Kaptan Ereglisi steel plant

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Kaptan Ereglisi steel plant (KAPTAN DEMİR ÇELİK END. ve TİCARET A.Ş. (Turkish)), also known as Kaptan Demir Celik, KDC, Captain Iron and Steel, is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Ereğlisi, Tekirdağ, Türkiye.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Ereğlisi, Tekirdağ, Türkiye:

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• Location: Cedid Ali Paşa Mah. Seymen Yolu Cad. No:30, Marmara Ereğlisi, Tekirdag, Türkiye
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 41.015222, 27.959978 (exact)

Background

Kaptan Demir Celik End. ve Ticaret S.A. was established in 1968, but the steel making plant began in 2002.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Phase	Plant status	Announced date	Construction date	Start date	Workforce size
Main plant	Operating	–	–	2002	913
Expansion	Construction	2022-06	2022	2024	–

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Phase	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
Main plant	Kaptan Demir Celik Endustrisi ve Ticaret AS	4298249682	E100000001058

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	billet, round and deformed bars, square bars, flat bars, equal angles, wire rod	tools and machinery	2021	2022	EAF	1 EAF (125-tonne, 120 MVA SMS Demag)
Expansion	semi-finished; finished rolled	billet, round and deformed bars, square bars, flat bars, equal angles, wire rod	tools and machinery	–	–	EAF	1 EAF

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*	Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
Main plant	operating	1400 TTPA	1400 TTPA
Expansion	construction	2000 TTPA	2000 TTPA

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*
Main plant	operating
Expansion	construction

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Additional data

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Resources

• Company website