Amasra Coal Mine

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Amasra Coal Mine is a mothballed coal mine in Amasra, Bartin, Türkiye.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Amasra Coal Mine	Amasra, Bartin, Türkiye	41.721848, 32.349063 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the coal mine:

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Mothballed	–	1953	–

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
0.1	–	–	Underground	Longwall	–	625	*

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
70	–	–	–	Bituminous	Thermal	HEMA Amasra power station

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Amasra Taşkömürü Isletme Müessesesi	TTK	Turkey

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the GEM April 2024 Global Coal Mine Tracker dataset.

Background

The Amasra coal mine is an underground mine, operated by TKK Amasra Taskomuru Isletme Muessesesi, a TTK subsidiary, near Amasra, Bartin, Turkey. The mine is located in the Zonguldak coalfield alongside four other mines, Armutçuk, Kozlu, Üzülmez and Karadon.

Coal mining in Amasra began in 1848, and private enterprises maintained mining activities in the region until 1940. In 1953, mining in the coalfield was nationalized, and the first mine to be built with public capital in Amasra started operations the same year. Between 1953 and 1994 the mine was operated by a series of public companies, and in September 1994 the Amasra İşletme Müdürlüğü (Amasra Operating Directorate) was established under TTK to operate the Amasra mine. In 1998 the Amasra İşletme Müdürlüğü was re-organized as a corporate body and renamed the Amasra Taşkömürü İşletme Müessesesi (Amasra Hard Coal Operating Corporation).

As of 2020, the mine employed 1093 people, of which 974 were designated as laborers, 86 as office workers, 5 as health workers, and 28 as security guards. The same year it was reported that the mine had 385 thousand tons ready reserves, 5.6 million tons proven reserves, 7.7 million tons probable reserves, and 56.6 million tons possible reserves according TTK's categorization. The mine had 6 million tons in proven reserves (ready and proven) and 64.3 million tons in probable reserves (probable and possible). In 2020 the mine produced 116 thousand tons of raw coal, and 46 thousand tons of saleable coal

• Owner: Amasra Taşkömürü İşletme Müessesesi
• Parent company: TTK
• Location: Amasra, Bartin, Turkey
• GPS coordinates:41.721848, 32.349063 (exact)
• Mine status: Operating
• Start year: 1953
• Total reserves: 70,299,859 metric tons
• Proven reserves: 5,990,000 metric tons
• Probable reserves: 64,309,859 metric tons
• Production: 46,516 tons
• Coal type: hard coal
• Mine size:
• Mine type: underground
• Production: 500,000 tonnes a year

Mine Explosion

On October 14, 2022, an underground mine explosion occurred at the TKK Amasra Muessese Mudurlugu mine, in the town of Amasra, that left 41 dead and 10 hospitalised. One injured miner had been released from hospital. At the time of the explosion 110 workers were underground, with 49 in the zone between 300 metres and 350 metres below the surface where the explosion is considered to have occurred. The cause was a methane leakage, or "firedamp."

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