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The Asphaltite is a hydrocarbon with higher thermal value, composed of or originating from the petroleum. Its calorie varies between 5,500 and 5,800 kcal/kg. Total proved reserve in the asphaltite zone in Silopi, hired by Park Elektrik from the Turkish Coal Administration by the way of royalty until 2033, is 25 million tons. In the zone where open-pit mining activities are to be conducted in the first years, the closed underground mining activities will be conducted by the technique of sublevel block caving in the subsequent years. Asphaltite production was launched in Silopi asphaltite zone in the second quarter of 2009.
