Emet is a town in Kütahya Province in the Aegean region of Turkey . It is the seat of Emet District . Its population is 11,431 (2022).
4-447: Emet mine , a large boron mine, is located a few miles north of the city. The mine is owned by Eti Boron Inc. (a.ş). Emet is located in the valley of the Emet Çayı stream, 62 km west of the city of Kütahya . There is a hot spring in the lower part of the town. Various ruin fragments and inscriptions in Emet, and especially in the cemetery on the east side of town, indicate that there
8-604: Is a large boron ore mine located at Kütahya Province in western Turkey . Emet represents one of the largest boron reserves in Turkey having an estimated reserve of 1.68 billion tonnes of ore grading 28% boron . Most of this comes in the form of colemanite . The Emet mines together account for 40% of the world's known colemanite reserves. The Emet mines consist of two open-pit mines at Espey and Hisarcık . Together, they produce 1.5 megatonnes of colemanite ore per year. About 240,000 tonnes per year of this production goes to
12-437: The two boric acid refineries on site at Emet. Much of the rest is sent to Bandırma , which is the main logistics hub for Turkey's boron industry. The Emet mining operation is managed by the state-run company Eti Maden . The Emet mining operation was established in 1958. The first boric acid refinery opened in 2005, and the second opened in 2011. Additionally, in 2015, a facility for producing specialized boric acid products
16-504: Was a decently large settlement here in ancient times. For example, by the hot springs there are the ruins of an old bathhouse attributed to the Byzantine period. Emet may represent the site of the ancient and medieval town of Tiberiopolis , although other candidates have also been proposed. This article about an Aegean Region of Turkey location is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Emet mine The Emet mine
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