Turkey's Mining Potential

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ANKARA - Over 10 billion tons of coal, 5 billion cubic meters of marble, 2 billion tons of boron and 6.500 tons of gold reserves are waiting to be extracted in Turkey, Rifat Kont, the chairman of Turkish National Committee of the World Mining Congress, told the A.A.
Kont said that Turkey should reduce coal and natural gas imports by taking advantage of its own coal reserves.