Ereğli Demir ve Çelik Fabrikaları T.A.Ş. is a Turkish steel producer. The name is a contraction of the

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''Ereğli Demir ve Çelik Fabrikaları'', which means "Ereğli Iron and Steel Factories". Erdemir occupies the 43rd place among the largest steel companies in the world and is also involved in

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History

Erdemir, which began production in 1965, has a production capacity of 8.5 million tons/year of crude steel (2020 value).''Annual Integrated Report 2020''
/ref> It is the largest iron and steel company in Turkey and was the only flat steel producer till January 2009. It produces plates, hot and cold-rolled sheet and tinplate. Its main plant is located on an area of approximately at Karadeniz Eregli,

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. Erdemir operates a large seaport, the Port of Erdemir, to import and export materials. Erdemir has Port of Erdemir also acquired the steel plant at

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in southern

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Pension Fund (

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) acquired a 49.29% stake in Erdemir on 4 October 2005 for $2.77 billion in a televised auction, in which it outbid several major steel companies. The fund acquired 46.12% from the Turkish Privatization Administration (OIB) and it was also obliged to purchase an additional 3.17% stake from a Turkish bank. Se
history of Erdemir Group
since 1954.

Pollution

Erdemir burns

. As an integrated

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, emissions are higher than steel produced at

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estimates the plant emitted almost 5 million tonnes of

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in 2022, more

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than any other steelmaker in the country except

İsdemir İsdemir is a Turkish steel producer located in Payas, Hatay Province on the Mediterranean coast. The name is a contraction of the Turkish language ''İskenderun Demir ve Çelik A.Ş.'', which means "İskenderun Iron and Steel CO". İsdemir is cu ...

. However the company says they are moving towards

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List of 50 Projects

The Turkish chamber of Civil engineers lists Erdemir as one of the fifty civil engineering feats in Turkey, a list of remarkable engineering projects realized after the declaration of the Turkish republic.

References

External links

Erdemir official web siteOfficial Web Site
of

{{Fifty civil engineering feats in Turkey Companies listed on the Istanbul Stock Exchange Companies in the BIST 100 Steel companies of Turkey Manufacturing companies established in 1967 Zonguldak Province Turkish companies established in 1967 Coal in Turkey Blast furnaces in Turkey

History

Pollution

List of 50 Projects

See also

References

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