Yacimientos Carboníferos Fiscales

YCF S.E.
	Entrance to Río Turbio pictured in 2009
Company type	state-owned
Industry	Coal mining
Founded	1958
Defunct	1994; 30 years ago
Successor	YCRT
Headquarters	Río Turbio, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Area served	Argentina
Products	Coal

YCF, acronym for Yacimientos Carboníferos Fiscales (Spanish for Fiscal Coal Fields), was an Argentine state-owned company dedicated to exploiting coal deposits in the Argentine mainland, mainly the field near to Rio Turbio.^[1]^[2]

The company was succeeded in 1994 by Yacimientos Carboníferos Río Turbio.

History[edit]

The company was founded in 1958 and existed until 1994, when it was privatised and renamed as Yacimientos Carboníferos Río Turbio S.A.^[3]

Prior to the creation of YCF, Argentina used to import coal. This became a problem during World War II, when a severe shortage caused problems to such key sectors as industry and transport. Production peaked in 1972 when it reached 570,000 tons.^{[citation needed]}

The coal was mined in Rio Turbio and transported to the port city of Rio Gallegos.

References[edit]

^ "Historia".
^ "RAZONES Y ORÍGENES - DE LA EMPRESA Y.C.F." (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-06.
^ "YCRT". Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2012-04-23.

External links[edit]

YCF history on Argentina.gob.ar
Ley Nº 22.775 "Modifícanse las Partidas de Gastos y Recursos de la Empresa del Estado Yacimientos Carboníferos Fiscales para el ejercicio 1980" - InfoLeg website (accessed 2016-10-07)

[1] "Historia".

[2] "RAZONES Y ORÍGENES - DE LA EMPRESA Y.C.F." (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-06.

[3] "YCRT". Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2012-04-23.

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