Tuncbilek Coal Mine

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Tuncbilek Coal Mine (Tunçbilek) is an operating coal mine in Tunçbilek, Tavşanlı, Kutahya, Türkiye.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Tuncbilek Coal Mine Tunçbilek, Tavşanlı, Kutahya, Türkiye 39.634823, 29.455311 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Operating 1939

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
3.3[1] 2022[1] Surface 50* 489*

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
62 Lignite Thermal Polat power station

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
West Lignite Enterprise (Garp Linyitleri İşletmesi Müessesesi Müdürlüğü) Turkish Coal Enterprises [100.0%] Turkey

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

ROM or Saleable 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
ROM[2] 1[3] 2[4] 2[5] 1[6] 1[7] 3[2] 2[8]

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 Tuncbilek coal mine is an opencast mine complex, operated by West Lignite Enterprise (Garp Linyitleri İşletmesi Müessesesi Müdürlüğü), a subsidiary of the TKI, producing over 1 million tonnes per annum, in Tavsanli, Kutahya Province, Turkey.[9] Lignite mining in the district of Tunçbilek in the Kütahya province began in 1939, when he state-owned Etibank acquired the land for mining from a private owner. In 1940, Garp Linyitleri İşletmesi or GLİ was established as a subsidiary of Etibank to extract coal from Değirmisaz, Soma, Seyitomer and Tunçbilek. In 1957, GLİ was transferred from Etibank to TKI (Turkey Coal Enterprises) a state-owned coal company. In 1978, Soma mine was transferred to the Ege Linyitleri İşletmesi Müessesesi Müdürlüğü (Aegean Lignite Enterprise) or ELİ and in 1990 Seyitomer mine was transferred Seyitömer Linyitleri İşletmesi (Seyitömer Lignite Enterprise) or SLİ. The Değirmisaz mine was depleted in 1966.[10] The Omerler coal mine Ömerler mine started production in 1985 in the Tunçbilek coalfield under GLİ.[11] As such 1990 onwards, GLİ operated only in the Tunçbilek coalmine through two mines, the Tunçbilek mine which is a surface mine, and the Ömerler mine which is an underground mine.

80% of the production of GLİ is produced by Tunçbilek, whereas the remaining 20% is extracted through underground mining at Ömerler.[12]

In 2020, the Tunçbilek mine produced 1.1 million tons.[13] This was a stark decline from its 2019 production, 2.2 million tons.[14]

As of 2020, total reserves of GLİ were 62 million tons.[13]

  • Owner: Garp Linyitleri İşletmesi Müessesesi Müdürlüğü
  • Parent company: TKI
  • Location: Tavsanli, Kutahya Province, Turkey
  • GPS coordinates: 39.634823, 29.455311 (exact)
  • Mine status: operating
  • Start year: 1939
  • Coal type: Lignite
  • Mine size:
  • Mine type: Underground and surface
  • Production: 1,136,714
  • Reserves: 62 million tons

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 https://www.tki.gov.tr/yayinlar. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 https://webim.tki.gov.tr/file/1da785ad-141f-42a1-9c4c-c83914a1664d?download. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://webim.tki.gov.tr/file/e275d2b1-c59e-491b-847c-4e61ce5f4ede?download. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://webim.tki.gov.tr/file/f56f42f2-bedb-4530-8531-4059cf7db427?download. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://webim.tki.gov.tr/file/740c40d4-3003-4591-9d37-f08df7cbabb4?download. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://webim.tki.gov.tr/file/edafdf77-e263-42c4-85bf-7ac9dfa6c090?download. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://webim.tki.gov.tr/file/1ba14009-3aea-4026-b24b-99a7183e57f9?download. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. (PDF) http://www.sp.gov.tr/upload/xSPRapor/files/MGeQq+tki.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. Philip M. Mobbs, "2010 Minerals Yearbook: Turkey", United States Geological Survey, April 2012, page 56.7
  10. "Kuruluş ve Tarihçe". GLİ. 2021. Retrieved June 21, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. Ermişoğlu, Necmettin; Yeşiltaş, AU; Özerdem, Sadık. "G.L.İ. Tunçbilek Bölgesi Ömerler Yeralti İşletmesinde Kendiliğinden Yanma Olaylari İle Mücadele Ve Alinan Önlemler" (PDF). Madencilik. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  12. "Faaliyetler". GLİ. Retrieved June 21, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. 13.0 13.1 (2021) 2020 Faaliyet Raporu . Türkiye Kömür İşletmeleri, 61. Report.
  14. (2020) 2019 Faaliyet Raporu . Türkiye Kömür İşletmeleri, 56. Report.