaic ...

By S. Ivan Stevović

Research on potentially toxic elements chromium and nickel and laboratory testing of their concentrations was carried out in the wider area of Maglaj, with the aim to detect and determine their quantities, which gave basis for discussion about origins of these pollutants in soil. Field and laboratory observations included 45 soil samples, taken by ...

By Elvir Babajić, Alisa Babajić, Željka Stjepić Srkalović, Dado Srkalović, Samir Ustalić, Husnija Akmadžić

The paper presents the impact of the construction site of a part of the Banja Luka – Doboj motorway, section 1: Banja Luka – Prnjavor, in the settlement of Miloševac, on the quality of water in the rivers Vrbas and Crkvena. Before the construction of a new bridge, the zero state was determined in the direct vicinity and at locations downstream from...

By Dušica Pešević, Nebojša Knežević