Polyakeynez Energy Production Mining
Polyakeynez Energy Production Mining is located in Soma Basin, one of the most prominent lignite basins of Türkiye, on the administrative border of Kinik district of Izmir.
Kinik Lignite Mine is an underground mine that started operations in 2014 near Elmadere quarter, with operation licenses no. 82015 and 201100458.
Consisting of 1 main gallery and 2 shafts, the facility is the deepest underground lignite mine in Türkiye. Over 3,000 employees are employed at the mine, where the highest quality lignite coal of our Türkiye is extracted. The investment infrastructure is designed to be suitable for a coal production capacity of 8.5 million tons/year. The total resource of the mine site is estimated to be approximately 225 million tons over the mine lifespan.
The preferred production method is the Longwall Top Coal Caving (LTCC) method. This method enables Polyak Eynez production operations to extract thick coal seams up to 25 meters long in a single operation with high efficiency. Longwall Top Coal Caving method provides access to the remaining coal in the cave-in zone and the extraction of the cave-in coal with an efficiency of up to 80%, enabling the reserve to be recovered with the highest possible savings.
The extracted coal is transported to the lavvar facility (coal processing and enrichment facility). Transportation of the raw coal to the lavvar facility for washing and removal of impurities is carried out underground by means of main belts.
Along with its high calorific value, its sulfur content of less than 1% is well below the national average and equivalent to hard coal values. Analyses have proven that it is a high quality product in terms of moisture content, ash content and volatile matter values.
The calorific value of KM2 coal in the Kinik lignite field can reach up to 6,000 kcal. Therefore, the coal in the site can be considered as sub-bituminous coal, not lignite in accordance with the literature.
