Mining in Turkey

Abstract

Turkey is a country rich diversity of underground resources. Textronic and complex geological structure of Turkey allows the availability of a wide variety of mineral deposits. Today, approximately 90 types of mines are produced in the world. In Turkey, production is made of approximately 60 types of mines. Turkey, in 132 countries across the world, as the total value of mineral production in the 2nd ranks, in terms of the diversity of minerals is ranked 10th. Turkey is a rich country in terms of particularly industrial raw materials, some metallic minerals such as lignite, and geothermal sources of energy. 2.5% of world reserves of industrial raw materials, 1% of coal reserves, 0.8% of the geothermal potential, and 0.4% of the metallic mineral reserves are in Turkey.