One of the important roles of the Chamber of Mining and Geological Engineers of Serbia is to elevate the mining and geological profession in Serbia to some higher level, meaning adhering to high professional working standards in mining and geology.
Mining in Serbia continues to be developing for thousands of years. The Illyrians, Celts and Thracians were also engaged in mining in this region. The development of mining within this part of the world began in the duration of the Nemanji'c dynasty, when the rulers brought miners using their company countries, mostly Saxony. They were also engaged in mining in Kosovo and Metohija. There is a wide selection of metal and nonmetal ores in Serbia, in significant quantities. The most common is iron, chromium, manganese, molybdenum, cobalt, cadmium, copper, antimony, lead and zinc.
The beginnings of mining in Serbia go back thousands of years. Traces of this ancient activity can be found, although quite rarely, in the ores of mercury, iron, copper and gold. As well as the olden days, mining in Roman times also flourished in all our ore-bearing areas, albeit, there is hardly any written information about the Roman mining within our region. We all know much more about medieval mining and it is scope is evidenced not just by traces of old mining and smelting works but also in various historic notes which clearly show that once, throughout the Middle Ages, extensive and technically advanced mining flourished in our region, preferable over in lots of, at that time, more developed Countries in europe.
Mining was especially intensive in the medieval Serbian and Bosnian states in Novi Brdo Janjevo, Trepca, Kopaonik, Rogozna, Rudnik, Kratovo, Srebrnica, Kresevo, Fojnica, etc. The rich ores of silver-bearing lead and copper in Serbia, Central Bosnia and Macedonia gave rise to the formation of large settlements, towns and merchant centres in the Serbian and Bosnian states.
Serbian and Bosnian medieval rulers, feudal lords, Venetian, Dubrovnik and Greek capitalists, Saxon purgars along with a diverse population of Serbs, Greeks, Arbanassis, Saxons, Genoese and many more lived in these purely mining settlements and cities for a longer or shorter time period.
Many centuries later, Serbia continues to use its mineral resources, while its Secretary of state for Mining and is working full steam ahead.
That is when this new professional association came into being – the Chamber of Mining and Geological Engineers of Serbia – the establishment of which is envisaged through the Law on Amendments to the Law on Mining and Geological Research, and also at the proposal from the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Mining and Energy, Professor Zorana Mihajlovi'c, PhD. The Chamber was formed in October 2023 when its Articles of Association applied for force.
One of the important roles of the Chamber of Mining and Geological Engineers of Serbia is to elevate the mining and geological professions in Serbia to some higher level, which means sticking with high professional working standards in mining and geology.
