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| − | {{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Turkeycoal}}'''TTK''', the acronym for Türkiye Taşkömürü Kurumu, is a Turkish government owned hard coal mining company | + | {{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Turkeycoal}}'''TTK''', the acronym for Türkiye Taşkömürü Kurumu, is a Turkish government owned hard coal mining company which owns five mines and in 2016 produced 911,000 tons of hard coal.<ref name="TTK1">[http://www.taskomuru.gov.tr/file//duyuru/TTKGM_Sektor_Raporu_2016.PDF "2016 YILI |
| + | TAŞKÖMÜRÜ SEKTÖR RAPORU"], TTK, May 2017, page 28</ref> | ||
The government wishes to privatize TTK but miners are resisting. <ref>[http://www.industriall-union.org/turkey-angry-coal-miners-protest-against-privatization "Turkey: angry coal miners protest against privatization"], industriall, 14 July 2016.</ref> | The government wishes to privatize TTK but miners are resisting. <ref>[http://www.industriall-union.org/turkey-angry-coal-miners-protest-against-privatization "Turkey: angry coal miners protest against privatization"], industriall, 14 July 2016.</ref> | ||
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==Coal mines== | ==Coal mines== | ||
| − | + | * [[Armutçuk mine]] at Armutcuk in Eregli province; | |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Amasra mine]] at Amasra in Bartin province; |
| − | * [[ | + | * the [[Karadon mine]] at Kilimli in Zonguldak province; |
| − | * | + | * [[Kozlu mine]] at Kozlu in Zonguldak province; |
| − | + | * [[Uzulmez mine]] at Asma in Zonguldak province. | |
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| − | * [[Uzulmez mine]] at Asma in Zonguldak province | ||
==Subsidies== | ==Subsidies== | ||
Revision as of 18:04, 12 March 2018
{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Turkeycoal}}TTK, the acronym for Türkiye Taşkömürü Kurumu, is a Turkish government owned hard coal mining company which owns five mines and in 2016 produced 911,000 tons of hard coal.[1]
The government wishes to privatize TTK but miners are resisting. [2]
Contents
Coal mines
- Armutçuk mine at Armutcuk in Eregli province;
- Amasra mine at Amasra in Bartin province;
- the Karadon mine at Kilimli in Zonguldak province;
- Kozlu mine at Kozlu in Zonguldak province;
- Uzulmez mine at Asma in Zonguldak province.
Subsidies
According to the OECD "Production costs for hard-coal of the state-owned Turkish Hard-Coal Enterprises (TTK) averaged TRL 619 per tonne in 2013. The average selling price was only TRL 194 and the treasury compensated the loss. The support amounted to TRL 567 million in 2013." [3]
Employment
TTK have not recruited any new workers for many years. [4]
Contact details
Website: http://www.taskomuru.gov.tr/
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ [http://www.taskomuru.gov.tr/file//duyuru/TTKGM_Sektor_Raporu_2016.PDF "2016 YILI TAŞKÖMÜRÜ SEKTÖR RAPORU"], TTK, May 2017, page 28
- ↑ "Turkey: angry coal miners protest against privatization", industriall, 14 July 2016.
- ↑ "Fossil Fuel Support - TUR", OECD, accessed March 2018.
- ↑ Çiğdem Toker,"Kömür ‘torba’dan çıktı da ne oldu?", Cumhuriyet, 19 November 2017.
Related SourceWatch articles
External resources
- Euracoal, "Turkey", Euracoal website, accessed February 2013.
