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Although some environmental pressures have been decoupled from economic growth, the environment still faces many threats, such as coal and diesel fuel emitting greenhouse gases and deadly fine particulate air pollution. [2] As of 2023 there is no fine particulate limit and coal in Turkey is subsidized. Some say the country is a pollution haven. [3]
Much of the world's alabaster is extracted from the centre of the Ebro Valley in Aragon, Spain, which has the world's largest known exploitable deposits. [17] According to a brochure published by the Aragon government, alabaster has elsewhere either been depleted, or its extraction is so difficult that it has almost been abandoned or is carried ...
Gülşehir Salt Mine (Turkish: Gülşehir Tuz Madeni), officially named "Turkey 2023", [1] is an underground salt mine located at Tuzköy village in Gülşehir district of Nevşehir Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey. [2] The salt mine is located in the "Hacı Bektaş Salt Basin" about 27 km (17 mi) far from Nevşehir.
Mining is documented in the "e-maden" computer system ("maden" means "mine" in Turkish). [47] Coal miners do not have the right to strike. [48] A company called Tarhan Maden has proposed a mine in the district of Tavşanlı in Kütahya Province. [49] Unions have complained of mines they say are unsafe, such as Kınık coal mine. [50]
Soil profile with oxidation in Manisa Province, Turkey. The main types of soil in Turkey are calcisols, cambisols and leptosols, and fluvisols. [1]By the mid-20th century erosion had reduced the amount of arable land, [2] but the government is combating desertification and erosion in various ways. [3]
Pages in category "Iron mines in Turkey" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Attepe mine;
The mine, a public property owned by TKI, was operated by the private sector company Soma Kömür İşletmeleri A.Ş. In May 2014 the Soma mine disaster took place in the mine, killing 301 people. In 2018 TKI retendered the operating licence. [4] Eynez 1 and 2 mines are now operated by Demir Export, a subsidiary of Koç Holding.