Turkey鈥檚 new energy targets聽announced聽by Turkey's Energy Minister Taner Yildiz in Ankara at parliament鈥檚 2015 budget meetings on Thursday.
Yildiz said聽mining according to聽international standards will be guaranteed and all mining procedures will be done聽via electronic state,聽e-state聽until the end of 2016.
Minister said, "The amount of drilling done by the state willl be increased up to聽200 thousand meters for non-energy resources by聽the end of 2019."
He added, a聽national聽strategy paper will be prepared聽for raw materials聽until the end of 2015.
Yildiz stated that they also aim to increase the聽production of processed commodities, as well as聽their exports.
By Muhsin Baris Tiryakioglu
Anadolu Agency