Improvement of the quality of the route is necessary because of its importance in connecting countries of the Western Balkans to central and western Europe. This is the worst section of the road from Albania via Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the corridor Vc, which passes through the central part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The route of th...

By Neđo Đurić, Andja Djujic

Jablanica gabbro represents the highest quality architectural building stone in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Knowledge of the physical and mechanical characteristics of gabbro is an important prerequisite for the proper usage of this rock material. This paper presents a brief review of the geological characteristics Jablanica gabbro deposit, with distin...

By Kenan Mandžić, Adnan Ibrahimović

The computer program ADINA is used for the pressure analysis on the model of the underground opening, trapezoidal in shape in layers of lignite. An analysis was made before, during and after the setting of three and five anchors. The theory about pressure distribution for secondary and tertiary pressure condition in the roof and board sides of the ...

By Semir Fejzić, Jovo Miljanović, Edin Fazlić

Spices and herbs have been used for centuries by many cultures to enhance the flavor and aroma of foods. Early cultures also recognized the value of using spices and herbs in preserving foods and for their medicinal value. In the present study the essential oil of wild growing Thymus praecox Opiz ssp. polytrichus was isolated by hydrodistillationpr...

By V. Nada Petrović, S. Slobodan Petrović, Dubravka Jovičić, Marina Francišković

Levels of physicochemical parameters (pH, electrical conductivity, sulphates, chlorides, temperature, turbidity, total hardness, iron, manganese, copper, dissolved oxygen, oxygen saturation, total suspended solid, ammonium nitrogen, total nitrogen and orthophosphates ) were determined in the water samples collected from Pek River at 4 sample sites ...

By V. Nada Petrović, P. Dejan Marković

One of basic problems faced in practice of landfill waste treatment is a problem relating to landfill leachate. The intensity of their production, thus their quantity, depends on numerous factors: landfill age, waste types, microclimatic parameters and similar. This leachate must not be discharged directly into the environment without its previous ...

By Nebojša Knežević, Siniša Cukut, Saša Dunović

As it is known, the extraction of rock salt from deposit “Tetima”, Majevica, performed is by controlled leaching in the underground chambers positioned diply in the salt deposit. The connection between the underground chamber, that represents the basic production unit in the primary salt production and technological installations on the surface, is...

By Almir Šabović, Sanel Nuhanović, Adnan Hodžić, Adnan Nalić

Speleological tourism in the world has a long tradition. Тhe environment of the karst underground has long attracted nature lovers, various researchers and tourists. Orlovača cave is one of the largest and most beautiful cave systems in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republic of Srpska. Accordingly, in order to evaluate the tourist values of this local...

By Milovan Pecelj, Marina Ilinčić, Jelena Belij, Dušica Pecelj, Jelena Pecelj

The Srebrenica orefield is mostly composed of Tertiary dacite-andesites, and quartz latites, pyroclastites, Paleozoic schists, and Quaternary sediments, but in a in a lesser extent. The latest research showed that in the Srebrenica orefield occur complex mineral parageneses and associations deposited in pneumatolytic-hydrothermal and hydrothermal (...

By Slobodan Radosavljević, Dragoslav Đorđević, Jovica Stojanović, Ana Radosavljević-Mihajlović, Vladan Kašić

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tertiary volcanic rocks occur within two geotectonically different areas: (1) in northeastern Bosnia, the wider area of Srebrenica and, (2) to a lesser extent in central Bosnia, the wider areas of Maglaj, Teslić and Nemila (Kolići). The major and trace element variations in the rocks surrounding Maglaj indicate their high...

By Zehra Salkić, Elvir Babajić, Alisa Babajić, Vedran Pobrić, Aldin Bešić