The Avnik mine is a large
iron ore
Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in iron oxides and vary in color from dark grey, bright yellow, or deep purple to rusty red. The iron is usually found in the fo ...
mine
Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to:
Extraction or digging
* Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging
*Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine
Grammar
*Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun
...
in
Bingöl Province
Bingöl Province ( tr, , lit=province of a thousand lakes, '' ku, Parêzgeha Çewlîg'', ) is a province of Turkey in Eastern Anatolia. The province was known as Çapakçur Province (from ) until 1945 when it was renamed as Bingöl province. Its ...
, eastern
Turkey, east of the capital,
Ankara.
Avnik represents the largest
iron reserve in Turkey having estimated reserves of 104 million tonnes of ore grading 42%
iron.
The 104 million tonnes of ore contains 43.7 million tonnes of iron metal.
References
External links
Official site
{{Resources in Turkey
Iron mines in Turkey
Buildings and structures in Bingöl Province
Geography of Bingöl Province