Çayırhan Coal Mine

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Çayırhan Coal Mine (Ankara/Çayırhan Havzası) is an operating coal mine in Çayırhan, Ankara, Türkiye.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Çayırhan Coal Mine	Çayırhan, Ankara, Türkiye	40.10121, 31.701746 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2000	–

Table 3: Operation details

Note: The asterisk (*) signifies that the value is a GEM estimated figure.

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
–	3.5	2022	Surface	–	–	50*	602*

Table 4: Coal resources and destination

Total Reserves (Mt)	Year of Total Reserves Recorded	Total Resources (Mt)	Coalfield	Coal Type	Coal Grade	Primary Consumer/ Destination
304	–	531	Ankara	Lignite	Thermal	Çayırhan power station

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Electricity Generation Company (Türkiye) AŞ	Electricity Generation Company (Türkiye) AŞ [100%]	Turkey

Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	5	5	5	–	4	3	3

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker April 2024 release and the September supplement.

Background

The Çayırhan coal mine is an opencast mine, operated by EÜAŞ, in Çayırhan, Nallıhan, Ankara, Turkey.

The mine powers the Çayırhan power station. Park Teknik, a subsidiary of Ciner Group, received the tender for a coal mine in Çayırhan in 1996. The tender was a build-operate-transfer project whereby Park Teknik would build and operate the mine for 15 years, and then transfer it to Türkiye Elektrik Üretim İletim A.Ş. or TEİAŞ (Turkey Electricity Production and Distribution co.) a public energy company. Park Teknik's lease ended in 2010. In 2000, the ownership of the mine was transferred from TEİAŞ to EÜAŞ. In 2010, another tender was supposed to take place for the mine's operation, but was canceled. The mine's operating rights were awarded to Park Termik, another subsidiary of Ciner Group, through a concession agreement (imtiyaz sözleşmesi). In June 30, 2020 Park Termik transferred its operating rights alongside all the mine equipment on site to EÜAŞ. The transfer also included the Çayırhan power station that Park Termik operated.

• Owner: EÜAŞ
• Operator: EÜAŞ
• Location: Çayırhan, Nallıhan, Ankara, Turkey
• GPS coordinates: 40.10121, 31.7017461 (exact)
• Mine status: Operating
• Start year: 2000
• Mineable reserves: 304 million tonnes
• Total reserves: 545 million tonnes
• Coal type: Lignite
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