The Kolubara coal mine in Serbia never closes 24 hours a day, 365 days per year, excavators work around the clock gnawing away at the soil to extract the fossil fuel.The coal extracted at Kolubara reportedly powers enough stations to produce half of the country's electricity, with more than 11,000 workers employed to extract between 26 million and 27 million tonnes of coal every year.
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Thousands of people are affected by pollution from a Chinese-owned copper mine in the Serbian city of Bor. Ahead of a review of China at the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights next week, FIAN International and Serbian rights groups urge the CESCR to call on China to protect the human rights of people affected by the country’s overseas investments.