Afşin-Elbistan coal mines

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The Afşin-Elbistan coal mines are a network of opencast and underground mines, operated by Euas Electricity Generation Company (Elektrik Üretim A.Ş, EÜAŞ) with a capacity of 14 million tonnes per annum, in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey.

The mines provide fuel to the proposed Afşin-Elbistan power complex. The complex includes the Afşin-C, Afşin-D, Afşin-E, and Kışlaköy mines.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the Afşin-Elbistan mines in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey.

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Background

Euas Electricity Generation Company (Elektrik Üretim A.Ş, EÜAŞ) owns the mine.

Mine Details

• Owner: Euas Electricity Generation Company (Elektrik Üretim A.Ş, EÜAŞ)
• Parent company:
• Location: Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
• GPS coordinates: 38.340685, 37.082979 (exact)
• Mine status: operating
• Production: 14 million tonnes per annum
• Reserves: 3400 million tonnes resources in basin; with 4840 million tonnes (2013)
• Start year: 1981
• Coal type: lignite
• Mine type: surface and underground
• Power station: Afşin-Elbistan power complex

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