Mining Turkey Magazine Number 12

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4..... FROM THE EDITOR 6..... TURKISH MINING SECTOR NEWS 24..... ESAN’S SUSTAINABLE GROWTH BY DIVERSIFICATION - Esan 28..... HARPUT HOLDING COMPANY, NEW INVESTOR IN THE MINING SECTOR - Harput Holding 30..... SETERM TEKNIK - Seterm Teknik 32..... MB CRUSHER: ACCOUNTS OF CRUSHING FROM THE HEART OF BAVARIA - MB Crusher 34..... ARDEF AND RPMGLOBAL - Ardef 36..... SUCCESS BEGINS WITH SAFETY - Tüprag 40..... NOT ALL FIRST AID IS THE SAME - Gürkan Özel 42..... OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY PRECAUTIONS BEING INSURED IN MINING EXPLORATIONS - Serdar Onur Avcı & Gökhan Kanaat 44..... A GENERAL APPROACH TO THE CONCEPT OF SAFE-DRIVING - Yener Gülünay 46..... WHY ARE THE OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS NOT DECREASING? - Gözde Metin 48..... OHS IN DRILLING OPERATIONS - Sarp Ayken & Arda Ayhan 52..... ADVERTS INDEX

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In 2014, Esan began operating the largest in-house solar energy project in the Aegean region, a 500 kW solar panel roof on its storage depot in Güllük which produced 670 MWh of electricity in 2016.

In 2015, it completed a second solar energy project at the site of its new magne-

sium plant with a fixed capacity of 2,350 kW, the largest solar energy auto-production facility in Turkey. In 2016, this plant generated 1,000 MWh of energy which, in combination with the Güllük project, prevented approximately 940 thousand kg of carbon emissions in 2016.

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From the Editor Arda Ayhan | Geologist, MSc | arda@miningturkeymag.com For modern society, there is now a phenomenon that is not very utopian: The robots. Perhaps in the very near future, we will begin to use robots to meet the ever-increasing needs of common culture of humanity, especially in jobs that bear the risk of death. There are huge investments in this area, because it seems that the common culture will never want to settle for less.

Thus, the lives that have been spent to obtain the raw materials that are thought to be endless will probably end in the very near future. This is a wish. However, it is doubtful that everyone can access these technologies. Moreover, even if conditions are perfect in terms of economic, technological and moral, this is still a future.

However, today the situation is different. Despite many technological developments, the growing OHS experience and the increasing ethics of our culture, people are still working and dying in these jobs. Increasing raw material demand and industrial production continue to assign more labor to more risky tasks. This is the continuation of a few thousand years of tradition in human culture.

Although we have experienced more recent accidents, I have not forgotten what I read, watched and listened about the Soma disaster which is still up-to-date. I thought a lot about it. Therefore, I proposed the theme of this issue as “OHS in the Mining Sector” when I was offered to be the editor of this issue of the magazine. The most important reason why I thought a lot about it was the numerous accusations mentioned in this disaster. Everyone was accusing each other for negligence, ignorance, lack of control, wrong politics, money ambition or deliberate movements. These accusations may all be true. On the other hand, they can all be wrong, too. Workers, chiefs, engineers, managers, bosses, politicians can be guilty. I did not see anyone happy about this accident. I’m not a judge either. That’s why I cannot blame anyone. My claim is that this is a cultural issue.

Soma was a nominal peak, but in terms of the story of the accident it was a repetition of the previous ones, and it was not the last, unfortunately. A society that has lost more people in traffic and occupational accidents than people who died in terrorist acts, needs to make a cultural breakthrough before a technological one to stop these recurring accidents.

As stated previously, mining, by its nature, is a profession that is carried out by taking vital risks and will be so until the robots take over the job. But why? The need for raw materials is an unignorable fact, but whom are these raw materials for? The death of some people for the welfare of some others is a situation that requires a serious ethical questioning and personally disturbing my conscience. Human is not a source. Human is the purpose.

After Soma, did our society make a moral inquiry? All we did was searching for a guilty and praying. And then it was Ermenek.

Then Şirvan... And these were tens among the accidents. But we are now only interested in numbers. As mining accidents increased, deaths became statistics for society. Our culture, however, has kept its tradition alive.

Life before profit... This is the philosophy we should adopt socially to help settle the OHS culture. Never forget that we will either rise or fall together. This is a few thousand years old constant rule of being a society.

Safety first!

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Esan Receives “Best Innovation Project of the Year” Award Esan continues to draw attention with its pioneering practices in the mining sector.

Esan received the “Best IoT” award in 2016 and in 2017 he was awarded the “Best Innovation Project of the Year” award by International Data Corporation (IDC). Esan has made its business processes more secure, more efficient and integrated with its intelligent mining applications and has been appreciated in the competition where it is evaluated together with sectors such as finance, automotive with “Esan Underground Signaling Project”.

According to the statement made by the company, the project is worthy of the award and is the first underground signaling project in the sector, using in-

telligent and wireless control and precision positioning devices.

Having a very wide network of organizations, Esan operates in a total of 10 locations in Turkey and is also active abroad. This broad structure of the organization poses challenges and creates needs. So, with its digital transformation strategies, Esan makes technology investments to turn this into an advantage and manages all processes with standard applications via a common infrastructure and ERP system.

Thus, Esan aligns new generation business applications and automation systems with smart mining applications and technologies, integrating mining with technology.

The structure developed by Esan’s intel-

ligent mining strategy is beneficial not only for the mining sector, but also for improving the application areas of information technologies. The project, which has an algorithm based on underground and plant conditions, was the IoT project that achieved the fastest success in terms of return on investment with its radar system and its structure allowing for underground route optimization.

According to the company’s claim, this project also made a direct contribution to OHS and production in Turkey and achieved significant gains such as high OHS and operational efficiency thanks to the proven “Underground Signaling System”, the largest underground mining IoT project.

April 2017

The Highest Grades are Achieved in Hot Mine Mariana Resources shared data from drilling work done on the Hot Mine project. While the drillings were concentrated on the two new zones on the main vein, it was stated that the drilling areas were reduced to 25 m2 to provide more detailed data. It was emphasized that the drillings on a new line reached the highest grades achieved from the Hot Mine until today. It was stated that the continuity of the gold-copper mineralization on the main vein was confirmed with these drills. The best results from drilling studies were as follows: • HTD-71: 62,7 g/t Au and 69% Cu for 69 meters from the 210th meter • HTD-70: 8.3 g/t Au and 1.65% Cu for 63

meters from the 218th meter • HTD-70: 35.6 g/t Au and 1.46% Cu for 5 meters from the 225th meter • HTD-72: 19.4 g/t Au and 1.31% Cu for 34,5 meters from the 180th meter • HTD-72: 54.4 g/t Au and 1.30% Cu for 3 meters from the 192nd meter • HTD-69: 19.7 g/t Au and 2.1% Cu for 7 meters from the 351st meter • HTD-76: 1.4 g/t Au and 0.99% Cu for 33 meters from 357 meters • HTD-76: 6.1 g/t Au and 0.97% Cu for 11 meters from the 443th meter • HTD-73: 29.2 g/t Au and 0.40% Cu for 2 meters from the 110th meter • HTD-63: 13.8 g/t Au and 0.90% Cu for 1 m from the 13th meter • HTD-63: 4.6 g/t Au and 0.42% Cu for

15,5 m from the 78th meter • HTD-66: 4.6 g/t Au for 7.5 m from 115th meter On the other hand, the company announced that it would start drilling program in Ergama project, which it holds 100% of the shares. As part of the program, 7 core drilling studies will be carried out initially and it is stated that the works will be completed in January of 2017. Glen Parsons, CEO of Mariana Resources, noted that there are many important projects in the region, and stated that if the mineralization is detected as a result of the work, the drilling will be upgraded to the next stage.

March 2017

Siirt Madenköy Copper Mine Sold to Cengiz İnşaat Madenköy Copper Mine, operating in the Şirvan province of Siirt, owned by Park Elektrik, was sold to Cengiz Construction on 20.03.2017. In the statement made to KAP (Public Disclosure Platform) on the issue of Park Elektrik, it was announced that the assets of the company related to

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concentrate copper production activities were sold to Cengiz Construction Industry and Trade Company for 195 million USD plus VAT by decision of the board of directors on 17.03.2017. In the statement, it was stated that the sale was paid in cash on 20.03.2017. On 17.11.2016, 16

miners lost their lives in the same mine.

In the statement made by the company to the KAP, it is said that after the landslide, post-landslide uncertainties were effective in sales, while emphasizing this accident.

March 2017

Always Production, Always Export Mevlüt Kaya, the head of the Aegean Mining Exporters Association which is one of the locomotive sectors of Turkey’s exports, said that the mining industry is acting with the slogan “Always production, always export” instead of retreating to the brink in a crisis environment.

Meeting with the İzmir Media Platform, Kaya gave information about the schedule the Aegean Mine Exporters Association has been working on to increase mining exports. Explaining that Turkish mining has not yet found value and that the lobby is weak, Kaya continued:

“We are leaseholders at mines owned

by Turkish people and we do not have a lobby. We will manufacture and export by taking the sensitivities of the Turkish people to the foreground. Turkish mining has not yet fully found its value, but our URGE Project Center, R&D Center studies continue.”

Mevlüt Kaya, who made striking explanations at the meeting of the İzmir Media Platform, expressed his hopeful developments in mining sector, especially in natural stone. Kaya noted that the mining industry, one of the most powerful weapons of Turkey, has not

been used effectively yet.

Despite all the negativities, EMİB President Kaya shared the knowledge that the export appetite of the sector is very high. It is noted that reaching the 2023 targets requires some motivation, but if the obstacles are removed, the mining sector is the closest one to meet these targets. Kaya mentioned that regarding to the exports increased to 5 billion dollars from 30 million dollars in 25 years, there is a potential to reach 2023 target, which is 15 billion dollars.

March 2017

Highest Employment Expectation is in the Mining Sector Employers foresee a 16% increase in the net employment outlook for the Turkish mining sector; In April-MayJune the recruitment rate is expected to reach the best levels. Manpower’s Employment Overview Survey for the second quarter of 2017 shows a 14% increase in the net employment outlook. The strongest recruitment expectation is attributable to the mining sector, whose net employment outlook has increased by 16%.

Compared to the first quarter of 2017, there is a 4% increase in the mining sector despite the decrease in recruitment plans of 6 of the 11 sectors included in the survey. When compared to the same period of 2016 (2nd Half), recruitment expectancies in 9 of the 11 sectors included in the survey were weakened while recruitment expectation in the mining sector increased by 13%.

Globally, it is seen that recruitment plans for the next quarters are expect-

ed to increase according to more than 14,000 employers in eight countries and regions in the Asia Pacific region. Although the general situation in Australia has not changed from the previous quarter, the two main sectors of employment, including the mining sector, have the strongest employment prospects since the fourth quarter of 2012. In New Zealand, the highest employment rate is seen in mining and construction.

March 2017

Turkey’s Greatest Underground Metal Mine to Close in 2021 No new reserves were found in the Çayeli Copper Operations, the largest underground metal mine in Turkey, located at the Madenli site of Rize’s Çayeli district after the exploration.

The mine operation, which has been operating for 23 years, is planned to be closed in 2021.

Ian Anderson, General Manager of Çayeli Copper Enterprises (ÇBİ), affiliated to the Canadian First Quantum Minerals company, explained to the press about the issue. Anderson, who stated that copper prices have started to move up again after the crisis in the mining sector on a global scale, said that the increase in the dollar in Tur-

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key negatively affects them. “The taxes increased due to the increase in the dollar. We closed the year with almost no profit. It was the first year in which CFI did not make a profit. We expect 2017 to be better. We aim to produce 1.2 million tons of ore run of mine in 2017. It is coming to the end of the CBI reserves and approaching the closing phase. Production processes in mining are getting harder for us. Therefore, investments will increase but income will decrease. This is very normal as you approach the end of the ore in underground mining.”

Ian Anderson, stated that the time of the closing is related to metal prices,

and according to actual metal prices, this date is 2021. ÇBİ started producing copper and zinc concentrates for the first time in 1994.

With an average of 500 employees, the mine, which has an annual average of 1 million tons of copper and zinc production, descended 600 meters down from the ground with a 6-kilometer road network. Approximately 21.5 million tonnes of mine reserves were removed in 23 years at Çayeli Copper Operations, which was acquired by Canadian First Quantum Minerals in 2013.

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Alpagut-Dodurga Lignite Enterprises (ADL) Underground Mine will Restart Production AKP’s Provincial Chairman Mehmet Karadağ announced the production restart of underground mine AlpagutDodurga Lignite Enterprises (ADL), affiliated to Turkish Coal Enterprises (TKİ).

After the statement, Dodurga Mayor Mustafa Aydın reminded that mining is very important for the development of the province. About the meetings, Aydın mentioned that Dodurga was planned to

be a developed settlement until 2023. In addition to this, he underlined that reactivating the mine would lead to a significant reduction in unemployment rates.

March 2017

22 Projects in the Mining Sector Received Incentive Certificates in the First Two Months March In the mining sector, investment incentive certificates were issued for a total of 22 projects in January and February.

According to the Ministry of Economy, in January and February, a total of 994 projects operating in the agriculture, manufacturing, service, energy and mining sectors were entitled to receive the investment incentive certificate.

The fixed investment amount of the projects that were awarded incentives

in the mining sector during this period was calculated as 418 million TL. Of the total 22 incentive certificates for mining investments, 6 were issued for completely new investments while 16 were for expansion or modernization investments. In fact, all 22 projects consist of domestic capital initiatives.

In January-February 2017, among the investments eligible to receive incentives, the highest mining project with a

fixed investment amount of 167.4 million TL was the gold mine investment of TÜMAD Mining Company and this project was followed by ETİ Bakır AŞ’s copper mine project in Adıyaman with 125 million TL. With the realization of these investments, it is aimed to employ 621 people in the mining sector. In the same period of 2016, the number of projects eligible to receive incentives was 16.

March 2017

Öksüt Mining was the Only Mining Company Awarded in Bonds & Loans Turkey Awards 2017 The most prestigious awards of the Turkish financial markets and the financial sector Bonds & Loans Turkey awards organized by the Global Financial Conferences (GFC), took place in Istanbul. Öksüt Mining granted the award for the 150 million dollars loan agreement with Unicredit Bank AG and the European Bank for

Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) at the event that the country’s leading financiers and company executives have gathered together. The credit agreement signed between Öksüt Madencilik, Unicredit Bank and EBRD is also the first ERBD mining investment in Turkey.

Alper Sezener, General Manager of Öksüt

Mining, stated that they are deemed worthy to be a candidate by Unicredit for the award of “Natural Resources Financing of the Year” among the three candidates. He also mentioned that “We are happy and enjoyable as the only mining company nominated for the awards.”

March 2017

Many Companies Including Eti Maden, TPAO and BOTAŞ have been Transferred to Asset Fund With the decision of the Council of Ministers published in the Official Gazette, it was decided to transfer all Treasury shares in the capital of Petrol Taşıma AŞ, Turkish Petroleum AO, Petroleum AO and Eti Mining General Directorate to the Turkish Asset Fund. Among the other institutions PTT, Ziraat Bank and 6.68 percent share of

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Türk Telekom are also transferred to Fund.

It was stated that the Prime Minister was authorized to determine the reasons for hesitations that may arise with the transferred institutions and to determine the principles of implementation if necessary. According to the statement made by the Prime Ministry, cooperation with

the stakeholders, including international organizations will continue with no change in investment, operating policies and growth strategies. It is stated that all institutions mentioned in the resolution are 73.6 percent of the Treasury share in the Stock Exchange İstanbul (BİST).

February 2017

Pasinex’ First Income from the Third Adit Pasinex Resources announced the sale of its first high grade zinc sulfide from Pinargözü zinc mine in Adana. In the statement, it is stated that an average of 46.82% of 991 tons of zinc sold.

Daily, 120 tonnes high grade mineral zinc carbonate mineral without sulfur is produced predominantly in the mine. In the past few months, the use of high-grade sulfur-containing zinc has begun with the start of the third adit. It was expected that the new adit would help to increase the total production by providing a significant increase in the production rate.

In May 2017, Pasinex have released their 2016 financial results and they reflect a first-time net income for the Canadian entity of 829,906 dollars as a result of a strong profit from their 50%-owned Horzum AS Joint Venture Company in Turkey.

Highlights of the 2016 Year End Financial Results: 1. Horzum AS 50%-owned JV company Financial Results a. The JV company produced and sold 26,462 tonnes (wet weight) of direct shipping ore (DSO) with an average grade of 32.5% Zn in 2016. This represented a total production of 17.61 million pounds of Zn metal. b. The sales revenue totaled $11,658,361 which was approximately $440/ton of mined ore. c. The total costs for the year were $8,052,941 or about $304/ton of mined ore. These costs not only included routine operating costs but also all exploration costs for the year. d. The net profit for 2016 was $3,605,420 or a 30.9% margin. e. During the fourth quarter of 2016,

the JV company offset approximately $769,000 of its early stage property development costs against its revenues.

The Company’s share of this adjustment was $385,000.

2. Pasinex Financial Results a. As a result of the profit realized in the JV company, Pasinex recognized a $1,802,710 equity gain. b. The equity gain led to a net income for the year of $829,906 ($0.01 per share) after deducting operating expenses of $1,024,092. c. Total assets for 2016 were $4,065,789 up from $2,368,863 at the end of 2015.

Total liabilities for 2016 were $282,818 down from $381,901 at the end of 2015. d. Shareholders’ equity was $3,782,971 at the end of 2016 versus $1,986,962 at the end of 2015.

November 2016

Millions of Meters Drilling is Planned Until 2023 Energy and Natural Resources Minister Berat Albayrak gave important information about the sector in his opening speech during the “Coal Action Plan Workshop” held in Istanbul. The workshop included Albayrak, as well as public and private sector leaders and ministerial bureaucrats. Albayrak noted that Turkey’s installed electricity production capacity increased from 30,000 MW to 80,000 MW and that an increase of 50,000 MW was achieved and that an investment of 75 billion dollars was received, while they will be resolute with same performance in the new period.

Albayrak stated that the energy obtained from coal has been increased from 12 percent to 16 percent. Albayrak emphasized that developed countries use coal resources as opposed to reacting to the use of coal. Albayrak continued his words as follows: “For electricity generation, the United States is using 45 percent and UK is using 39 percent coal. Take no offence but we will use this source. Today, the installed capacity is at ten thousands, with these re-

serves; and I am leaving the ones we are yet to discover out. We will discover much more productive reserves in the coming period as a result of planned drillings. Within this scope, it does not really matter who says what.”

Minister Albayrak stated that MTA has an important task in Turkey; “In the new era, MTA will play another role. It will work not only on coal but on all mines.

We made very important decisions.

The more you search, the more you will find. When MTA drilled 30 thousand meters in 2002, we raised it to 300 thousand meters. We set the target for 2017 at 1 million meters. Now we must raise these targets too. In the coming years MTA will continue to drill. We aim to reach a total of 3-4 million meters of drilling a year, jointly by the public and private sectors. We should complete drilling map of Turkey until 2023. We need to know what really is in the soil of the land we call the land of gold. Only this way we can use our local resources efficiently. “ Referring to the importance of the

core bank planned to be established in his speech, Albayrak said, “We have made very important steps regarding the core bank so that the sector can produce better quality jobs to set a solid ground. We have made very important steps not only in the context of Turkey but also in the different regions of the world in the context of exploration. MTA will look at how fast we can proceed in the projects to get results faster. I would like to give a very clear message here to 3 sectors. Especially academicians have very important duties. I am making a call from here. We expect more of their contribution in order to further develop the sector in Turkey. When we look at the finance sector, we are trying to create the right models. We expect their belief and more support to grow the industry. And our Private Sector... We have contributed so much until today, but in the following period we will continue our bold and vigorous investment without stopping it.” He concluded.

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Minister Berat Albayrak: Domestic Coal Share in Electricity Increased 23 Percent Energy Minister Berat Albayrak assessed the electricity production figures for the year 2016. Albayrak reminded the goal of “More indigenous, more renewable” from the day he became minister. “We wanted to increase the share of domestic resources in electricity production by promoting.

With the support we provide in this context, we have increased our electricity production from domestic coal to 36,180GWh to 44,586GWh com-

pared to 2015. We increased our electricity production from domestic coal by 23 percent compared to the previous year.” Albayrak underlined that Turkey, which is dependent on foreign energy, should use coal as the primary source of electricity generation, as it is all over the world.

Energy Minister Albayrak stated that the share of natural gas in electricity generation decreased and added “In 2015, 99,219 GW of electricity was gen-

erated from natural gas, and in 2016, natural gas production was 88,609 Gigawatt hours. In other words, we have realized more than 10 percent reduction from the use of natural gas in energy production. We have reduced the impact of our energy production on the current account deficit.” Albayrak noted that in 2016, 8,400 of the 10,500 GWh increase in electricity production was from domestic coal.

January 2017

The Land in Şile will be Forest After Mining Activities Approximately 225 thousand square meters of land in Şile Sahilköy, whose mining activities ended, were transferred to İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) with a price of 2,442 thousand TL by For-

est Regional Directorate.

The İBB granted authorization to İSTAÇ, one of the İBB’s subsidiaries, for the operation of these areas with a casting capacity of 1.9 million cubic meters. İSTAÇ

will fill this area with excavation from urban transformation in Istanbul. These areas will be planted after being filled with earth land.

January 2017

High Added Value Elemental Boron Obtained from Boron Ore Within the scope of the research project conducted by Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University and a defense industry company, it was announced that 96% pure elemental boron product was obtained with a minimum ton value of $4 million from boron ore. For the first time in Turkey, this new production of elemental boron can be used in the industry as a fuel additive especially in long-range missiles and space rockets.

Head of the project team, University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Faculty Member Assoc. Dr. Mükerrem Şahin stated in his statement to AA that important R&D activities have been carried out especially in recent years on boron. Şahin underlined that one of the most valuable product produced from the boron mine, where more than 70% of the world’s total reserves are located

in our country, is the elementary boron and that the projects named “High Purity Elementary Boron Production System for Use in Rocket Fuels” were rejected by TÜBİTAK in the first place, but they brought it to this stage. Şahin stated that the project is in the production stage now and he informed that the necessary accreditation and authorization procedures are continuing.

November 2016

MTA Puts 820 Thousand Meter Drilling Work Out to Tender 1 million meter long drilling project to uncover the underground resources, which has been a hot topic within the sector as indicated many times by Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Berat Albayrak, has been launched by the General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration (MTA).

It has been declared by MTA that tenders are put out for 820,000m of drilling work.

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As per article 15 of General Guidelines published by the Official Gazette, dated 07.01.2006 no.26046, the works planned to be open tenders are put out under two distinct titles. ‘Lignite Coal and Core Drilling Uranium Exploration’ and ‘Core Drillling Service Procurement’ tenders involve 460,000m and 360,000m of drilling in total, respectively.

Tender documents which contain de-

tailed information on the locations and periods of drilling, from the following links: ‘Lignite Coal and Core Drilling Uranium Exploration’ tender: www.mta.gov.tr/v3.0/mta/ilan/148 ‘Core Drillling Service Procurement’ tender: www.mta.gov.tr/v3.0/mta/ilan/147 November 2016

Koza Altın, Shares Latest News on its Mines Koza Altın İşletmeleri AŞ that has been assigned over to Turkey’s Savings and Deposits Insurance Fund (TMSF) shared latest news on its mines as per persistent inquiries by stock market investors. According to company’s declaration; Himmetdede Mine: Open quarry and mine production operations are continuing. Mine service life has been extended by obtained permits. Çukuralan Mine: Open quarry and mine production activities are continuing.

Ovacık Mine: Underground production has been continuing and mine production is maintained at full capacity.

Kaymaz Mine: Mine production is continuing. Open quarry activities are expected to start in year 2017.

Mastra Mine: After acquisition of expected permits, open quarry and underground productions and accordingly, mine production activities are expected to start. The company also elaborated on some of the permits that are recently acquired.

Within this scope; acquired Environment Permission and License Document based the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report for the capacity increase of the Company’s Kaymaz Gold Mine Operation; according to the official letter issued by the General Directorate of EIA Permission and Inspection, will be valid until 16.12.2020.

Kaymaz Gold and Silver Mine, 2nd capacity increase has been granted EIA

positive by Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, General Directorate of EIA Permission and Inspection. According to the official letter issued by the General Directorate of EIA Permission and Inspection, the acquired Environmental Permit Certificate, to serve as basis for EIA Report will be valid as of 23.01.2021 for Himmetdede Gold Mine Operations. EIA positive decisions are given for Himmetdede Gold Mine Capacity increase project issued by the General Directorate of EIA Permission and Inspection, and for Mastra Gold Mine 3rd Waste Storage Facility Project.

November 2016

Metro Holding to Resume Mining Metro Holding that was prospecting in Aegean, Central Anatolian and Mediterranean Regions in the previous years announced that they will resume their work, which was interrupted by various reasons. The Holding has declared that it has been decided upon to start legal processes for reevaluations of wrongful and malicious de-licensing judgement

and for renewal of gold prospecting license for İzmir, Karşıyaka; owned by Metro Gold Management Corporation, which is a subsidiary of Metro Mine Marketing Corporation that exclusively belongs to the Metro Holding, on the basis that the license was revoked by FETÖ/PDY. Company also stated that, recently, re-

quired appeals were made and work has been done to re-operate the mines in Manisa, İzmir, Mersin, Konya, and Antalya. On the other hand, another statement from the company reveals that confidential meetings were being arranged to purchase the shares of Koza Holding Corporation.

November 2016

Turkey’s First Mining Training and Implementation Center İstanbul Technical University (ITU) launched the Taş Bina Mining Training and Application Center, which will upgrade Turkey’s R&D and security applications to be produced in the mining sector. ITU will transform the theoretical education in the Mining Engineer-

ing Department into a mine application, and it will be the foundation of Turkey’s safest mining site. Taş Bina Mining Training and Application Center opened on Thursday, December 22, 2016, with a ceremony held at Akdağlar Agrega Mine Quarry. The mining engi-

neering students who will be trained in the Akdağlar Agrega Mine will be able to practice the mine safety measures, open pit mining, mineral preparation and explosive materials, as well as internship and finishing work.

December 2016

Collapse at the Şirvan Copper Mine Claimed 16 Lives 16 miners lost their lives due to a landslide at Şirvan open pit copper mine, which was operated by Park Elektrik AŞ, located in the village of Maden, connected to the Şirvan district of Siirt.

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the Siirt Governor’s Office, on the 17th of November at 20:30, the large amount of soil and rock from the hillside is said to be slide down into the mine, while the shift consist of 15 miners were in the mine site. During the incident, along

with 16 miners, the trucks and heavy equipments trapped under the dent.

Landslide is predicted to be caused by excessive rainfall.

November 2016

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Alacer Gold’s 2016 Review Alacer Gold, which operates a gold mine jointly with Lidya Mining in Erzincan İliç, shared its 2016 evaluations with its investors. Rod Antal, President and CEO of the company, stated that they have had many turning points in 2016 and that they have three important initiatives to grow the company.

According to Antal, the first of these is the start of the Sulphite Extension Project, which will extend the life of the mine over 20 years and is planned to be completed next year. The second initiative is the discovery of a new mineral source at Çöpler in concordance with the 2018 oxide ore production targets.

As a third initiative, Antal showed a prefeasibility study for Gediktepe, which is a project outside of Çöpler.

The following points were noted in the report on the significant developments experienced in 2016: • The company’s board of directors approved the construction of the sulphite project on May 12, 2016.

• 21% of the sulphite project is completed and the first gold cast is scheduled in the third quarter of 2018. By 2016, the project had spent $ 158 million.

• While the signing of a 350 million dollars loan agreement was announced during the year, the parties involved were BNP Paribas, ING Bank Inc, Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking and UniCredit Bank Austria AG. • In the course of the construction works in the sulphite project, the com-

pany has sold 195,783 ounces of gold in the course of the risk reduction project.

• A preliminary feasibility study was published for the Gediktepe project and 50% of the Gediktepe project was announced to be completed.

• The results of the 4th phase drilling program and resource estimation work in Çakmaktepe project were published.

• Expansion efforts to expand the massive leach area to 58 million tonnes have been maintained.

• At the end of the year it was stated that there was an average of 3.38 g / t Au (about 770,000 ounces gold) in 7.1 million tons of sulphide stocks.

February 2017

Kolin-Kalyon-Çelikler Group Made the Lowest Bid for Çayırhan In the final negotiation of the electricity generation and coal reserve areas privatization tender held in Çayırhan, which belongs to Electricity Generation Inc. (EÜAŞ), Kolin-Kalyon-Çelikler JointVenture gave the lowest offer of 60.4 dollars per megawatt.

Fina Energy Holding Inc., IC İçtaş Energy Investment Holding Inc., Kolin-KalyonÇelikler Joint Venture Group and Limak Investment Energy Production Operation Services and Construction Company participated in the tender held under the chairmanship of Bekir Emre

Haykır, Vice Chairman of the Privatization Administration.

The technically completed tender will be presented to the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK). After the approval of the Higher Board of Privatization Administration, the right to transfer the right of operation over the unit price at which the lowest bid will be valid, will be signed and the transfer to the buyer will be realized. It is stated that the 15-year purchase guarantee will be applied on the unit price of the electricity contract produced in the

mentioned area.

Kolin Construction Tourism Industry and Trade Inc. Board Member Celal Koloğlu stated that a total of 800MW power plant will be installed in Çayırhan, where they are the lowest bidder for the privatization bid, “Investment of 1.1 billion dollars will be realized here. 500 people will be employed in the plant, 1,500 people will be employed for coal mining and a total of 2,000 people will work in the coal extraction process.“ February 2017

Eren Holding Builds Cement Factory in Cameroon Eren Holding has opened the fourth cement factory in Cameroon. Eren Holding acted upon the call of President Erdogan to invest in Africa, opening the cement factory that he built in the industrial and commercial center Douala city of Cameroon.

The factory is the 4th cement factory of country. It is planned to increase trade volume between the two countries with an investment of 30 million

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euros. Cameroon Prime Minister Philemon Yang made the opening of the factory. Turkey’s Yaounde Ambassador Murat Ülkü, Camerun Minister of Industry, Mining and Technology Ernest Gbvvaboubou and Eren Holding Board Member Emre Eren attended the opening ceremony. It is expected that the cement factory, which aims to produce 600 thousand tons, will increase the annual cement pro-

duction in Cameroon to 4.3 million tonnes. Taha Özbey, General Manager of the Medcem Factory in Cameroon, expressed that the plant has shown itself as a demonstration of sincere diplomatic relations between the two countries, “This investment is a result of cooperation between Turkey and Cameroon. We are proud of finishing this project.”

February 2017

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Inerma “International Energy Raw Materia is and Energy Summit” will Be Held in İstanbul, on September 2017

The second of the International Energy Raw Materials and Energy Summit (INERMA) will be held on 27-30 September 2017 in cooperation with the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources,

ITU Mining Faculty and ITU Energy Institute Support, Domestic Mining Development Foundation and Domino Fair Organization.

Energy is at the forefront of the world’s agenda, the growing world population and the energy resources that are expected to be depleted in the near future are considered a problem to be assessed on a global scale.

Energy politics is not only the problem of countries themselves. The steps taken in this regard are affecting the world as a whole, and energy politics is being evaluated on a global scale. INERMA will bring together a large number of senior officials from Turkey and many other countries and authorities in the energy sector to create opportunities for future industry issues.

You can visit the website www.inerma. com to learn about the conditions of participation to the Summit, to find out about the current layout plan and topics.

February 2017

Maximum Production in Solid Fuels is in Lignite According to the statement made by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUİK), in October 2016, the most production and delivery of solid fuels was realized in Lignite. 4,753,561 tons of lignite was produced in October, while 4,678,599 tons of lignite was delivered.

Again in October, 125,401 tons of hard coal and 369,821 tons of coke production 3,827,058 tons of hard coal and

445,928 tons of coke were delivered with the support of production, import and stocks.

The rate of meeting the deliveries of solid fuels produced is the lowest with 3.3%, realized in coal. This ratio was calculated as 101.6% for lignite and 82.9% for coke. When the distribution of solid fuels according to their delivery locations is examined, it

is seen that 40.6% of the coal deliveries are made to thermal power plants, 14.7% to coke plants and 7.2% to industrial plants other than iron and steel, 83.6% of the lignite deliveries to thermal power plants done. 99.7% of the coke is referred to the iron and steel industry.

December 2016

Chrome Prices Continue Increasing, Low Interest Towards Manganese Chrome prices continue to fluctuate. Pursuing Chinese demand on chromium, together with the effects of supply chain uncertainties on the market affects Turkish producers, as well. As of November, Turkish exporters price 46-48% concentration chromium as 440-450 USD/Mt, 40-42% lump chrome ore as 420-430 USD/Mt, with 40-42% lump chrome ore price negotiations reaching as high as 410 USD/Mt. These figures were observed to be lower than 200 dolars only a few months ago.

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In October, South African chrome ore price uncertainty had caused an increase in Turkish chrome ore prices. This increasing trend in prices are not leveling off. Continuing intensive chrome demand of China caused by stable ferrochrome production are thought to be the reasons of this increase. As big producers make strategies according to the markets by keeping the production low, small producers that have already stopped production are reported to be ready to resume production. Considering the problems in supply, prices are

expected to keep increasing in the upcoming period.

Although manganese producers benefit from continuing high Manganese demand from China, Turkish manganese ore is not preferred by the Chinese markets. A local company declared that a price of 7.2 USD/Dmtu for 42-45% manganese concentrate has been offered. As no feedback on the offer has been received, it is speculated that Chinese buyers may not be interested in Turkish manganese.

November 2016

Natural Stone Sector Going Strong Turkish natural stone sector moves forward to resolve importers’ questions regarding visiting Turkey after 15 July coup attempt and to increase communications with buyers. Aegean Mineral & Natural Stone Exporters’ Association (EMİB) will take steps to strengthen Turkey’s image through organizations in Italy and China.

Planning a ‘Sectoral Trade Committee Organization’ between dates 27th of November to 2nd of December 2016, EMİB will attend Xiamen Natural Stone and Technologies Fair by Turkish National

Participation Organization on 6-9th of March. During the organization, selected 100 importers among the buyers who visited Turkey’s booth will be invited to and hosted at İzmir during İzmir Marble, Natural Stone and Technologies on 22-25th of March 2017.

For the organization at Xiamen Natural Stone and Technologies Fair, EMİB will cooperate with İZFAŞ Fair Services, a company of İzmir Metropolitan Municipality, which organizes İzmir Marble Natural Stone and Technologies Fair.

EMİB is planning to participate in Xiamen Natural Stone and Technologies Fair with 64 firms in 3,061 square meters of Turkish pavilion in 2017. Chairman of the board Mevlüt Kaya stated that they will announce invitations to İzmir Marble Fair at Xiamen Fair Ground advertisement boards, at the entrance of the Turkey’s booth and that the registration tables will be placed at distant points to encourage the buyers to visit the entire booth of Turkey.

November 2016

Ariana Resources Becomes Sole Owner of Salınbaş Project Having a 51% share of the Salınbaş Project, Ariana Resources bought the remaining shares from Eldorado Gold and became the sole owner of the project. The project, which has been carried out in partnership with European Goldfield since 2008, has been carried out in partnership with Eldorado Subs, a subsidiary of Eldorado Gold since 2012.

Ariana Resources said that from now on, Eldorado Gold will be paid net smelter revenue up to 2% from the production.

Drilling Plans of Salınbaş Project are Shared The company, which published a new report on the work on Salınbaş Project, shared information about the targets to which the searches could focus. According to the information provided, 37 target regions were identified in the Salınbaş Project, regarding the previously obtained data. It has been stated that some of the identified re-

gions have priority and additional work will be done in these regions. Within the scope of the project, it was stated that remarkable data were obtained in drilling works in Ardala region, and the most notable among these data were shared by the company as follows: • 2.44 g/t Au + 0.3% Cu content for 125 meters • 1.75 g/t Au + 6.13 g/t Ag content for 34.5 meters • 0.16 g/t Au + 0.3% Cu + 120 ppm Mo content for 164 meters Geochemical anomalies were encountered in the surface samples taken from the project. These anomalies are usually observed as gold, silver, zinc and molybdenum. In areas where anomalies are seen, the company will focus on areas that have not been drilled before.

It was stated that the company plans to continue its exploration into the region during 2017. In addition, it will be checked whether the mineralization

between Salınbaş-Ardala continues to the region of Hızırlıyayla.

Resource Increase Studies in Rabbit Project

Ariana Resources has published results of resource estimation studies of Tavşan Project. According to the shared information, 16 target areas were identified to increase the source of the project. Some of the results obtained from drilling studies are as follows: • 5.11 g / t Au + 6.83 g / t Ag content for 11 meters • 3,37 g / t Au + 3.67 g / t Ag content for 6 meters • 1.30 g / t Au + 4.32 g / t Ag content for 9 meters It has been stated that in the project, 28,000 tons of gold has been stocked with an average grade of 1.41 g/t. In order to target future drillings in the field, surface sampling studies are planned.

December 2016

Target: 1 Million Square Meters Forest Turkish Marble Mining Foundation and the İstanbul Mineral Exporters Association (İMİB) made a statement for the natural stone sector to plant saplings in expired mines after completing its function.

The target of the Turkish Marble Mining Foundation and İMİB, which provided

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saplings to the mine owners, planting the area of 1 million square meters. The foundation, which undertook to carry out the inspection for 3 years after planting the saplings, expressed his intention: “To bring nature back to nature.” Speaking to the marble sector within the scope of the

project, which aims to convert the minefields into reusable areas, Turkish Marble Mining Foundation Chairman Ersoy Erol called on all miners to help this project.

Erol said, “Let’s be a sector integrated to the nature, not polluting it.”

March 2017

Yavuz Işık Became President of European Ready-Mixed Concrete Association The Turkish Ready-Mixed Concrete Association, which has been a full member of the European Ready-Mixed Concrete Association (ERMCO) since 1991 and has been in the Presidium since 2014, will now lead the European ready-mixed concrete sector.

THBB President Yavuz Işık was brought to ERMCO Presidency in the meeting of Board of Directors of 24th European Ready Mixed Concrete Association held in Germany on September 8, 2016, with the votes of 70 delegates and the Presidium of France, Germany and Turkey.

Yavuz Işık, thanking everyone who supported him about the subject, said: “We have been working for many years with our members in order to

make quality, accurate, environmentally sensitive and sustainable concrete production and usage necessary for the construction of safe and durable constructions in Turkey. We have achieved many successes on national and international platforms, maintaining a stable and professional perspective.

Today, Turkey is the leading European producer of ready mixed concrete and the third largest producer of ready mixed concrete in the world. We are leaving the meeting where we represent our country and THBB, undertak-

ing the presidency of ERMCO. This task, of course, brings new responsibilities. In the upcoming period we will establish new targets in terms of the development of the concrete industry both in Europe and in Turkey and we will carry out studies to advance our industry.”

November 2016

Black Sea Copper&Gold will Explore 4 Centers at Alanköy Canadian Black Sea Copper&Gold Corp. have announced that they will explore 4 different sources, which show anomalies in Au-Cu-Ag-Mo contents in soil samples, at Alanköy, located in northwestern Turkey. Following the geological, geophysical, and geochemical surveys to determine the point of exploration, exploration is expected to ensue in Spring 2017.

The press release by the corporation states the scope of the planned exploration as: • Detailed geological mapping of the

property (1:5000 scale or better).

• Determining the extent and grade of surface mineralization, and constructing a higher resolution surface alteration map by infill rock sampling for geochemical and alteration (PIMA) analyses.

• Ground geophysics (IP, resistivity and magnetics).

The mining site on Biga Peninsula was firstly discovered and drilled by MTA via a Turkish-Japanese joint-venture.

Between 1989 and 1991, 7 exploration trenches, which are a total of 1,245 m

were excavated and 12 diamond drill holes, which are a total of 1,812 m were drilled for exploration. From 1992 and onwards, private companies have collected geological samples from the site and it has been geophysically mapped.

In the past 15 years, many discoveries have been made in the region by ongoing activities of several local and foreign-funded companies. Being a porphyry-epithermal gold-copper district, the region is predicted to have a great potential for new discoveries.

November 2016

Sale Process Started for the Judicial Factor Appointed Companies With the Decree Law No. 687 issued in response to the decisions taken at the last Council of Ministers meeting, the Funds deemed eligible from the companies transferred to TMSF (Savings Deposit Insurance Fund) and previously approved by the TMSF will be sold or liquidated by the Fund. Deputy

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Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli explained that the number of companies transferred to TMSF and transferred to the TMSF reached 809 and their asset size was 38.3 billion TL. In addition to the companies such as Naksan Holding, Boydak Holding and Kaynak Holding, Koza Gold Operations

of Koza İpek Holding and Koza Anadolu Metal Mining are among the companies to be sold or liquidated in a total of 21 companies. The related companies will be managed by the executives in this process. Revenues from sales or liquidation will be recorded in the Treasury.

February 2017

Ariana Resources Pour First Dore at Kızıltepe Ariana Resources announced that its partner, Zenit Mining Company casted the first dore of 5.25 kg of gold-silver mixture at Kiziltepe Mine. It was stated that the last legal investigations were completed and necessary technical approvals were received for Kızıltepe Mine. Increase in production is being planned in the mine in the second quarter of 2017.

Ariana Resources continues to share the results of the second phase of drilling work completed in 2016. The important results obtained from Kızıltepe in the Red Rabbit Project are as follows: • From the shallow holes drilled in the extension of the 125-meter vein in the ‘Banu’ region: From the 61st meter, for 3 meters 3.36 g/t Au + 95.4 g/t Ag From the 32nd meter, for 5 meters 1.88 g/t Au + 41.8 g/t Ag From the 20th meter, for 4 meters 1.16 g/t Au + 24.9 g/t Ag

• The most striking result obtained from the ‘Banu’ region was 7.95 g/t Au + 170 g/t Ag zone for 1 meter from 32nd meter. This result was reported to be compatible with 4.75 meters long 4.26 g/t Au + 65.2 g/t Ag result, obtained from Fidan region. In addition, these results indicate that the potential of obtaining high-grade results from the south-east of the Kızıltepe vein system is also increasing.

• In the ‘Arzu Far South’ region, a new vein extension, rich in silver content, was discovered. The drilling data obtained from the vein is as follows: From the 72nd meter, for 8 meters 0.82 g/t Au + 60.4 g/t Ag From the 27th meter, for 2 meters 1.35 g/t Au + 64.6 g/t Ag From the 29th meter for 3 meters 0.72 g/t Au + 41.2 g/t Ag On the other hand, the company announced that the expected forest permit

for the Kızılçukur project, located 22 km northeast of Kızıltepe Mine, has been granted. It is estimated that the project has 308,000 tonnes of source with a grade of g/t Au+73.4 g/t Ag, From the project the company will start trial excavations and stock ore for future use.

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Esan’s Sustainable Growth by Diversification Esan was established in 1978 to produce high quality raw materials for the ceramics sector. Today, almost 40 years later, it is one of Turkey’s foremost industrial mineral and metallic mineral producers and the sole producer of primary magnesium in Turkey and Europe. In this role, Esan’s mission is to “Explore, process and add value to natural resources in a responsible manner towards people, the environment and the future of the world, and to offer these products globally”.

Sustaining Growth by Diversification Esan currently operates 37 mines and 10 processing and storage plants spread over a wide geographical area in Turkey and abroad. As one of Turkey’s leading producers and exporters of feldspar, quartz, kaolin, ball clay, Esan owns the largest clay and feldspar reserves in the country and possesses grinding and flotation facilities which greatly outpace those of its national competitors.

In addition to industrial minerals, metallic mines and magnesium metal

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produced in its own facilities, Esan markets and sells various commercial products as well. As a supplier of high quality minerals and many industrial inputs and equipment, Esan markets more than 150 products to industries in Turkey and 47 other countries.

Esan’s global presence has expanded through the years in line with its growing business volume and range. Esan operates with its representative offices in Italy, Ukraine, Kosovo, China and Portugal as of early 2016. The company aims to maintain its growth in industrial and metallic minerals in Turkey and abroad and continuously seeks opportunities through investments in extraction and processing.

Growing Presence in Metals

Esan’s key business attributes-high qual-

ity, experience, knowhow and flexibilityhave enabled it to diversify its fields of activity subsequent to 31 years of industrial mining history. With the opening of the Balya zinc and the lead plant in Balıkesir, Esan strategically diversified into the production of metallic minerals while maintaining growth in both the domestic and global industrial minerals market.

Since the opening of the Balya plant in 2009, the production of metallic minerals has become a substantial component of Esan’s operations and made it the largest exporter of lead concentrates in Turkey.

With 83 km of galleries and a depth of 815 meters, the Balya mine is the deepest lead and zinc mine in Turkey.

Turkey and Europe’s Only Primary Magnesium Metal Producer Following its successful entry in lead and zinc mining, Esan is expanding into new areas of mineral production, among them high technology products and metallurgy. To this end, it established Europe’s only primary magnesium plant in Eskişehir, Turkey. The plant, which utilizes the widely-used Pidgeon process, produces primary pure magnesium metal - a high value add product - from dolomite extracted from Esan’s own reserves. In the years ahead, Esan will endeavor to pursue its vision of adding value to natural resources through novel projects of this sort.

Sustainable Mining Esan’s approach to sustainability is based on four key focus areas: natural resources, people, the environment and the communities in which it operates. With a sustainability model consisting of OHS Management, Environmental Management and Social Impact Management practices, it continues to operate in a manner which is productive, respectful, responsible, attentive, and sensitive to the said four

focus areas. A further essential component of Esan’s sustainability model is Smart Mining. By investing in smart mining technologies, Esan is able to develop and implement applications and systems which are integrated by business processes, and further to maximize productivity and safety; and thus, sustainability.

OHS Management Employee safety, which has always been Esan’s top priority, is buttressed by a comprehensive occupation health and safety system which includes an OHS Council reporting directly to the general manager and fully-automated crisis management system. In 2016, Esan also initiated a “Zero Harm” campaign aimed at proactively locating and eliminating risks through observation and training.

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Environmental Management Minimizing the impact of its operations on the environment is a further key component of Esan’s sustainability approach. Esan continually strives to improve its environmental performance through energy and water utilization efficiency systems, dust management systems, waste management systems, and supplemental proactive practices.

Additionally, Esan designs and implements the restoration of abandoned sites and quarries. Over the past five years, it has planted close to 70 thousand trees which have been selected for their ecological suitability and potential economic value to local communities.

Esan has been certified through ISO 9001 Quality Management, ISO 17025 Laboratory Accreditation, ISO 14001 Environmental Management and OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management systems.

Reducing Carbon Emissions Through Renewables A recently-added component of Esan’s efforts to reduce its environmental impact is renewable energy. In 2014, the company began operating the largest in-house solar energy project in the Aegean region, a 500 kW solar panel roof on its storage depot in Güllük which produced 670 MWh of electricity in 2016.

In 2015, it completed a second solar energy project at the site of its new magnesium plant with a fixed capacity of 2,350 kW, the largest solar energy auto-production facility in Turkey. In 2016, this plant generated 1,000 MWh of energy which, in combination with the Güllük project, prevented approximately 940 thousand kg of carbon emissions in 2016.

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Social Impact Management Esan is committed to ensuring that its operations contribute to the environmental, social and economic well-being of the communities in which it operates.

To this end, Esan put in place local development programs which consists of purchasing, employment and sponsorship policies that place priority on local resources, increase the skills of the local work force. Additionally, it has corporate social responsibility initiatives and focuses on gender equality, disadvantaged groups (women and children), education, social development and welfare in the areas of operation.

Protect the Colors Esan has also launched a social responsibility campaign called “Protect the Colors”, in which many of its employees voluntarily participate in various projects.

A number of the projects in question are; “Esan Benevolence Race” aimed at providing funding for prechosen foundation projects, “Would you be my playmate?” made to introduce orphaned children to social life, and “Esan Children’s Festival” realized to make 2,000

children from different local communities smile with a special holiday gift.

Smart Mining Esan Smart Mining Model is built to create a novel digital world with smart mining applications which will provide Esan with a competitive edge by maximizing OHS and productivity and the utilization of “big data”. This model enables Esan, which operates in a total of 10 locations, to manage the entire processes with standard applications through the common infrastructure and ERP system. Digital transformation process have been accelerated by adapting new generation business applications and automation systems with smart mining applications and technologies.

Today, thanks to its smart mining applications, Esan has achieved to transform real-time production data into information, making all business processes much faster, flexible, planned and continuous.

Esan’s smart mining applications have been awarded the “Best Innovation Project of the Year”, and “Best IoT Project of the Year” awards spanning 2 years from IDC. This is due to the innovative perspective and comprehensive content developed specifically for the mining industry. www.esan.com.tr

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Harput Holding Company, New Investor in the Mining Sector

Harput Holding began its business in the textile industry in the 50’s, settled down in Bursa in the 80’s and initiated its industrialization era. Having been playing an important role in the production and export of the Turkish textile industry, Harput Holding aims to utilize this commercial and production experience in mining, chemistry, food, insurance, construction and energy business.

Harput Holding has taken the principle of working with a team spirit and contributing to the national economy in a fair and participative management approach and without making concessions to honesty. In this scope, Harput Holding has entered the mining business in the recent years and is continuing its projects with the company Harput Madencilik Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ according to international standards.

The company’s object is to present to the economy our natural sources in the most efficient way and to extend continuously the Turkish mining industry in Turkey and abroad with state of the art technology, knowledge and experience.

Upon the decision of investing in mining projects in Turkey and abroad: in 2012, Harput Holding has obtained the required licenses from the Ministry of energy and Natural Sources-general Direc-

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torate of Mining by both bids and assignment from other persons and has started mining operations with the name Harput Madencilik in 2013 with a focus on the provinces of Artvin and Ordu.

Besides exploration operations with two ground and one underground drilling machine; incline shaft and gallery works are ongoing and eventually the company plans to establish mineral processing plants upon the identification of adequate reserves. Some information on the company’s projects are as following:

Artvin Dereiçi Project

The project is located within the borders of the province of Artvin at a distance of 66 km to the city. The geology of the license area of 1,680 hectares consists of volcanic-sediment sequences. In the prospecting site, massive sulphide & porphyry type Cu-Pb-Zn and Au-Ag mineralization is observed widely.

A total of 27.142 meters (at 121 diamond drill holes) of core drilling has been completed in the license area. In terms of geophysical works, a total of 120,900 m IP/RES has been measured on 58 lines by the Pole-Dipole method whereas a total of 88,670 meters of

magnetic measures have been taken on 43 lines.

Detailed works in order to increase the resources are ongoing in the license area.

Ordu Camaş Project

The project is located within the borders of the province of Ordu at a distance of 31 km to the city. The geology of four adjacent license areas of total 4,718 hectares consists of volcanic-sediment sequences. In the prospecting site, multiple vein type sulphide CuPb-Zn and Au-Ag mineralization is observed widely.

A total of 12,343 meters (at 52 diamond drill holes) of core drilling has been completed in the license area. In terms of geophysical works, a total of 24,850 meters IP/RES works have been conducted on 22 lines by Pole-Dipole method.

Detailed works in order to increase the resources are ongoing in the license area. www.harputholding.com.tr

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Seterm Teknik Since 2004 we work as the solution partner with our customers providing heavy industrial pumps and custom-made valves. In 2016 we managed to get ISO 9001 and OHSAS 18001 qualifications, moved into our new building and established computer infrastructure for healthier customer relationship management. By doing these investments, we aim to grow without comprimising from our quality. Our experienced service team provides start-up, mountage, maintenance and on-site supervision to our customers. We are the authorised distributor of 15 different companies from Germany and Switzerland. We are a leading company in pump and valve industry.

Companies We Work with in Mining Industry: • Feluwa: Double Hose-Diaphragm Piston Pumps • Düchting Pumpen: Metallic Centrifugal Pumps and Multistage Centrifugal Pumps with ATEX certificate for Underground Mining • Emile Egger: Vortex/Non-clogging Impeller Pumps and Sump Pumps • Richter Chemie: PFA Lined Centrifugal Pumps and PTFE covered inside Valves

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Mining Pump Applications • Acid and Caustic Transfer Pump FeCl3 Pump • High Solid Handling Pump • Carbon Transfer Pumps • Filter Press Feed Pump • Cantilever Sump Pump • Non-clogged Centrifugal Type Transfer Pumps • Submersible Type Sludge Pumps • Underground dewatering pumps • SICCast® Material Centrifugal Pumps for Abrasive Fluids • Hose Type Piston Diaphragm Pumps for Waste Sludge

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MB Crusher: Accounts of Crushing from the Heart of BAVARIADAHA FAZLASINI KEŞFET Making the most of history with the MB Crusher BF90.3 crusher bucket BF 90.3 s4

An experience that was characterised MB tarafından 2001 yılında patenti alınan ve üretilen by respect for the environment and the BF90.3 dünyada ilk defa üretilen kırıcı kovadır. possibility of moving in limited spaces: Malzeme yükleme sırasında her türlü sürtünme kuvvetini two yok important andşantiyede delicate etme ve her türlü en zor themes şartlarda dayanıklı için projelendirilmiş BF90.3, çok yönlü ve kompaktır thatolması are often related to work in resive yıllar içinde de yenilenmiş güçlendirilmiştir. dential areas.

We are in Mömlingen, a small town in the heart of Bavaria, where recentlyfinished work has brought new splendour to one of the German town’s main squares, in front of the Church of St. Martin.

A location rich in charm and historical importance, and the subject of a global restoration project for the square in front of the church: a challenging project, which saw the use of the legendary crusher bucket by MB Crusher, the BF90.3.

Fitted on a excavator which has 23.724.6 ton operating weight, the BF90.3 crusher bucket was used for the on-site crushing of cobblestones and blocks of limestone from the preceding excavation of the square. Recycled directly on site, these crushed aggregates were then used on the same work site to fill the sub-floor for the creation of the new square.

There were two evident advantages for the company using the crusher bucket

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ARDEF and RPMGLOBAL

ARDEF Mining Machinery Energy Trade Co. has been serving in mining sector with its more than 20 years of experience and continuing its activities speedily in collaboration with RPM Global since August 2015 based on a solution partnership.

ARDEF and RPM Global have been providing information on the solutions used by the world’s largest mining companies for many years to contribute to this process, as the mining industry is rapidly changing its crust in our country. Until today, mining software programs have addressed mine resource and operable reserve calculations, while efficiency and performance control have been overlooked. The functioning of such programs is very important so that measurable performances can shed light on the future of mining operations rather than being stored in files as data in the mining operation process. It is possible to evaluate all the scenarios of the mining operation in a short time with the help of these software.

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RPMGlobal (RPM) Leaders in the Digital Transformation of Mining RPM are leaders in Mining Enterprise Technology innovation and offer solutions across all commodities and functions of the mining value chain. Our trusted reputation for superior technology solutions in mining is stems from our track record for innovation backed by our 45+ years of experience.

RPM’s Mining solutions provide our mining customers the opportunity to coordinate productivity with confidence around their mine planning, simulation, financial, maintenance and execution systems.

It is not only RPM’s Enterprise Mining solutions that achieves a step change in performance for our customers. RPM’s Enterprise Integration layer, Enterprise Planning Framework (EPF), brings a new level of collaboration to mining and mining systems. RPM’s EPF ensures consistency and transparency across entire mining organisations and is the link be-

tween ‘above the line’; ERP systems and ‘below the line’ operational technology solutions. Together with our industry partners, Schneider Electric, SAP, and Modular Mining Systems RPM is already delivering the Digital Mine.

RPM’s solutions target the challenges experienced in the Turkey mining landscape to deliver a step change in performance, specifically in the areas of:

Scheduling RPM’s Scheduling Solutions allow mine planners to be engineers rather than manage complex spreadsheets and data acquisition. Offering a user interface that is process-driven, RPM’s Solutions are intuitive, fast to learn and simple to use. With in-built mining logic, specific to each commodity, mine planners can react to market changes quickly and easily whilst developing multiple mine plans to suit varied operating conditions. RPM’s Open Cut Coal Scheduling Solution (OCCS), presents a new approach to coal scheduling with a fullyintegrated design component allowing for seam aggregation, loss and dilution, and margin ranking. As an industry-first, OCCS also features parametric design,

a mine design concept that has fundamentally revolutionised the way open cut coal mines are scheduled around the world.

Open Pit Metals XPAC Solution (OPMS) is a comprehensive, end-toend mine scheduling solution that delivers an evolution in open pit scheduling. For long term scheduling, large regular blocks make it fast and efficient. For budget and shorter term schedules, more flexibility is required and the use of irregular excavation shapes is more common. To ensure the schedule reflects how the deposit will be practically mined, OPMS supports any combination of regular and irregular blocks with all the same benefits of the underlying XPAC scheduling engine. A change to one aspect of the plan changes all the related parameters automatically. We offer solutions for long/medium and short term planning across all commodities and mining methods.

Simulation HAULSIM is RPM’s renowned simulation solution. HAULSIM has been designed by mining engineers, for mining engineers, to specifically target mine haulage challenges. Featuring stateof-the-art discrete event simulation ca-

pabilities, HAULSIM unlocks value from mining operations around the world and is the mining industry’s preferred decision support tool. HAULSIM helps our customers make decisions with complete confidence around common mining challenges including: • How to decide whether a one-lane haul road should be two lanes wide • Determine the optimal queue length at the crusher • Improve productivity by adding a passing bay to my underground haulage system • Validate a schedule with confidence knowing potential congestion points at key locations have been considered

• Know whether to load trucks directly or tip to an ore pass • Do I need more trucks or less?

Financial Management XERAS Enterprise is the mining industry’s go-to financial solution, bringing about superior financial management in mining. Given the remote location of many mine sites globally, mobile accessibility is one of the innovative features XERAS Enterprise offers via its Analytics app. Xeras Analytics offers live sensitivity analysis and model version comparisongiving our customers access to a single source of truth, all from the palm of their hand. Users of XERAS Enterprise can carry out in-depth analysis of financial figures in real time, ensuring an in-depth understanding of the financial health of your mining operation with the click of a button. Driven by ease of use, accuracy and speed, XERAS Enterprise is the result of technology innovation which delivers results for our customers that are simply not possible using spreadsheets.

RPM is the market leader in enterprise solutions for mine planning, simulation, financial, maintenance and execution systems. To learn more about how our solutions can increase productivity, increase safety and deliver shareholder value, contact RPMGlobal or ARDEF today: www.rpmglobal.com or www.ardef.com

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Success Begins with Safety

We, as Tüprag AŞ, are fully aware of our responsibilities respecting the protection of health, safety, peace and welfare of everyone working, directly or indirectly, for our company as well as of any other persons who may be affected from our activities. Accordingly, we have been displaying utmost sensitivity in that regard.

At present, Tüprag has a total workforce of nearly 2,000 employees serving at the two mines we have been operating in Uşak and İzmir. Of these 2,000 employees, 65% have been recruited from among local citizens residing in close vicinity of the mines concerned. This is a source of happiness and pride on the part of our company.

Within this framework, we have been providing relevant training to each and every employee of Tüprag regardless of his/her position in the company, with a view to ensuring compliance with laws,

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regulations and other legislations involving “occupational health and safety” as well as adherence to pertinent operating procedures and standards, thereby emphasizing that OHS practices stand out as a concept emerging from the life itself rather than just representing a workplace obligation.

Given the enormous dimensions of vehicles, machinery and equipment

Tüprag Chairman, Board of Directors Mehmet Yılmaz

being used as well as the compelling physical conditions prevailing in both of our mines, i.e. Uşak Kışladağ Gold Mine (which we have been operating as an open-pit mine) and İzmir Efemçukuru Gold Mine (where we have been employing underground mining methods), it is obvious that even some slight negligence or omission to take place at these mine sites

might result in catastrophic damage.

This is an undeniable fact which our country has sadly experienced in several other mines.

We, as Tüprag AŞ, have been providing comprehensive vocational training to each and every employee of our company from the very first day of his/her recruitment. In addition to vocational training, we have been continuously extending OHS-related training covering a diverse set of topics such as risk awareness, safety observations and surveillance, case studies, safe driving techniques, fire and rescue, health unit training, etc., thereby contributing to personal or individual development of our workers and other personnel. For instance, every employee working at our Kışladağ Gold Mine has been receiving approximately 27 hours of OHS training per year. This figure is 41 hours on the average in the case of Efemçukuru Gold Mine. In the sense of mining and operation activities, total training hours per employee represent a considerably higher number as compared to that of our peer firms, which clearly manifests Tüprag’s esteeming its personnel.

Apart from our specially developed OHS Policies which we have been implementing at each and every establishment of Tüprag, we have been officially awarded ‘OHSAS 18001: 2007’ certificates that qualify as a mark of our successful implementation of the “Occupational Health and Safety Management System” at the afore-mentioned two mines.

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In the sense of Health and Safety at Work, mining industry involves higher risks in comparison with other sectors. Therefore, in the case of mining industry, just satisfying the requirements of pertinent legislations would not suffice. In addition to general and common risks that any business of any given industry involve, mining establishments usually involve some extra

risks because of various factors such as the type of operation, geographical location and conditions, diversity and size of equipment used, number of employees, etc. For this very reason, every mining company or every mine site has to develop special, unique or exclusive safety measures and OHS practices.

We have been serving in the mining industry for longer than 30 years, i.e. since 1986. The only thing that has remained unchanged during this time period of three decades is our firm belief in and strong commitment to our motto “FIRST COME THE HUMAN BEING AND THE ENVIRONMENT, ONLY THEN COMES MINING”. In this context, we are committed to make constant progress in the field of Occupational Health and Safety with a view to providing a workplace where our employees, subcontractors, suppliers and visitors feel themselves safe, secure and healthy at all times and where no accidents or injuries are experienced. www.tuprag.com.tr

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Not All First Aid is the Same On a sunny afternoon in an early summer day, a young geologist is getting ready to pack the final samples he had been collecting in the remote area to avoid famous afternoon showers.

Nearing the last days of his field assignment as part of the exploration team, he is anxious about going back home to catch up with his loved ones.

Sending his partner down the trail to make the pick-up truck ready, he has less than two kilometers of narrow, loose trail he needs to hike down. As the clouds form over his head, he hastily gears up. Light showers already start washing the trail ahead. Worried about getting wet, he picks up the pace, only to realize the loose and wet rock he steps on was going to cause him a big trouble. Unable to maintain his balance because of his load, he tumbles down the trail. Coming to a stop, the only thing he could feel is the intense pain in his right ankle. Looking down there, he sees a grossly deformed lower leg with fresh blood staining his pants. He needs his partner more than anything to end this nightmare.

An incident such as this could become real during everyday activity of a field geologist. While seen as an emergency health problem, this situation could quickly turn into a quest for survival.

A sprained ankle, broken bone or a bleeding wound; they all require basic first aid measures to be performed to prevent the situation from getting worse, easing pain and suffering, and potentially saving someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life.

While first aid practices for mine sites follow very well defined and established standards, one lacks such precise conditions in the field. As exploration considered an essential part of mining, it requires different approach to the similar problems due to its unique environments where this ac-

tivity takes place. Unlike mines where emergency response plans are established and skilled first aiders, even healthcare professionals are nearby and plentiful, remote areas offer none of those comfort measures.

Wilderness or remote area first aid includes different sets of skills and approach compared to standard first aid practices. While the ultimate goal is always the same, three unique conditions separate remote area first aid from standard first aid:

Time

Unlike standard first aid procedures where help is minutes or rarely hours away, one may not get any additional help for hours, sometimes even days in remote areas. In fact, remote area first aid is defined as practice of first aid when definitive medical care is more than one hour away. This extension in response time requires changes in priorities and practices. It is not simply a â&#x20AC;&#x153;stop the bleeding and call an ambulanceâ&#x20AC;? situation. Extended care of the injured is now the goal for the first aid provider.

A simple broken bone can cause different challenges when the injured person cannot be taken to a hospital for 20 hours. Should you allow him to eat or drink while waiting for evacuation?

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Resources Generally speaking, first aid is performed with whatever is available nearby. However, it is always possible to get fresh stock of supplies in an urban environment where help is nearby.

On the other hand, we travel with very little first aid supply in the wilderness.

And one severe injury can deplete these valuable resources fairly quickly with no help in sight. This requires improvisation skills to be learned by remote area first aid practitioners. It is not only the first aid supplies, but also the human resources are limited in remote areas. One usually have a couple

of travel companion with him, and this small group of people may not even be able to carry the injured down the trail for two kilometers.

Environment

Paved roads and easy access to a hospital will not be an option in remote areas. There are wet trails, dense bushes, steep hills, running rivers between the patient and the hospital. You should consider yourself lucky if you hit a dirt road. Further, consider environmental elements: rain, snow, fog, cold and hot and add darkness to all those. Simple medical problems can turn into complex situations when exposed to these

environmental extremes. One needs to know how to deal with mother earth while caring for the injured.

While it can be considered as an extreme example, imagine for a second the Copiapó mining accident took place at a gold-copper mine in Chile in 2010. Thirty three men were trapped 700 meters below the ground for a record 69 days and survived the ordeal.

The definitive medical care was not anywhere near, they had very limited resources and they had to deal with the extreme environmental conditions.

Not only the physical contraints were the challenge, but they also had to deal with emotional and psychological stress, which is another important part of first aid.

So as you can see, unique problems require unique approaches to fix. We will be covering wilderness and remote area first aid topics in coming issues, hoping to provide readers with more insight in this specific area of medicine and increase awareness among mining and exploration professionals.

Stay safe.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY Gürkan ÖZEL, MSc, FP-C Gürkan Özel is a flight paramedic, educator, writer, speaker and researcher in paramedicine, wilderness medicine, rescue and survival topics. He has been involved in wilderness medicine and outdoor rescue in his days at METU back in the early 90’s. He was trained as a paramedic, firefighter and search & rescue technician in the US. He has taught wilderness medicine, rescue and survival courses internationally for over 20 years. He is a professional consultant for medical risk assessment, emergency response planning and instructor/coordinator for several international organizations that teaches internationally recognized first aid, trauma and rescue classes. He can be reached at rescuemedic@gmail.com.

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Occupational Health & Safety Precautions Being Insured in Mining Explorations CONTACTS Serdar Onur Avcı Exploration Manager/B Class Health&Safety Specialist Serdaroa@demirexport.com

Gökhan Kanaat Senior Geologist/B Class Health&Safety Specialist gokhank@demirexport.com

Mining consists of many different phases ranging from exploration to production. These phases have different security risks if they are evaluated one by one. Upgrading the OHS culture and minimizing the probable risk can be achieved through a precise work.

An exploration team at the beginning of the road is the basis of the mining operations and they run through large facilities with small clues. The predictions and evaluations of geologists can minimize the probable risks and troubles through the team work during their surveys in nature. OHS training and professional proficiency

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became more important nowadays and carry the occupational health and safety culture to the upper levels in our country where this culture has been advancing slowly in previous decades.

In this context, planned trainings help to determine the precautions against the occupational accident and to avoid risky situations that employees may encounter.

Generally, the occupational safety works in geologic surveys can be classified in two categories as prospecting and drilling operations. This classification can be further elaborated according to the projects.

Exploration and Prospection Phases

The team in the exploration project should also be trained about the difficult conditions in the field in addition to the professional information.

First of all, the training must contain first aid training. First aid training can

be received from official institutions such as Kızılay (Red Crescent) as well as through private companies accredited by government agencies.

Secondly, it is necessary to have detailed information about the vehicles that are used in the field. In general the four wheel drive (4WD) vehicles such as a pick up are used for challenging conditions in the field. The authority of the company that rent or sell the 4WD vehicle should give a detailed information. If this is not possible, the information can also be obtained from special service companies.

After having detailed information of the vehicle, it is necessary to take trainings about the difficult field conditions that will be encountered with these vehicles. The training is called Off-Road Training. This training can also be given by accredited organizations. The certificate obtained after the training will have international validity.

After the field transport training is over, field works related trainings should start.

Employee must be trained about the us-

age of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and the works to be done in the field. Firtst the employee must check whether the PPE is fully loaded. Reflective safety vests providing visibility in the field, ankle supported /steel toe field boots to prevent slipping and buckling while walking and safety glasses to protect against splashing particles while taking rock-soil-stream samples are absolutely very necessary equipments.

Moreover, one should also have detailed knowledge about the old workings in the area. It is important to have detailed information about the places where the old production cavities and galleries are located. In case of working in an old gallery, measurements must be made with gas measuring devices and the stability of the fortifications must be controlled by the specialist The Phase of Exploration Drilling.

There are many risks for each phase of drilling operations and transportations.

To begin with, the occupational security specialist appointed by the companies should make a preliminary study about the project site and prepare the risk analysis.

Similarly, the first training that should be given in the drilling phase is also first aid training. Then, safety measurements must be taken on the study area after the first aid training is given to the employee. Among these measurements, warning plates must be placed at the appropriate places where the border of the working area is deter-

mined and the warning tape strips are pulled out, and the entrance of unauthorized personnel to the study area should be prevented.

Detailed information about the machines and equipment to be used by the personnel in the study area must also be given. Ensure that Personal Protective Equipment to be given is used and monitored (helmet, steel-nosed boots, goggles, headset, etc.).

Another issue that needs to be taken care of is environmental cleanness. Domestic and industrial wastes must be kept separately. Environmental cleanness reduce the risks such as falls and injuries resulting of slippery grounds that may occur with domestic and industrial wastes like oil anddiesel.

Another benefit of environmental clean-

up is to get rid of fire risk. If the study area is a place like a forest, materials that may cause fire must be under control.

A sufficient number of personnel should be kept during the drilling operations and a shift plan should be established in accordance with the working hours stated in the law. It should also be ensured that adequate training is given to the use, and transportation of the drilling machines and consumable material.

In case of working in shift, teams must inform each other. In addition, the work teams can arrange weekly occupational safety meetings to determine probable risk and take necessary precautions.

Do not forget that Every Accident Can Be Avoided!

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A General Approach to the Concept of Safe-Driving CONTACTS Yener Gülünay Advanced Driving Specialist yener@gusem.com

Safe-driving is the self-protection of a driver with a proactive point of view against all the negative or even dangerous circumstances that she/he may encounter while driving in traffic.

There are many things to say about the regulations for drivers, insufficient driving/traffic trainings and lack of inspections on drivers/vehicles in Turkey.

If a healthy traffic life is desired in our country, the authorities must urgently reach drivers especially to those who have not been trained in basics of safedriving and do not understand the logic of this concept.

Drivers who are trained in safe-driving first learn to use their vehicles correctly.

They understand that the natural forces that act on their vehicles are stronger than their controls on the vehicles.

This teaches them that they should not have much confidence in their control over their vehicles. In these trainings, the drivers experience scenarios close

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to real driving conditions repeatedly in traffic-free and artificially slippery courses among skittles. Thus, they learn more about themselves and their vehicles and realize their own the vehicles’ limits.

These drivers gain the ability and awareness in matters like whence the threat is closYener Gülünay ing and driving without risks. In addition to these, they also realize that respect and tolerance in traffic are compulsory issues and that they cannot solve any conflict by temper.

The benefits of these trainings are acknowledged all over the world. In Turkey, which is preparing to be a part of the EU, it is now time for the state and non-governmental organizations to pioneer conscious driving education.

Trained drivers involve rather less in the accident. Thus, both vehicle damage costs as well as health expenditures

and loss of work power are greatly reduced. Due to low number of accidents, both insurance costs and so the drivers’ expenses reduce. Likewise, because the probable costs of damages are usually more expensive than insurance profits, low number of accidents is beneficial to insurance companies, as well.

In Turkey, almost 30 thousand of people lost their lives because of terrorism in the last 20 years, while almost 300 thousand of people lost their lives in traffic accidents during the same period. A simple comparison shows us that this is one most important problems that our country has suffered in the last decades but no actions have been taken in terms of education by the State.

Each year almost 400 thousand new drivers are added to traffic in Turkey.

It is obvious for us that at least half of these inexperienced drivers could not receive a driving license if a level determination test was applied to them by a qualified staff of educators.

There are many driving courses in our country that are serious in their educations. Unfortunately, the number of those which do not approach the issue seriously is quite high as well. On

the other hand, during the tests of issuing driving licenses, inadequate MEB inspectors try to test the driver candidates in short time periods and short distances during the licensing examinations. Issues like the are also among the factors that increase the risks in traffic.

Most of our drivers do not know how to stop their vehicles in the shortest distances and safely. They keep the steering wheel wrong and even turn it wrong. They’re sitting on the seat in a wrong position. But the worst is that they not aware of these mistakes. Unfortunately, because of the poor training which had to but did not start from childhood, they do not have an adequate basic automobile knowledge.

In the couple of minutes of vital importance before an accident, most drivers do not know what to do. They do not know their vehicles well. Their sitting and steering positions are incorrect.

However, they could be able to control their vehicles correctly in a short time and will not interfere in any accident,

if they were aware of basic concepts of safe-driving.

Do you think our drivers are so talented? Do you think that the new drivers are trained enough? Could you say that the driving courses provide the best trainings? Are the roads safe and signs/ signals useful enough? Do you think

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Why are the Occupational Accidents not Decreasing?

CONTACTS Gözde Metin MSc. OHS Specialist Class-B Fire Trainer gzde_metin@hotmail.com

The need for Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) in our country started with coal mining in late 19th Century.

The regulations of Dilaver Paşa (Minister of Mines and Governor of Ereğli) which were published in 1865 and the Maadin Nizamnamesi (Mining Regulations) accepted in 1869, constituted the first legal regulations during the Ottoman Empire Era. In 1921 by the young Turkish Grand National Assembly, the Havza-i Fahmiyye (Coal Basin) Working Law was enacted to protect the rights of mining workers. This was one of the first In 1930, the Umumi Hıfzıssıhha (Public Health) Law law was enacted Despite the OHS Law published in and with 180th article of this law, to the dents, occupational diseases, safety owners of the workplaces employing 2012, why isn’t there a decline in the reports, on-demand investigations, at least fifty workers the obligation to number of occupational accidents and screening inspections, continuation employ physicians and ensure them to why are the fatal cases increasing? To or removal of labor ceases. According treat patients, was introduced. ensure OHS, the government, employto the hazard classes in Turkey, the Improvements related to occupational ers and employees should fulfill their number of low dangerous workplaces safety continued with labor law #3008 duties together. But unfortunately, is 1,020,771, the number of dangerenacted in 1936. Later, labor laws #931 they do not. ous workplaces is 386,844. and the and #1475 were issued. With the labor One of the main duties of the State number of high dangerous workplaclaw #4857 accepted on March the 6th is to control the implementations of es is 282,093. As one can understand 2003, a new vision was introduced to OHS precautions. Inspections are also from these numbers, the inspections the concept of occupational safety. Law provided to check the workplaces. are insufficient. #6331, which regulates occupational Unfortunately, there are deficiencies Financial sanctions are imposed to the ‘health’ and safety for the first time in in this issue. In 2016, 14,287 workcompanies in which improprieties are Turkey, was published in the Official place inspections were carried out detected after the inspections. In most Gazette on June the 30th 2012. on issues such as occupational accicases, the cost of the precaution that The data related to the occupational acTotal Number of Total Number of Temporary Total Number of Number of Fatal Year Days that Incapacity Occupational cidents encountered Employees Cases Accrued Bonus Duration (Days) Accidents during the period 2012 3,855,795,100 23,937,000 1,647,127 74,871 744 from the enforcement 2013 4,069,831,784 24,601,000 2,357,505 191,389 1,360 of Law #6331 until 2014 4,248,428,182 25,933,000 2,065,962 221,366 1,626 2015 4,462,091,44 25,454,000 2,992,070 241,547 1,252 2017 are given in the 2016 27,205,000 1,970 table below.

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the employer will pay is higher than the cost of the penalty to be applied. This reduces the effect of the sanctions.

One of the factors affecting the awareness of occupational safety consciousness is the postponed legal obligation. For example; The obligation to employ an OHS specialist and a workplace physician in the public institutions and in workplaces in less dangerous class with number of employees below fifty, that was going to start on July the 1st 2016 has been postponed to July the 1st 2017. This and similar examples of delays make it difficult to settle OHS culture and have a negative impact on public consciousness about OHS concept.

With the Labor Law #6331, some obligations have been introduced to the employers. The current law dictates without any exception, that any employer is obliged to ensure the OHS of the employee, but employers are still avoiding the necessary investments.

During annual budget planning, the

lack of OHS planning causes the later related expenditures to appear as extra costs. The mentality of “prevention is cheaper than paying” is not yet adopted in terms of employers in our country.

One of the most important innovations of OHS Law has been to ensure the participation of employees in OHS issues. OHS studies are being more productive as OHS specialists become a part of the processes. If 88% of occupational accidents are thought to be caused by insecure behaviors of the employees, there is a great deal of responsibility for them, too in labor safety. The settled belief of ‘nothing can happen to me’ amongst the employees, increases the insecure behaviors. We can overcome this belief only by education. No doubt that employee trainings are very important but OHS trainings should be given even at childhood and children must grow with this culture. Otherwise, the education given during adulthood will be

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insufficient. Usually employees resist to new information because of their very own and unquestioned experiences. OHS training usually remains only as paperwork in most workplaces and does not reach its goal. Education, which is the most important chain of OHS, is not paid enough attention. The reason for a large majority of accidents is based on lack of OHS education.

With the law on OHS, all workplaces gradually became obliged to employ OHS specialists and workplace physicians. However, for these OHS specialists are employers of the companies rather than of the State, they cannot perform their duties as required. Any dependent OHS specialist has the potential to cause a mistake in the OHS processes. On OHS related negative circumstances in companies, the insufficient authorities of OHS specialists over employers remains as a dilemma.

All these factors mentioned prevent the improvement of OHS in Turkey.

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OHS in Drilling Operations CONTACTS Sarp Ayken Drilling Manager/Ortadoğu Sondaj sarp.ayken@ortadogusondaj.com

Arda Ayhan Editor /Mining Turkey Magazine arda@madencilik-turkiye.com

Overview Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) is one of the main issues of working life. It is now regarded as a scientific discipline. And as in other branches of science, depending on the changes in production processes and society life, it is constantly evolving.

Within the scope of “Regulation on Occupational Health and Safety in Mining Workplaces” published on 19.09.2013, the minimum requirements are determined for the protection of the health and safety of the workers in drilling operations and surface or underground mining operations in Turkey. According to this regulation, the following articles have become compulsory.

• To ensure the health and safety of employees, • To ensure the appropriateness of the workplace in terms of health and safety, • To explain the work to the employees with the help of instructions, • To take all the precautions about first aid and emergency situations and to carry out exercises, • To provide documentation on health and safety, • To control the working areas, • Providing training and informing the employees, • Subjecting employees to periodic health examinations when starting and during the work.

Personal Protective Equipment: The personal protective equipment listed below must be used during all drilling operations (transport, assembly, disassembly).

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Helmet, Headset, Glasses, Dust mask, Gloves, Work Shoes/Boots, Work Clothes, Safety Belt, Reflective Vest.

OHS in Drilling Operations: OHS concept must cover all the following steps of a standard drilling operation: • Opening of the drilling area, • Transportation and installation of machinery and equipment to the area, • Drilling the hole, • Removal and transportation of the machinery and equipment, • Closing the drilling area.

3. Underground Lines: It should be checked whether there are installations such as electricity, water, natural gas or sewerage under the locations where drilling is planned. If the presence of such installations is known or suspected, the location of the drilling location should be changed.

4. Noise Risk: When choosing the drilling location, the proximity to the settlement area should be taken into consideration and precautions should be taken to prevent noise disturbance if necessary. For example: noise curtains or exhaust silencers.

A.Issues to Consider When Choosing the Drilling Location 1. Landslide and Flood Risks: The risks of natural disasters such as landslides or floods in the drilling site should be analyzed before the installation of the machinery and the necessary precautions should be discussed.

2. High Voltage Lines: If a high voltage line is passing around the drilling location, such a location should be chosen that the distance between the tower of the drilling machine is at least 35 meters.

B. Issues to Consider When Preparing the Drilling Location 1. Excavation: During the preparation of the drilling location, the excavated soil should be preserved in the drilling location and it should be put back to its former location after the drilling site has been abandoned.

2. Study Area: The zone, defined as the site of study in the drilling location, must be free from pits, channels or large gravels against the danger of stapling and falling.

C. Machine and Equipment Transportation Following rules must be obeyed during the transportation phase: • Transportation routes must be planned and power, telephone, etc. lines should be checked in advance.

• If necessary, the tree branches on the path of the machine should be trimmed.

• The maximum slope that the drilling machine will climb must be 30 degrees.

• The drilling machine must always be moved by the driller. During the movement of the machine, there must be a watcher in the front.

• Hanging equipment like rope, hose, etc. must be connected to the drilling machine with plastic clamps or ropes.

• If road conditions are extremely icy or muddy, transportation should not be forced before the road is repaired.

• The maximum loading capacity of vehicles used in transportation must not be exceeded.

D. Installation of Machinery and Equipment 1. Oil and Diesel Stack: The oil and diesel fuel used in the drilling must be stocked in a closed area, if possible. The stock area must be covered with an impermeable layer and the barrels of oil tins must be enclosed in sealed pans. Near the stock area, at an accessible position there should be an ‘oil leak intervention set’.

2. Drilling Mud Additives Stock: If possible, the additives to be stocked in the drilling site should be stocked in a closed area or covered to avoid getting wet. Especially additives such as bentonite should be isolated also from ground moisture.

3. Drilling Fluid Control: The metered tanks in the drilling area must be in the pits. All pits or pools in the drilling area must be under-covered with impermeable layers (tarpaulins, nylon...etc.). The recirculation channels of the drill hole must be of sufficient size to prevent the overflow of the drilling fluid and must have sufficient inclination to provide a smooth flow. If necessary, the circulation channels should be covered with cement and the become impermeable.

4. Warning Signs and Safety Strips: The environment of the drilling site should be surrounded by a safety strip or fence. Work safety warning plates should be placed on all entry points of and around all the pits in the site and they should be seen easily. Warning signs should be placed beside the diesel and oil stock area and other important items such as first aid kit, fire extinguisher tubing can be easily found.

should be stabilized with 25-30 cm thick cement from the feet or the tower. In addition, cement can be poured into the collar of the hole with dimensions such as 1x1x 0.5m to prevent expansion.

8. Raising the Tower: Before the tower starts to be raised, wedges should be placed under the feet of the drilling machine and the machine should be balanced. Also, the tower must be checked to ensure that all ropes have been passed over the pulleys, the safety rope is attached and the pulley lubrication hoses are connected.

5. Walking Routes: All channels, tanks and pits in the drilling area must be covered with walking grids.

6. Waste Management: Garbage generated during drilling activities must be collected in at least two categories: Domestic waste and waste oils. Containers should be placed on the drilling site where these wastes can be collected separately and these containers should be in different colors and labels. Waste oils generated during maintenance or repair must be collected in at least two categories: Hydraulic waste oils and Gearbox/Engine/Differential waste oils.

Containers where these waste oils can be collected separately must be placed and labeled on the drilling site.

Once the tower is raised, some personnel must observe the ropes and hoses from a remote location. If there is equipment that is stretching and is about to break, the driller should be warned. After all the controls are finished the pillars should be connected immediately.

9. Prevention of Oil and Diesel Leaks: Impermeable materials (tarpaulins, nylon...etc.) must be laid beneath all machines (drilling machines, pumps, generators...etc.) operating in the field to prevent oil or diesel leaks to the drilling site. The ‘oil leak intervention set’ against these types of accidents must be available in the drilling field.

10. Lighting: Lightning of the drilling area for the night shift can be done with electricity taken from the machine’s battery (12V or 24V). This method provides a safer working environment than lighting using the projector and generator (220 V).

Things to consider when spot lights are placed are: • The spot lights should enlighten the working environment and especially the pit.

• The spot lights must be positioned above eye level.

• Care must be taken that the spot lights do not create blind areas.

7. Cement Base and Stabilizing the Drilling Machine: Especially in deep and inclined wells, the drilling machine

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• The electrical cables must be embedded or air-tight to prevent interference.

11. Arrangement / Order: The location of all equipment to be used in drilling operation must be decided in advance.

These places for this equipment should be prepared. Important equipment such as a fire tubes, first aid kits, oil spill response kits should be placed in easily accessible and easily visible locations. The hose and electrical cables should be embedded as far as possible or suspended in the air to eliminate the risk of stumbling. Three pieces of wedges should be placed beneath the stacks of all drill rods and casings and each wedge should be nailed with antislip wedges. The study area should be cleaned regularly from pollutants such as grease, oil or mud, and gravel should be laid if necessary.

have a risk of burning must be covered. At least one emergency stop button should be placed in the drilling machine at a point that the driller can reach without leaving his position and the location of this button should be clear with a warning sign.

2. Manual Movement/Lifting: The equipment used in drilling (drill rods, chemicals…etc.) is mostly hand-held and moved. Materials over 30 kilograms should be transported with appropriate equipment or assistance. The recommended standard values for the load lifting guide published by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) are 30 kg for males and 20 kg for females.

E. Drilling The most important and difficult phase of a drilling operation is the drilling itself. Therefore, the greatest danger is in this phase. At the drilling stage, although there are rules and measures taken, still many may accidents occur often due to the mistakes of employees. Some of these accidents cause serious injuries and even deaths.

Hazardous Conditions in Drilling Operations 1. Rotating/Moving Equipment: Factors like loose work clothes, jewelry, belts, long hair, increase the risk of entanglement. And it is lethal to tangle around a rotating machine part at 1,500-2,000 rpm. All parts of the drilling equipment that are moving and

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For example, waist hernia, which can be described as an occupational disease, is caused by disobedience to manual lifting and carrying principles.

3. Working at Height:According to NIOSH’s Guide to Working at Height, all work carried out over 90 cm height, is categorized in “working at height”. And all the personnel to work at height are obliged to use anti-fall systems. If there is no standard protection in the area to work, the personnel to work at height should wear equipment like safety rope, connection points (anchor, terminal, carabiner…etc.), mountable and parachute type safety belt.

The ladder to be used when climbing the tower should be checked. Equipment for working at high altitude should be checked before each use. If any one of them is weak, old, worn or missing, work at height should be canceled. A 1 mm cut in the belts causes a loss of strength of up to 40%.

During the case of falling, the parachute type seat belt protects better than the waist type seat belt because it distributes the force over a wider area over the body.

The person who will work at height should have no fear of height and health problems like dizziness.

Three points of contact should be provided during high altitude operation, especially during climbing up or down: two hands and one foot or one hand and two feet.

4. Hand and Finger Jam: This the most common type of injury in drilling operations. Such accidents can be avoided by applying the following Standard Operating Procedures: • Fingers should not be inserted into the pipe while the drill rods or housing pipes are being transported. It must be carried from the outside or by using specially manufactured transport equipment.

• When the core inside the inner tube is being emptied, the hand or fingers should not be inserted under the tube.

• When the inner tube is suspended, the hand should not be inserted into the tube.

• The pipe switches must be used in the correct working positions.

5. Oil Leak Hazards: Oils used during drilling are usually under high pressure and temperature. There is a risk of fire if the leaking oil leaks contacts with an open fire or an object at a temperature over 200°C. Serious injuries will occur if the oil jet touches the skin. Equipment that is damaged by the lost oil is very costly. If the machine needs to stop due to loss of oil, this leads to loss of production. On the other hand, cleaning the oil that causes pollution is a difficult and time consuming process.

Causes of Oil Spills: Hydraulic hose producers claim that 80% of hose failures are caused by physical damage such as pulling, twisting, crushing or routine wear. Wear is the most common type of breakdown caused by rubbing the hoses together around the edges. The most common cause of leaks from conical connections is incorrect torque/force. Vibration during operation can cause the hydraulic hoses to wear very quickly.

Oil Leak Precautions: • Hydraulic hoses should not be touched by hand.

• High pressure hydraulic hoses should be covered with protective plastic cardboard.

• The machine must be equipped with protection from hot spattering.

• At the beginning of each shift, the hoses should be visually inspected before starting the machine.

• Worn hoses or continuous leaks are danger indicators.

6. Mistakes in the Use of Hand Tools: Some of the most common accidents in drilling operations are caused by improper use of hand tools.

• Hand tools must be used in proper with their purposes.

• Worn or cracked hand tools should not be used.

• In this regard, practical training should be given to the employees.

7. Fire: The following precautions must be taken to protect the drill from fire: • The area of 30 meters in diameter, which will surround the drilling location, should be cleaned from dead plant cover.

• Engines must have spark catchers in exhaust silencers.

• Due to the risk of hydraulic leaks, stoves should not be in the drilling tent.

• Fuel must not be charged while the engine is warm or running.

• All bottles or barrels containing oil or fuel must be stored vertically.

• The areas where the flammable substances are stored must be clearly indicated. “No smoking” signs should be placed next to these areas.

• Leakage kits should be available at fuel storage locations.

• There must be at least three 6 kg fire extinguishers in each drill location.

• Fire extinguishers should be placed in easily accessible locations.

• At the beginning of each shift, the pressure indicators of fire extinguishers should be visually inspected.

• Tubes with reduced pressure or nonsafety pin must be refilled.

• Fire tubes should be turned upside down every 2-3 days.

8. Explosive Gases (Methane) That May Expose the Well: The methane gas is colorless, odorless and tasteless, but it is accompanied by hydrogen sulfide (H2S), which is usually much more dangerous than methane. When the air ratio of the methane gas exceeds 5%, it combines with oxygen and explodes with the slightest spark.

Smoking near the well should be strictly prohibited in projects where there is a risk of methane. All combustible materials must be at least 10 m away from the well. A methane detector should be provided in each well.

Indications of Methane Existence: • Air bubbles are seen in drilling mud coming from the well.

• Air bubbles are seen in still water.

• Sudden or dense water flows out from the well.

• Sounds like whisper are heard from the well.

• Swamp or rotten egg odor is felt. This may be indicative of H2S that may accompany methane.

• Any flames of fire are also indicators of methane.

What to Do in Case of Methane Leakage: • Work should be stopped immediately.

• All electrical equipment must be switched off.

• Methane testing procedures should be followed.

• If exists, the Emergency Action Plan should be implemented.

• If the work area is safe and necessary equipment is available, Blowout Preventers (BOP) should be activated to prevent methane leakage.

• The affected area should be marked as a fire hazard zone.

9. Administrative Precautions: All the risks mentioned above and all the precautions recommended against these risks can only be managed correctly by administrative decisions. For this reason, it is vital that managers follow these rules first. The concept of OHS, which should be a part of the corporate culture, should be carried to a level where it can be accepted without any question. Managers should learn to do time, work and expenditure plans without excluding OHS processes. For this purpose, the following subjects should be prescribed and followed by the managers: Emergency Plans, Maintenance and Repair Records, Business Security Meetings, Accident/Incident/ Hazard Reporting, Periodic Audits, Corrective and Preventive Action Forms, Material Safety Data Sheets, Standard Operating Procedures, Risk Analysis

Conclusion Drilling activities, which are classified under “dangerous and very dangerous” category, have become a profession that requires a serious amount of knowledge and attention. For this reason, the responsibilities of employers and employee on health and safety have increased. By combining the experience of the drilling companies in the sector gained over years and the new Health and Safety Regulations, the applicability of health and safety obligations is also increasing.

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