The MMK Metallurgy () is a multi-national

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company established 2007 in Iskenderun, southern

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. Company's main plant, located in

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, began production in 2011 after three years of construction time. The total investment is worth of $2.7 billion. An agreement to found a

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company for manufacturing flat steel products was signed on May 23, 2007 in Iskenderun between Viktor Filippovich Rashnikov, chairman of the

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n steelmaking company

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(MMK) and Recep Atakaş, chairman of the Turkish Atakaş Group of Companies. The foundation of the plant, covering an area of in

district of

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, was laid during a ceremony held on March 15, 2008. Already in the beginning of 2009, plant's service center consisting of a hot shear line, and a combined cold shear and slitting line went in operation. The construction of the plant was completed in 2010, and it was officially opened by the Turkish Prime Minister

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on March 9, 2011. The construction of another plant is planned in Istanbul. The

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company Danieli provided the key process equipment required. The plant has an annual production capacity of of various flat steel products. The company employs about 2,500 people. As stated by Victor Rashnikov, the production is planned mainly for the domestic market. However, exportation into countries in Europe and Middle East are in consideration. The MMK Metallurgy owns a seaport with a berthing length of , at which in total twelve vessels any type of

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, general cargo, scrap iron carriers,

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s and ro-ro vessels up to 100,000 DWT can be berthed and handled at the same time. The seaport is since April 5, 2010 in operation.

Plant

The steel plant consists of five product lines at three facilities, in Dörtyol, Iskenderun and

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, for the processing of different flat steel products: ;Service center: Two service centers are in operation, in Iskenderun and Istanbul. They are equipped with a hot shear line and a combined cold shear and slitting line. At the hot shear line, steel coils of thickness and width can be cut to sheets of length. The combined line is capable of processing coils with material thickness of and width of to slices of minimum width and length. ;Color coating line: At this line, yearly coils of thickness and width can be color coated. The color coating line went in operation by January 2010. ;Hot dip galvanizing line: At the hot dip galvanizing line, coils with thickness and width can be processed. The annual capacity of the line is . ;Continuous pickling line: At the continuous pickling line located in Iskenderun, coils of thickness and width can be processed for pickling. The line's annual capacity is . ;Cold reversing mill: Steel coils of thickness and width can be cold reversed at the mill in Iskenderun. The line's annual capacity is .

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