Kroman Steel Darica plant

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Kroman Steel Darica plant (KROMAN ÇELİK SANAYİ A.Ş. (Turkish)), also known as Kroman Celik, is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Darıca, Kocaeli, Türkiye.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Darıca, Kocaeli, Türkiye:

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  • Location: Emek Mah. Aşıroğlu Cad. No:155 Darıca, Kocaeli, Türkiye
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 40.801101, 29.374115 (exact)

Background

Kroman Steel (Kroman Celik) was established in 1967. The first steel making facility began in 1969, while the second steel plant started in 2010.[1] The steel production capacity of Kroman Steel is reported as more than 2 MTPA by the Turkish Steel Producers Association.[2] Kroman Steel reports a capacity of 1.4 MTPA for crude steel and 2.0 MTPA for finished steel products.[3]

Port

Kroman Steel operates a port in the Gulf of Izmit in the Izmit Bay to handle iron and steel raw materials and products. The port has an cargo handling capacity of 3 MTPA.[4]

Scrap supply

Kroman Steel provides guidelines for their steel scrap supply on their website.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
Operating[5] 1969[6] 1450[7]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Yucel Boru ve Profil Endustrisi AS [100.0%] 4298250858 [100%] E100000130883 [100%] Kroman Celik Sanayii AS[6] 4296775980 E100000130801

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[6] rebar, plain and deformed wire rod, ribbed wire rod, spooler, profiles, aggregate, billet, angles, smooth rounds[5][6] building and infrastructure; transport[8] yes[9][10] EAF[6] 3 EAF (2x100-tonne, 1x150-tonne)[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.
Capacity operating status* Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 1400 TTPA[11][11][11] 1400 TTPA[11][11][11]

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References

  1. KROMAN ÇELİK SANAYİ A.Ş., Turkish Steel Producers Association, Retrieved on: Jul. 28, 2020
  2. Turkish Steel Capacity, Turkish Steel Producers Association, Retrieved on: Jul. 28, 2020
  3. Main Page, Kroman Celik, Retrieved on: Jul. 28, 2020
  4. About Us (Turkish), Kroman Celik, Retrieved on: Jul. 28, 2020
  5. 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20211210031859/https://www.kromancelik.com.tr/. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20220112165707/https://celik.org.tr/en/kroman-celik-sanayi-a-s/. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20210418090954/http://www.kromancelik.com.tr/hakkimizda.php?d. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20230511150646/http://www.kromancelik.com.tr/urunler.php?u=2. Archived from the original on 11 May 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. (PDF) https://www.kromancelik.com.tr/kalite-guvence/kroman-celik-quality-policy.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. https://web.archive.org/web/20220319015225/https://www.kromancelik.com.tr/kalite-ve-guvence.php?d. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20220111164002/http://www.kromancelik.com.tr/hakkimizda.php. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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