Coal

Ministry gives license to extract 1.8 billion tons of lignite coal in Central Anatolia

As the wounds of the recent coal mine accident that killed 18 workers in the Central Anatolian heartland of Karaman are still fresh, the Energy Ministry has given licenses for three new mines in the same area, which is estimated to have a lignite coal reserve of 1.83 billion tons.

‘Natural gas’ lobby behind dismissal of coal plant on olive groove, head of firm claims

The head of a Turkish business group that cut down thousands of olive trees in western Turkey to build a power plant before the gambit was foiled by the judiciary has accused the “natural gas lobby” of annulling the project.

Western Turkish coal plant’s privatization completed for $1 billion despite workers' opposition

Turkey’s Privatization Authority has announced that it has finalized the privatization process of a state-run coal plant in Yatağan in the Aegean province of Muğla, with a power generation capacity of 630 MW.

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