İsdemir is a Turkish steel producer located in

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on the

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coast. The name is a contraction of the

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''İskenderun Demir ve Çelik A.Ş.'', which means "İskenderun Iron and Steel CO ". İsdemir is currently an

Erdemir Ereğli Demir ve Çelik Fabrikaları T.A.Ş. is a Turkish steel producer. The name is a contraction of the Turkish language ''Ereğli Demir ve Çelik Fabrikaları'', which means "Ereğli Iron and Steel Factories". Erdemir occupies the 43rd place ...

venture, another steel works located in Ereğli at the

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coast.

Overview

Established in 1970 to produce

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, İskenderun Demir ve Çelik A.Ş. was incorporated into Erdemir Group on February 1, 2002. Production of flat steel began in 2008 at its İskenderun plant with the implementation of modernization and transformation investments so as to balance long and flat steel production levels in Turkey. Producing flat steel products is crucial for the development of the Turkish steel industry, and İsdemir plays a significant role in enhancing the capacity of flat steel production while carrying on its activities to manufacture long products such as

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and wire rod. Located in a area in

, İskenderun, İsdemir has an annual liquid steel production capacity of . In addition, it has reached of finished-product capacity, with of flat and of long steel products. İsdemir uses

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Pollution

İsdemir burns

. As an integrated steelworks emissions are higher than steel produced at

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Products

* Wire rod 5.5 mm – 16.0 mm (for manufacturing of wire and nail, wire mesh, electrode and welding filler, bolt and nut, spring) *

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(for foundry) *

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100x100 mm – 180x180 mm (for manufacturing of plain and deformed reinforcing bar, angle and profile, bulb flat)

References

External links

İsdemir Web Site

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Memurlar Net
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