Turkey is one of the world’s richest countries in mineral wealth. Excluding petroleum and coal, there are over 4,400 mineral deposits in Turkey. Turkey holds 60% of world boron reserves, 40% of world marble reserves, and has large lignite, trona (natural soda ash), copper, chromite, manganese and phosphate deposits, ceramics, cement, glass raw materials, iron ore, zinc, lead, feldspar, pumice, barites, bentonite, kaolin and perlite reserves.
For the development of the new mines, Turkey will need shovels, excavators, trucks, conveyor systems, continuous mining equipment, draglines, coal gasification systems, gold and silver mining and processing equipment, mineral processing equipment, drilling equipment and mine survey systems.
New imported coal-fired thermal power plants are planned to help meet Turkey’s electric power demand, which is growing at 8% annually. Turkey is the 8th largest lignite producer in the world and the 6th largest in Europe. With the addition of new power plants Turkey is expected to become the 5th largest lignite producer in the world and 3rd largest lignite producer in Europe. Annual production of lignite coal is expected to reach 120 million tons in 2010 and 190 million tons in 2020.
Delegates
| Company | Products/Business | Website |
|---|---|---|
| Aksoy Insaat Turizm, Inc. | ||
| Cukurova Ziraat End, Inc. | Distributor of the global brands Case, Sumitomo, Merlo, Amman, Furukavva, Fleetguard | www.cukurovaziraat.com.tr |
| DAMA Engineering | N/A | N/A |
| Gumustas Madencilik | Gold Mining | N/A |
| Pinar Madencilik | Antimuan Mining | www.pinarmadencilik.com.tr |
| Sun Ulasim Ltd. | Represents Italian tunnel drilling companies and wished to expand to mining machinery representation | www.sunltd.com.tr |
| Temsa, Inc. | Authorized distributor of mining, construction, and steel products from worldwide market firms like Bucyrus International, Beml India, Le Tourneau, Hughes Christensen and others | www.temsa-inc.com |