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ECONOMY
MINING
Turkey is extremely rich country when the variation of mineral
deposits and reserves are taken into account.
Today, production of 53 different mineral deposits and mines are
realized in the mining sector in Turkey. The mineral and mine
production in the public sector is heavily directed to the fuels and
metallic ores as the private sector is concentrated to the
production of industrial minerals. The annual average production of
charcoal is above two and a half million tons. The only organization
producing charcoal is Turkey Charcoal Association General
Directorate and this association continues its activities in five
establishments by the method of underground mining. The lignite ore
deposits are encountered in nearly all regions of Turkey. Turkey is
the seventh country of the world in lignite reserves and at the
sixth order in the production process. The assistance of the lignite
mining to economy is basically in the field of energy production.
The lignite and unrefined petroleum production in the sector covers
approximately 60 percent of the total production. Also enterprises
concerning the search and production for petroleum in foreign
countries is realized. In this concept, although limited, petroleum
production studies in the common determined fields at Egypt and
Khazakistan is still in progress.
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