Ege Steel Aliaga plant

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Ege Steel Aliaga plant (Ege Çelik Endüstrisi Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.), also known as Ege Celik, is a steel plant in Aliağa, İzmir, Türkiye that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: Horozgigi Mah. 15. Cad. No. 3 Aliaga, Izmir, Türkiye
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 38.728005, 26.940095 (exact)

Background

Ege Steel operates a port in Nemrut Bay with an annual capacity of 7 MTPA.[1]

The coastal area of Aliaga, where this steel plant is located, can be categorized as a death zone due to the presence of heavy industries. Scholars and residents express concern regarding the industrial area's influence on water quality and air quality in the nearby towns.[2]

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size Power source Iron ore source
2001[3] 999[4] İzdemir Enerji power station[5] unknown

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent GEM entity ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner GEM entity ID
natural person(s) [98.0%]; small shareholder(s) [2.0%] not applicable [98.0%]; not applicable [2.0%] E100000123261 [98.0%]; E100001015587 [2.0%] Ege Celik Endustrisi Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ [100%][6] 4298247985 E100000130876 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Responsible steel Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled[7] wire rod, rebar, square cross billets[3][7] unknown Expired[8] Expired[9] unknown EAF

Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

1Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status1 Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
mothballed 800[10][7] 800[10][7]
operating 1200[11] 1200[11]

Table 5: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year EAF production Other/unknown steel production
2019 unknown unknown
2020 unknown unknown
2021 unknown[12] unknown[12]
2022 unknown unknown
2023 unknown unknown
2024 unknown unknown
2025 unknown unknown

Unit Details

Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown EAF (1) operating[7] 1200[11]
unknown EAF (2) mothballed[13] 400[10][7]
unknown EAF (3) mothballed[13] 400[10][7]

Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name Scrap-based % scrap % DRI % HBI % sponge iron (unknown if DRI or HBI) % basic/merchant pig iron % granulated pig iron % pig iron (unknown if basic/merchant or granulated) % other iron
unknown EAF (1) yes[10] >0[10] 0[10] >0[10] 0[10] 0[10] 0[10] 0[10] 0[10]
unknown EAF (2) yes[10] >0[10] 0[10] >0[10] 0[10] 0[10] 0[10] 0[10] 0[10]
unknown EAF (3) yes[10] >0[10] 0[10] >0[10] 0[10] 0[10] 0[10] 0[10] 0[10]

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References

  1. ↑ A safe harbor in Nemrut Bay with an annual capacity of 7 million tons, Ege Celik Endustrisi Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., Retrieved on: Jul. 27, 2020
  2. ↑ "Ej Atlas". ejatlas.org. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220114122158/https://www.egecelik.com.tr/en. Archived from the original on 2022-01-14. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220120215021/https://www.kariyer.net/firma-profil/ege-celik-endustrisi-sanayi-ve-ticaret-a-s-13401-3724. Archived from the original on 2022-01-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220124110734/https://www.gem.wiki/%C4%B0zdemir_Enerji_power_station. Archived from the original on 2022-01-24. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240125060814/https://www.egecelik.com.tr/tr/genel-bakis. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 https://web.archive.org/web/20220126150654/https://www.egecelik.com.tr/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-26. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220529082443/https://www.egecelik.com.tr/en/quality-policy. Archived from the original on 2022-05-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220319214709/https://www.egecelik.com.tr/uploads/editor/Ege-Celik-EnerjiYonetimSistemi50001-2011.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 10.12 10.13 10.14 10.15 10.16 10.17 10.18 10.19 10.20 10.21 10.22 10.23 10.24 10.25 10.26 10.27 10.28 10.29 10.30 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240927181329/https://www.egecelik.com.tr/uploads/EgeCelik-Brochure.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-09-27. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20221006153531/https://one.oecd.org/document/DSTI/SC(2018)2/FINAL/en/pdf. Archived from the original on 2022-10-06. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "New investment of Turkey's Ege Çelik to be commissioned in 2023". www.steelorbis.com. Archived from the original on 2025-08-25. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220525192816/https://www.steelorbis.com/steel-news/interviews/ege-celik-domestic-and-international-wire-rod-demand-is-promising-despite-negativity-1120854.htm. Archived from the original on 2022-05-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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