Elbistan coalfield, also known as Afşin Elbistan Lignite Reserve, is a large

lignite Lignite (derived from Latin ''lignum'' meaning 'wood'), often referred to as brown coal, is a soft, brown, combustible sedimentary rock formed from naturally compressed peat. It has a carbon content around 25–35% and is considered the lowest ...

coalfield A coalfield is an area of certain uniform characteristics where coal is mined. The criteria for determining the approximate boundary of a coalfield are geographical and cultural, in addition to geological. A coalfield often groups the seams of ...

Kahramanmaraş Province Kahramanmaraş Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality of Turkey. Its area is 14,520 km2, and its population is 1,177,436 (2022). Its provincial capital is the city o ...

in the south-east of Turkey. Elbistan is the field with the most

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. Former Çöllolar coal mine also supplied a local power station, but after that closed, Kışlaköy was the only mine. 200 million tons of CO₂ were emitted by burning lignite from this field before 2016. The lignite is high in

sulfur Sulfur ( American spelling and the preferred IUPAC name) or sulphur ( Commonwealth spelling) is a chemical element; it has symbol S and atomic number 16. It is abundant, multivalent and nonmetallic. Under normal conditions, sulfur atoms ...

and moisture, and the energy value of this coal is only 1,000 to 1,500 kcal/kg, or less than 5 MJ/kg, which is a quarter of typical thermal coal. The coalfield supplies the Afşin-Elbistan power stations.

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Afşin-Elbistan coal mines
on Global Energy Monitor {{coord missing, Turkey Coal mining regions in Turkey Kahramanmaraş Province Elbistan Afşin District