Seyitomer Coal Mine

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Seyitomer Coal Mine (KÜTAHYA SEYİTÖMER LİNYİT ENTERPRISE) is an operating coal mine in Seyitomer, Kutahya, Türkiye.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Seyitomer Coal Mine	Seyitomer, Kutahya, Türkiye	39.574254, 29.832337 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1960	–

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
7	–	–	Surface	–	–	50*	918*

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
150	–	160	–	Lignite	Thermal	Seyitömer power station

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Çelikler Seyitömer Elektrik Üretim A.Ş.	Çelikler Holding AŞ	Turkey

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	7	–	–	–	–	–	–

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 Seyitomer coal mine is an opencast mine, operated by Celikler Insaat, producing 8 million tonnes per annum, in Eynez, near Seyitomer, Kutahya Province, Turkey. The Seyitomer coal mine was established in 1960 with 600 thousand tons a year production capacity. Between 1963 and 1968 the mine's capacity was increased to 2 million tons. After the Seyitömer power station was opened in 1973, the mine was rebuilt to produce 7 million tons to feed the plant. In 2012, the Seyitömer mine's ownership was transferred from Turkiye Komur lsletmesi Kurumu or TKI to EÜAŞ which already owned and operated the Seyitömer plant. In 2013, the operating rights of both the plant and the mine were awarded to Çelikler Holding through a tender. In 2014, Çelikler Holding declared that the mine was producing 6 million tons a year.

In 2012, TKI stated that the mines had a reserve of 176 million tons.

• Owner: Celikler Insaat
• Parent company:
• Location: Soma, Manisa Province, Turkey
• GPS coordinates: 39.574254,29.832337 (approximate)
• Mine status: operating
• Start year: 1960
• Reserves: 176 million tons
• Coal type:
• Mine size:
• Mine type: surface
• Production: 6 million tons per year

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