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| − | {{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Turkeycoal}}'''TTK''', the acronym for Türkiye Taşkömürü Kurumu, is a Turkish government owned hard coal mining company. The U.S. Geological Survey reported in 2010 that TTK owned and operated five mines with an annual production capacity over over 2 million tonnes a year of run-of-mine coal.<ref name="USGS">Philip M. Mobbs, [http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/2010/myb3-2010-tu.pdf "2010 Minerals Yearbook: Turkey"], United States Geological Survey, April 2012, page 56.7</ref> | + | {{Moved to GEM}} |
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| − | 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==
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| − | The USGS identifies the TTK mines and their 2010 production capacity as being;<ref name="USGS"/>
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| − | * [[Armutçuk mine]] at Armutcuk in Eregli province with an annual capacity of 400,000 tonnes. The mine is operated by Armutçuk Taskomuru Isletme Muessesesi which is a subsidiary of the government controlled Türkiye Taşkömürü Kurumu (TTK);
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| − | * [[Amasra mine]] at Amasra in Bartin province with an annual capacity of 300,000 tonnes. The mine is also operated by Armutcuk Taskomuru Isletme Muessesesi, a TTK subsidiary;
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| − | * the [[Karadon mine]] at Kilimli in Zonguldak province with an annual capacity of 450,000 tonnes. The mine is operated by [[Karadon Taskomuru Isletme Muessesesi]], a subsidiary of TTK;
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| − | * [[Kozlu mine]] at Kozlu in Zonguldak province with an annual capacity of 600,000 tonnes. The mine is operated by [[Kozllu Taskomuru Isletme Muessesesi]], a subsidiary of TTK;
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| − | * [[Uzulmez mine]] at Asma in Zonguldak province with an annual capacity of 500,000 tonnes. The mine is operated by [[Uzulmez Taskomuru Isletme Muessesesi]], a subsidiary of TTK.
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| − | ==Subsidies==
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| − | 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." <ref>[http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=FFS_TUR "Fossil Fuel Support - TUR"], OECD, accessed March 2018.</ref>
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| − | ==Employment==
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| − | TTK have not recruited any new workers for many years. <ref>Çiğdem Toker,[http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/koseyazisi/869010/Komur__torba_dan_cikti_da_ne_oldu_.html "Kömür ‘torba’dan çıktı da ne oldu?"], Cumhuriyet, 19 November 2017.</ref>
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| − | ==Contact details==
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| − | Website: http://www.taskomuru.gov.tr/
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| − | ==Articles and resources==
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| − | ===References===
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| − | {{reflist|2}}
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| − | ===Related SourceWatch articles===
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| − | * [[Global use and production of coal]]
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| − | * [[International Information on Coal]]
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| − | * [[Turkey and coal]]
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| − | ===External resources===
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| − | * Euracoal, [http://www.euracoal.be/pages/layout1sp.php?idpage=475 "Turkey"], Euracoal website, accessed February 2013.
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| − | ===External articles===
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| − | [[Category:Coal mining companies and agencies in Turkey]]
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| − | [[Category:Turkey and coal]]
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