Lignite Production Rises 10.6%

Lignite Production Increases 10.6% Saleable lignite production decreased 5.8% compared to the previous month in November, while increasing 10.6% year-on-year. Turkey's Statistical Institute (TÜİK) released November 2021 solid fuels statistics. According to the data, lignite production in November reached 6,490,672 tons. Saleable lignite production decreased 5.8% compared to October but increased 10.6% compared to November of the previous year. Hard coal production reached 118,473 tons in November Saleable hard coal production increased 9.7% month-on-month and 11.0% year-on-year in November. Saleable coking coal production reached 397,465 tons in November. This production declined 2.2% compared to the previous month, while increasing 9.2% compared to November of the previous year.

What is Lignite?

Lignite, also known as brown coal, is a type of coal that ranks lowest in the coal classification and is largely used as fuel in thermal power plants. Heaters and stoves are heated with this fuel. In order to protect our forests from the necessity of obtaining firewood and to use the main substance of "dung," which is also widely used as a fuel in our villages, in the form of fertilizer, efforts are being made to benefit from all types of lignite deposits.