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Kinik Coal Mine is a shelved coal mine in Kinik, Izmir, Türkiye.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Kinik Coal Mine Kinik, Izmir, Türkiye 39.085627, 27.335387 (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 Project Type Opening Year Closing Year
Shelved Construction New

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
5 Underground 494* *

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
250 Kınık Lignite Thermal Kınık power station

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
Polyak Enez Fina Energy Holding 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 Kınık coal mine is a lignite mine, operated by Polyak Eynez Mining Company, a subsidary of Fina Energy Holding, with a capacity of 5 million tonnes per annum, near Kinik, Izmir province, Turkey.[1]

The mine will power the Kınık power station. As of 2023, the mine appears shelved. In August 2014, Polyak Eynez received a permit to search for and produce coal in the Kınık district of İzmir. The İzmir governorship decided that Polyak Eynez did not need an EIA for the project. [2] Later same month, the company announced that they were planning to invest €100 million for the project.[3] A legally required meeting to inform the public of the project was scheduled for July 30, 2015 in a local school.[4] Initially the mine was projected to produce 500 thousand tons a year, but in 2016 its capacity was increased to 4.5 million.[5] In 2017, the Turkish construction firm charged with building the mine was found insufficient, and a Chinese construction firm was included in the project to supply engineers.[6]

In 2017, Muzaffer Polat, who at the time owned %30 of Polyak Eynez, announced that they were intending to start production in late 2018. He also stated that the production was going to be 5 million tons per year, of which 3.5 million would be used in the nearby Kınık power station that Polyak Eynez was constructing and 1.5 million would be exported.[7]

In January 2020, Polyak Eynez announced that they had detected 250 million tons in reserves, and that the mine would be operational for 40 years once the production started in late 2020.[8]

As of June 2021, it is not clear whether the mine is operational or not.

  • Owner:Polyak Eynez Mining Company
  • Parent company: Fina Energy Holding
  • Location: Kinik, Izmir province, Turkey
  • GPS coordinates: 39.085627, 27.335387 (approximate)
  • Mine status: Proposed
  • Start year:
  • Mineable reserves: 250 million tons
  • Coal type: Lignite
  • Mine size:
  • Mine type:
  • Production: 5 million tons

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References

  1. İzmir'de heyecanlandıran gelişme: 250 milyon ton rezerv tespit edildi, Yenisafak, Jan. 9, 2020
  2. Doğan, Sinan (August 9, 2014). "Ülkenin En Zengin İş Adamına Kınık'ta ÇED Kıyağı!". Ege'de Son Söz. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  3. "Polyak Eynez Enerji Kınık'a 100 milyon Euro'luk yatırım yapacak!". Emlak Kulisi. August 25, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  4. "İzmir'de kömür ocağı kapasite artışı halk toplantısı 30 Temmuz'da!". Emlak Kulisi. July 15, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  5. "Hüsnü Özyeğin ile Adnan Polat'tan 4 mahallenin ortasına termik santral!". Sol. April 26, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  6. Aldanmaz, Ender (January 12, 2017). "İzmir'deki o madeni Türkler yapamadı Çinliler Yapacak". Ege'de Son Söz. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  7. "Madene ve santrale 1 milyar $ yatıracak". Ekonomist. October 21, 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ""250 milyon ton kömür olduğunu tespit ettik" dedi, üretim müjdesi verdi Kınık'ta kömür madeni heyecanı: "Yıllık 5 milyon ton ortalama üretim yaparak burada bulunan kömürü 40 yılda çıkarmayı planlamaktayız"". HaberTürk. January 9, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2021.