Kardemir Merkez steel plant

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Kardemir Merkez steel plant (KARDEMİR KARABÜK DEMİR ÇELİK SAN. ve TİC.A.Ş. (Turkish)), also known as Karabük Demir Çelik Fabrikaları, Karabük Iron and Steel Works, is a blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) steel plant operating in Merkez, Karabük, Türkiye.

Location

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  • Location: Fabrika Sahası 78170 Merkez, Karabük, Türkiye
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 41.180307, 32.634343 (exact)

Background

Kardemir S.A. was privatized on March 3, 1995.[1]

In 2017, Steel Guru reported that Kardemir was investing in a 30 MW captive power plant in addition to capacity expansions to be completed in 2019.[2]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size Power source
Operating[3] 1939[4] 4590[5] hydroelectric power plant and power plant on site, supplies 65% of own electricity from process gases; Kardemir Karabük Demir Çelik power station (CAN Europe)[6][7][8]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Kardemir Karabuk Demir Çelik Sanayi Ve Ticaret AŞ [100%] 4295893561 [100%] E100001000598 Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS[3] 4295893561 E100001000598

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[9] wire rods, railway rails, heavy profiles, rebar, round bars, billets, pig iron, coke, blast furnace slag, bloom, beam blanks, equal angles, unequal angles, GI profile, bar in coil[9][10] automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; tools and machinery; transport[4] yes[11] yes[12] BF, BOF[4] 2 coking plants; 2 sinter plants; 3 BOF (BOF 3 added 2013)[6][10][13][14]

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.
Capacity operating status* Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 3500 TTPA[15][15][15] 3500 TTPA[15][15][15]

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.
Capacity operating status* Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
operating 3313 TTPA[16][17][18][19] 3313 TTPA[16][17][18][19]

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

Sinter Coke
3750 TTPA[15] 1170 TTPA[19]

Table 7: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year BOF Production Total (all routes)
2020 – –
2021 – –
2022 2220 TTPA[20] 2220 TTPA

Blast Furnace Details

Table 8: 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 operating[21] unknown unknown unknown – – 563[16] unknown 2022-03[16]
4 operating[21] unknown unknown 2008[22] – – 550[17] unknown 2022-11[17][21]
5 operating[20] unknown unknown 2014[18] Siemens-VAI Siemens VAI Blast Furnace Design[18][18] 1280 m³[18] 1200[18] unknown unknown
6 operating[21] unknown unknown 2021[23] – – 1000[19] unknown unknown

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References

  1. ↑ KARDEMİR KARABÜK DEMİR ÇELİK SAN. ve TİC.A.Ş., Turkish Steel Producers Association, Retrieved on: Jul. 23, 2020
  2. ↑ Kardemir eyes output expansion and lower energy cost by 2019, Nanda Koijam, Steel Guru, Aug. 16, 2017, Retrieved on: Jul. 23, 2020
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125055531/https://www.kardemir.com/about_us. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20211026094325/https://www.kardemir.com/. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220120215446/https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.kardemir_karabuk_demir_celik_sanayi_ve_ticaret_anonim_sirketi.b33ff41914a14c451e3e4222e75db624.html. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220207221742/https://www.kardemir.com/a_story_of_growth. Archived from the original on 07 February 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220127021016/https://www.kardemir.com/energy. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240131174853/https://www.quintype.com/. Archived from the original on 31 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220204141052/https://www.kardemir.com/products. Archived from the original on 04 February 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220126195125/https://celik.org.tr/en/kardemir-karabuk-demir-celik-san-ve-tic-a-s/. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ↑ https://www.kardemir.com/environment. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220319182036/https://www.kardemir.com/enerji_verim. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20121029092841/http://www.steelorbis.com:80/steel-news/latest-news/sms-siemag-to-modernize-bof-shop-of-turkeys-kardemir-713528.htm. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ↑ (PDF) https://indexive.com/uploads/papers/pap_indexive15945547022147483647.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240119051436/https://www.kardemir.com/dosyalar/yatirimci/13/21082023/2023082110352645_yatirimci_13_21082023.pdf?v=d8757c65_46c0_edf7_74e4_c233005d3781. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 https://www.steelorbis.com/steel-news/latest-news/turkeys-kardemir-completes-relining-of-bf-no-1-1237431.htm. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 https://www.kallanish.com/en/news/steel/market-reports/article-details/kardemir-ignites-renewed-blast-furnace-1019/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.6 https://web.archive.org/web/20220401034543/https://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/publicdisplaydocumentpdf/?cote=DSTI/SU/SC(2014)16/FINAL&docLanguage=En. Archived from the original on 01 April 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220119165950/https://www.kardemir.com/dosyalar/yatirimci/13/24032020/2020032414375351_yatirimci_13_24032020.pdf?v. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230405155704/https://www.chemanalyst.com/NewsAndDeals/NewsDetails/kardemir-turkeys-steel-giant-to-pump-1-billion-into-expansion-plans-by-2028-16951. Archived from the original on 05 April 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 https://www.steelorbis.com/steel-news/latest-news/turkeys-kardemir-commissions-modernized-blast-furnace-no-4-1269230.htm. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  22. ↑ (PDF) https://www.gbreports.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Turkey_Steel2007.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  23. ↑ https://www.steelorbis.com/steel-news/latest-news/kardemir-reaches-35-million-mt-continuous-casting-capacity-1119143.htm. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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