Erdemir Eregli steel plant

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Erdemir Eregli steel plant (EREĞLİ DEMİR VE ÇELİK FABRİKALARI T.A.Ş (Turkish)), also known as Eregli Demir, is a blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) steel plant operating in Ereğli, Zonguldak, Türkiye.

Location

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  • Location: Uzunkum No: 7 Kdz. Ereğli, 67330 Zonguldak, Türkiye
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 41.261469, 31.420106 (exact)

Background

Oyak Mining Metallurgy Group owns and operates two facilities in Turkey, Erdemir steel plant and Isdemir steel plant.[1]

Erdemir S.A. was established in 1960, but the steel plant did not begin operation until 1965.[2]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Phase Plant status Announced date Start date Workforce size
Main plant Operating[3] 1965[4] 5599[5]
Expansion Announced[6] 2024-01[6] 2030[6]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Phase Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Main plant Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari TAS[7] 4295893524 E100000130751

Table 3: Process and Products

Phase Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
Main plant semi-finished; finished rolled[7] hot and cold rolled, plates, tin, chromium, zinc coated flat steel[7] automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; steel packaging; tools and machinery; transport[7] 2021[8] 2021[8] BF, BOF[9] coking plant; sinter plant; 3 BOF[10][11][12]
Expansion semi-finished; finished rolled[7] hot and cold rolled, plates, tin, chromium, zinc coated flat steel[7] automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; steel packaging; tools and machinery; transport[7] EAF[6] 1 EAF[6]

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

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Phase Capacity operating status* Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
Main plant operating 3800 TTPA[10][10][10] 3800 TTPA[10][10][10]
Expansion announced 1400 TTPA[6] 1400 TTPA[6]

Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Phase Capacity operating status* Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
Main plant operating 3575 TTPA[13][14] 3575 TTPA[13][14]
Expansion announced

Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Phase Sinter Coke
Main plant >0 TTPA[9] >0 TTPA[9]
Expansion

Blast Furnace Details

Table 7: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Construction date Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Current size Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology Most recent relining
1; Ayse operating[15] unknown unknown 2008[16] Erdemir[16][17] 1850 m³[18] 1750[13] unknown unknown
2; Zübeyde operating[19] unknown unknown 2023-10-29[19] Paul Wurth Paul Wurth Blast Furnace Design[14][14] 2188 m³[14] 1825[14] unknown 2023-10-29[20]

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References

  1. 2018 Annual Report, Oyak Mining Metallurgy Group, Retrieved on: Apr. 29, 2020
  2. "EREĞLİ DEMİR VE ÇELİK FABRİKALARI T.A.Ş". Turkish Steel Producers Association. 2017-03-22. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  3. https://www.erdemir.com.tr/en/contact. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20240119043446/https://www.erdemir.com.tr/en/corporate/history. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20240119071845/https://www.erdemir.com.tr/surdurulebilirlik/entegre-faaliyet-raporlari. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 https://web.archive.org/web/20240217013218/https://www.dailysabah.com/business/energy/turkish-steelmaker-erdemir-to-invest-32b-to-reduce-emissions. Archived from the original on 17 February 2024. {{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/20210511003536/https://www.erdemir.com.tr/corporate. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230603015511/http://erdemir.ro/corporate/management-systems-policy/quality-certifications/. Archived from the original on 03 June 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240119051243/https://www.erdemir.com.tr/en/corporate/the-story-of-steel. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 (PDF) https://open.metu.edu.tr/bitstream/handle/11511/25671/index.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20220127014008/http://celik.org.tr/en/eregli-demir-celik-fabrikalari-t-a-s-2/. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20211208162011/https://www.erdemir.com.tr/Sites/1/upload/files/Normal_ve_Yuksek_Mukavemetli_Yapi_Celikleri_Uretilebilirlik_Onayi_RINA-4695.pdf (PDF). {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 (PDF) https://www.erdemir.com.tr/storage/uploads/2023/09/9d6bbfb72ccf662f50f81a9adefcfe23.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20221203212638/https://www.paulwurth.com/en/erdemir-group-relies-on-paul-wurths-expertise-for-construction-of-two-new-blast-furnaces/. Archived from the original on 03 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. https://www.steelradar.com/en/haber/erdemir-realised-the-50000th-casting-in-turkeys-first-domestic-blast-furnace/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. 16.0 16.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220518055610/https://www.erdemir.com.tr/corporate/history/. Archived from the original on 18 May 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220119165855/https://www.erdemir.com.tr/Sites/1/upload/files/ERDEMIR_08-ENG-2593.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. https://www.kallanish.com/en/news/steel/market-reports/article-details/erdemir-build-new-blast-furnace-0818/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  19. 19.0 19.1 https://gmk.center/en/news/turkish-erdemir-put-into-operation-an-updated-blast-furnace-in-october/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  20. https://web.archive.org/web/20240217020622/https://www.steelorbis.com/steel-news/latest-news/turkeys-erdemir-to-commission-bf-no-2-on-october-29-1311933.htm. Archived from the original on 17 February 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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