İsdemir is a Turkish steel producer located in Payas,

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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 venture, another steel works located in Ereğli at the

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coast.

Overview

Established in 1970 to produce long steel products, 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. 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 Payas, İsdemir has an annual liquid steel production capacity of 5.3 Mt (million tonnes). In addition, it has reached 6 Mt of finished-product capacity, with 3.5 Mt of flat and 2.5 Mt of long steel products.

Pollution

İsdemir burns

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

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estimates the plant emitted over 8 million tonnes of

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in 2023, more

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than any other steelmaker in the country.

Products

* Wire rod 5.5 mm – 16.0 mm (for manufacturing of wire and nails, 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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