Bursa Keles Coal Mine

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Bursa Keles Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Keles, Bursa, Türkiye.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Bursa Keles Coal Mine	Keles, Bursa, Türkiye	39.90331, 29.17746 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1979	–

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
0.35	–	–	Surface	–	–	50.0*	212*

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
67.0	–	–	–	Lignite	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Çelikler Orhaneli Tunçbilek Elektrik Üretim A.Ş. [100%]	Çelikler Holding AŞ	Turkey

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

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

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2025 release.

Background

The Bursa Keles coal mine is a lignite mine, operated by Çelikler Orhaneli Tunçbilek Elektrik Üretim A.Ş. Celikler Insaat, with a capacity of 1.6 million tonnes per annum, near Keleş, Bursa, Turkey.

The mine will power the proposed Bursa power station. In 1979 TKI established Bursa Linyitleri İşletmesi (Bursa Lignite Enterprise) or BLİ to exploit the lignite reserves in Orhaneli and Keles. In 2012, TKİ decided to privatize the coalfield through a tender to produce coal and construct a 270 MW power station in the district. The last year before its privatization, TKİ produced 0.9 million tons of lignite coal from Keles and Orhaneli combined. BLİ was acquired by Çelikler Holding's Çelikler Orhaneli Tunçbilek Elektrik Üretim A.Ş alongside the Orhaneli power station and Tunçbilek power station for $521 million.

In 2013, Çelikler Holding applied to Energy Market Regulatory Authority or EMRA for a pre-permit to build a 270 MW power station, and started the EIA process. At the time, the plant was planned to become operational by 2019, and that teles would produce 2 million tons of coal a year to supply the power plant, and around 75 thousand tons to sell to the market. As of June 2021, the power plant is not featured in the company website, and the project appears to be defunt.

According to Çelikler Holding's website, the mine produces 1.65 million tons a year.

• Owner: Çelikler Orhaneli Tunçbilek Elektrik Üretim A.Ş.
• Parent company: Celikler Insaat
• Location: Keleş, Bursa, Turkey
• GPS coordinates: 39.90331, 29.17746 (exact)
• Mine status: operating
• Start year: 1979
• Mineable reserves: 67 MT
• Coal type: Lignite
• Mine size:
• Mine type: opencast
• Production: 1.6 MTPA

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