- Development of natural resource policies for the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources
- Headed the Turkey Mining Sector Development Report with mining sector stakeholders (government, NGOs), achieved a strong representation of the sector based on economic, social, and environmental development categories click to reach the report
- Executed project for the Critical and Strategical Raw Materials of Turkey (will be published in 2023)
- Reporting of the global mining industry trends periodically to generate a policy for the future of Turkey's mining sector
- Supporting of student for certain topics in the scope of government internship and scholarship scheme
- Managing the Standardization of Foreign Trade Data of Minerals; This study was developed to ease the following and reporting of foreign trade data by ordering the data into the categories, raw material, midproduct, and end product
Yağız Alp Taştekin
Mining Engineer
Yağız Alp Taştekin
Mining Engineer
About Me
Mining and Energy Policies Coordinator at Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources
- Age 33 years
- Address Ankara, Turkey
Licenses and Certifications
- Dean's Teaching Assistant Award - The Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining - Show Certificate of Qualification
- Integrated Strategic Planning for Mining Industry, Tactical Theory of Constraints Masterclass
- IMCET 2015
Resume
Experience
February 2020 — Today
Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources
Coordinator at Mining and Energy Policies Branch Ankara ,Turkey
July 2016 — September 2018
IC Ictas Energy Investment Holding
Project Engineer Mediterranean Region and Ankara ,Turkey
- Yeniköy Kemerköy Coal-Fired Power Plant Project (YK Energy)
- Performed the mid-long term mine plan for open pit coal mine
- Financial analysis of the project
- Mining equipment selection and costing of equipment for the mid-long-term mine planning study
- Building haulage model
- In collaboration with the project manager collects, compiles, and evaluates the project data
- Management of the project database
- Management of geotechnical and coal quality sampling and testing program in coherence with ASTM and TURK-AK standards
- Analysis and preparation of coal quality data for resource estimation
- Auditing and improvement of a cost model for a long-term mine plan
- Chaired contracts for coal conveyor systems for the design and installation phase of conveyors
- Performed contract mining negotiations with international mining contractors
- Management of proposal process of Çayırhan -2 Coal-Fired Power Project; resource estimation, mine planning, and financial analysis
July 2014- — April 2016
Asia Minor Mining Inc.
Mining Engineer Central Anatolia Turkey
- Management of geotechnical program (sampling and evaluation of the test data) by ASTM standards
- Conducted the geotechnical data analysis with geophysics (acoustic) data
- Preparation of coal samples (in field laboratory) for coal quality analysis based on ASTM standard
- Evaluation of coal quality data for power plant feasibility study
- Analysis of spontaneous combustion propensity of the coal deposit
- Preliminary mine design and pricing study of mining equipment for open pit coal mine
- Preliminary cost estimation (CAPEX and OPEX) study for an open pit gold mine
- Preparation of metallurgical test program for the gold project
May 2015 — November 2015
Middle East Technical University
Department of Mining Engineering Ankara/Turkey
Student Research Assistant
Worked on a project which is managed by Prof. H. Şebnem Düzgün “Developing Indicator Based Sustainability Assessment Methodology for Integrated Open Cast Lignite Mining and Electricity Generation Plans in Afşin-Elbistan Basin”
- Classification of agricultural data
- Classification of population data
- Preparation o drillhole database preparation of Elbistan Coal Basin
Education
2018-2019
University of Exeter
Master of Science - MS, Mining Engineering
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science ABC Technical Institute, Jefferson, Missouri.
2010-2014
Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi
Bachelor of Science (BS)
Coursework - Git, WordPress, Javascript, iOS, Android.
Skills
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Microsoft Suite (Excel Word, Access, and Outlook)
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Deswik CAD
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Deswik.Sched
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Deswik.IS,
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Isatis
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Micromine
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MineScape
Membership
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Member of Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME)
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Member of Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM)
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Professional Member of Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3)