Yenikoy Lignite Mines (Yeniköy)

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Yenikoy Lignite Mines (Yeniköy) (Sekköy, İkizköy, Akbelen, Karacahisar) is an operating coal mine in Oren, Mugla, Türkiye.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Yenikoy Lignite Mines (Yeniköy)	Oren, Mugla, Türkiye	37.163465, 27.889172 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2014	–

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	–	Underground & Surface	–	–	50*	717*

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
184.3	–	184.3	Yeniköy	Lignite	Thermal	Yeniköy power station

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Yeniköy Kemerköy Electricity Generation and Trade Inc	IC Holding [50.0%]; Limak Holding AŞ [50.0%]	Turkey

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

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

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 Yeniköy Lignite Mines are a network of underground and opencast mines, operated by Yeniköy Kemerköy Electricity Generation and Trade Inc, a subsidiary of IC İçtaş Enerji - Limak Enerji. The mines produce 8 million tonnes per annum total for the Kemerköy power station and Yeniköy power station, in Muğla, Turkey.

Four mines in the network, Sekköy, İkizköy, Akbelen and Karacahisar, form the Yeniköy cluster. Together, they produce 3.5 million tons to supply the Yeniköy power station. For the Kemerköy cluster formed by the remaining 2 mines that feed the Kemerköy power station, see Yeniköy coal mines (Kemerköy). In 2014, Limak and IC İçtaş Enerji jointly established the Yeniköy Kemerköy Elektrik Üretim (Yeniköy Kemerköy Electricity Generation and Trade Inc) and won a privatization tender for the Yeniköy coalfield. Within the same tender Yeniköy Kemerköy Electricity Generation and Trade Inc also received the operating rights for Yeniköy power station and the Kemerköy power station. The Yeniköy Coalfield is divided into 4 basins; Sek Köy, Hüsamlar, İkiz Köy, and Alatepe. There are a total of 6 mines in the field; Karacahisar, Akbelen, İkizköy, Sekköy, Çarkıralan Belentepe, and Hüsamlar. Sekköy, İkizköy, Akbelen and Karacahisar produce 3.5 million tons per year and supply the Yeniköy plant, whereas Çarkıralan Belentepe, and Hüsamlar mines produce 4.5 million tons per year and supply the Kemerköy plant. All of the mines combined produce 8 million tons in total. The total reserves for all of the mines are 231 million tons, and is divided among the mines as follows;

Mine Name	Reserve Size (in million tons)
Karacahisar	90
Akbelen	33.3
İkizköy	41.5
Sekköy	19.5
Yeniköy total	184.3
Çakıralan Belentepe	9.4
Hüsamlar	38
Kemerköy total	47.4
TOTAL OF MINES	231.7

• Owner: Yeniköy Kemerköy Electricity Generation and Trade Inc
• Parent company: IC İçtaş Enerji - Limak Enerji
• Location: Muğla province, Turkey
• GPS coordinates: 37.163465, 27.889172 (exact)
• Mine status: Operating
• Start year: 2014
• Mineable reserves: 184.3 million tons
• Coal type: Lignite
• Mine size:
• Mine type: opencast and underground
• Production: 3.5 million metric tons
• Equipment:

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