{{#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.[1]
The government wishes to privatize TTK but miners are resisting. [2]
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Coal mines
The USGS identifies the TTK mines and their 2010 production capacity as being;[1]
- Armutcuk mine at Armutcuk in Eregli province with an annual capacity of 400,000 tonnes. The mine is operated by Armutcuk Taskomuru Isletme Muessesesi which is a subsidiary of the government controlled Türkiye Taşkömürü Kurumu (TTK);
- 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;
- 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;
- 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;
- 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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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Philip M. Mobbs, "2010 Minerals Yearbook: Turkey", United States Geological Survey, April 2012, page 56.7
- ↑ "Turkey: angry coal miners protest against privatization", industriall, 14 July 2016.
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External resources
- Euracoal, "Turkey", Euracoal website, accessed February 2013.