==Coal and power companies ==
Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEK) is the sole power corporation in the Republic of Kosova. KEK is vertically integrated and was legally incorporated in 2005. KEK was part of the Yugoslavia power system, and focused in production of energy from coal, with power supplied from plants outside of Kosovo. By the late 1990s, the core business of the Corporation became the production of coal and energy in Kosovo, through two open-cast coal mines - the Mirash mine and Bardh mine - and two power plants, PP “Kosova A” and PP "Kosova B”, which cover the territory of Kosovo. There are approximately 400,000 customers in different levels and there are approximately 8,000 employees in different sectionssectors.<ref name=kek>[http://www.kek-energy.com/en/rrethKek.asp "About KEK"] Kosovo Energy Corporation website, accessed May 2011.</ref>
==Coal Mining Operations==