Can Coal Mine

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Can Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Çan, Çanakalle, Türkiye.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Can Coal Mine Çan, Çanakalle, Türkiye 41.438877, 31.84698 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Operating 2005

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
1[1] 5[2] 2022[2] Surface 50* 718*

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
60.93 Lignite Thermal Çan (18 Mart) power station

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
Can Lignite Enterprise (Çan Linyitleri İşletmesi Müdürlüğü) Turkish Coal Enterprises Turkey

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

ROM or Saleable 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Saleable[2] 2[2] 2[2] 2[2] 2[2] 3[2] 5[2] 3[2]

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 Çan coal mine, also known as the Çan lignite facility, is surface mine, operated by Çan Linyitleri İşletmesi Müdürlüğü, a TKI subsidiary, producing 2.3 million tonnes per annum, near Can, Canakkale, Turkey.[3] Between 1940 and 1979 coal mining activities in Çan were undertaken by private enterprises. In 1979 the coalfield was nationalized and it was operated by the Çan Lignite Enterprises since then. Since the establishment of the Çan (18 Mart) power station in 2004, its coal demand has been supplied by the Çan coal mine.[4]

Çan lignite enterprises had 309 employees in 2020, out of which 93 were office workers and 216 were laborers. The same year, TKİ reported that the Çan coal mine produced 2.5 million tons, and had 60.9 million tons in reserves. 96% of the mine's production was supplied to power plants, and the remaining 4% for heating and manufacturing.[5]

  • Owner: Çan Linyitleri İşletmesi Müdürlüğü[3]
  • Parent company: TKI[6]
  • Location: Can, Canakkale, Turkey
  • GPS coordinates:40.023827, 27.038636(exact)
  • Mine status: operating[3]
  • Start year: 1979
  • Proven reserves: 60.93 million tons (2020) [5]
  • Coal type: lignite[3]
  • Mine size:
  • Mine type: surface
  • Production: 2.462.671 tons (2020)[5]

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References

  1. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220618030630/https://pubs.usgs.gov/myb/vol3/2019/myb3-2019-turkey.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 https://www.tki.gov.tr/yayinlar. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 U.S. Department of the Interior, Turkey Mineral Yearbook 2016
  4. (2013) 2012 Yılı Faaliyet Raporu . Türkiye Kömür İşletmeleri, 30. Report.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 (April 2021) 2020 Yılı Faaliyet Raporu . Türkiye Kömür İşletmeleri. Report.
  6. "2014 Minerals Yearbook: Turkey", United States Geological Survey, Sept. 2016, page 46.22