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22 Oct 2026 · Natural Resources Canada · official source
Canada and Türkiye sign joint statement covering battery minerals and geoscience cooperation
Canada's energy and natural resources minister Tim Hodgson and Türkiye's Alparslan Bayraktar signed a joint statement in Ankara that, alongside LNG and nuclear, commits both sides to trade and investment across the mining value chain, company partnerships in battery minerals and technologies, and Turkish uptake of Canada's Towards Sustainable Mining standard. The Geological Survey of Canada and Türkiye's MTA will explore geoscience cooperation.
7 Oct 2026 · Ecofin Agency
Türkiye widens African mining ties through MTA's international arm
Türkiye is expanding its mining presence in Africa through state-owned MTA International Mining, which holds gold exploration permits in Niger, and through cooperation memoranda with countries including Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan and Egypt. Its ambassador met Angola's mines minister on 6 October to discuss minerals partnerships, though no commitment was announced.
1 Oct 2026 · Evrensel
Türkiye extends disputed Çaldağ nickel licence to 2036 as environmental groups plan legal challenge
The Energy Ministry extended the operating licence for the Çaldağ lateritic nickel mine near Turgutlu, Manisa, by ten years to 2036, according to local environmental groups. They plan to sue again; a court-ordered expert inspection of the site took place in June 2026 in a separate case over the mine's environmental impact approval.
14 Sept 2026 · MAPEG · official source
Türkiye's UMREK hosts CRIRSCO 2026 general meeting and mineral valuation conference in Istanbul
Türkiye's national reserve reporting commission UMREK hosted the 2026 general meeting of CRIRSCO, the committee behind international mineral resource and reserve reporting standards, in Istanbul on 7-12 September. A conference with the valuation committee IMVAL covered mining finance, reporting codes and asset valuation.
12 Sept 2026 · Anadolu Ajansı (Enerji Terminali)
Türkiye's 2027-2029 medium-term programme pledges rules to cut critical-mineral import dependence
Türkiye's Medium-Term Programme for 2027-2029 commits to legal changes aimed at reducing import dependence for critical and strategic minerals and supporting domestic output, along with more value-added boron sales and bringing rare earth elements into production. The chair of the TOBB mining assembly said MTA exploration spending is set to rise by 139% and called for a national critical minerals strategy and a dedicated agency.
7 Sept 2026 · Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of Türkiye (ETKB) · official source
TENMAK signs thorium cooperation memorandum with Denmark's Copenhagen Atomics
Türkiye's TENMAK and Danish molten-salt reactor developer Copenhagen Atomics signed a memorandum of understanding at TENMAK's Istanbul Çekmece site. The cooperation covers research and the domestic production of thorium compounds suitable for molten salt reactors, with the aim of making Türkiye a supplier of such compounds.
5 Sept 2026 · Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of Türkiye (ETKB) · official source
Türkiye plans to develop Hakkâri as a zinc-lead mining hub with MTA and Eti Maden
During a visit to Hakkâri, the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources said the government wants the province to become a centre of mining, describing it as a zinc-lead belt. State bodies MTA and Eti Maden are to invest in the region, including in processing facilities, to attract private investment.
2 Sept 2026 · Anadolu Ajansı (Enerji Terminali)
Eti Alüminyum to invest US$30 million in Türkiye's first aluminium-lithium alloy line
Eti Alüminyum plans a new casting line costing about USD 30 million to make aluminium-lithium alloy for aerospace and defence uses, with output targeted for 2028. The company said only the United States, Russia, China and France currently make the alloy; its new rolling mill at Seydişehir is due to start in the second quarter of next year.
31 Aug 2026 · Eskişehir Haber Ajansı
Presidential decision orders urgent expropriation of land for Eti Maden's Beylikova rare earth site
A Presidential Decision (No. 11690) published in the Official Gazette on 31 August 2026 allows urgent expropriation of 258 properties in Eskişehir's Sivrihisar and Beylikova districts for Eti Maden. The land is for open-pit mining, ore stockpiles, waste facilities, industrial plants and roads under a licence covering thorium, barite, fluorite and rare earth elements. Compensation remains due under expropriation rules.
22 Aug 2026 · Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of Türkiye (ETKB) · official source
TENMAK starts pilot production at lithium borate salts facility in Türkiye
TENMAK, an affiliate of the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, completed commissioning and performance tests of its BOREN lithium borate salts facility and began pilot output. The plant has a capacity of 5 tonnes a year of lithium tetraborate and metaborate, products the ministry says Türkiye previously imported almost entirely.
19 Aug 2026 · Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of Türkiye (ETKB) · official source
Türkiye and Syria sign memorandum on phosphate mining cooperation
Türkiye's MTA International (an MTA affiliate) and Syria's General Directorate of Geology and Mineral Resources signed a memorandum of understanding in Damascus on phosphate development. The two sides aim to move towards a commercial agreement covering phosphate production, field development and a railway linking the fields to a port.
12 Aug 2026 · Hürriyet Daily News
Türkiye sets up interagency councils on critical minerals and critical raw materials
Türkiye is creating a Critical Minerals Council under the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, bringing together bodies such as Eti Maden, MTA, TÜBİTAK and the defence ministry, plus a separate Critical Raw Materials Board. The councils are meant to coordinate extraction, processing and stockpiling and to raise domestic output for defence, electronics and energy. The ministry's earlier assessment named lithium, silver, titanium, iron, manganese, zinc, copper and aluminium as its highest-priority minerals.
7 Aug 2026 · Eskisehir.net
Türkiye's energy minister says Beylikova rare earth project is moving to industrial plant stage
The Minister of Energy and Natural Resources said the project to commercialise the Beylikova (Eskişehir) rare earth deposit through an industrial facility is entering a new stage. He said that from 2028 Türkiye aims to produce higher-value rare earth products rather than only hold reserves.
24 Jul 2026 · Anadolu Ajansı (Enerji Terminali)
Türkiye's MAPEG puts 115 mining licence areas up for tender
Türkiye's General Directorate of Mining and Petroleum Affairs (MAPEG) announced a tender for 115 mining sites, with the notice published in the Official Gazette and on its website. Bids are to be taken by sealed offer and open auction at MAPEG in Ankara.
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