Solid Fuels, July 2019, in Turkey

Maximum production and delivery were in ligniteMarketable production of solid fuels was 106 thousand 177 tonnes for hard coal, 8 million 63 thousand 879 tonnes for lignite⁽¹⁾ and 369 thousand 702 tonnes for coke derived from hard coal in July 2019. For the same month, deliveries⁽²⁾ were 3 million 377 thousand 882 tonnes for hard coal, 7 million 501 thousand 124 tonnes for lignite and 396 thousand 219 tonnes for coke derived from hard coal.

The lowest ratio of production to deliveries was in hard coal

The lowest ratio⁽³⁾ of marketable production to deliveries was in hard coal by 3.1%. This ratio was 93.3% for coke derived from hard coal and 107.5% for lignite.

Ratio of production to deliveries, July 2019

Hard coal and lignite were delivered mostly to the thermal power plants

Distribution of solid fuels according to breakdown of main delivery places was 62.2% to thermal power plants, 15.3% to coking plants, 7% to industry (except iron and steel industry) for hard coal whereas, 88% to thermal power plants, 7.8% to industry (except iron and steel industry) for lignite and 97.6% to iron and steel industry for coke derived from hard coal.

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EXPLANATIONS

(1) Asphaltite is included within lignite.
(2) Dispatching of the fuel from production, imports and stocks for consuming purposes.
(3) It shows the proportion of marketable production in deliveries.
Ratio of production to deliveries = (marketable production quantity / delivery quantity)*100