Main activity area of the factory that has been active in Payas Industrial Park since 1995 is obtaining “briquette coal” for heating purposes from lignite powder coal. High quality (7200 Kcal/Kg) imported Russian lignite powders brought into factory site for this purpose are transferred to production through hoppers and conveyor belts. At one point during this process, slaked powder lime and molasses are added with the help of electronic dosing unit and the mixture is transferred to the mixer. The mixture is carried along the press machine under 200 bar pressure. Then, the conveyor belt under the pres machine carries approximately 140 gr/piece sized briquette coals to the griddle unit and then to the packing hopper. Briquette coals are launched to the market after being packed in 25 kg laminated bags in the load-cell controlled serial packing unit with 150 tons/hour capacity. A second production line was added in the Payas Industrial Park factory site to increase capacity. Currently, the factory has an annual capacity of 675.000 tons/year. Atakaş Kömür San. Ve Tic. A.Ş. opened a new branch in Kocaeli/Gebze/Tavşanlı district in 2004 and established a new coal brand; “CEMRE”. This way, Atakaş doubled its capacity and became Turkey’s largest briquette coal producer.
“YEŞİLKOR” and “CEMRE” branded briquette coals have TSE 12055 1. Grade Declaration of Conformity and are the first brands to receive this certificate in Turkey.
