Erdemir Eregli steel plant

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Erdemir Eregli steel plant (EREĞLİ DEMİR VE ÇELİK FABRİKALARI T.A.Ş), also known as Eregli Demir, is a steel plant in Ereğli, Zonguldak, Türkiye that operates blast furnace (BF), basic oxygen furnace (BOF), and electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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• Location: Uzunkum No: 7 Kdz. Ereğli, 67330 Zonguldak, Türkiye
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 41.261469, 31.420106 (exact)

Background

Oyak Mining Metallurgy Group owns and operates two facilities in Turkey, Erdemir steel plant and Isdemir steel plant.

Erdemir S.A. was established in 1960, but the steel plant did not begin operation until 1965.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date	Workforce size	Power source	Iron ore source	Coal source
1965	5600	Plans to build a solar power plant by 2025 (1200 mw)	Ermaden	unknown

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

State-owned entity status	Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
Partial	Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari AŞ	4295893524	E100000130751	Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari AŞ	4295893524	E100000130751

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category	Steel products	Steel sector end users	ISO 14001	ISO 50001	Responsible steel	Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled	plate, coated, cold rolled, hot rolled, flat, galvanized, packaging steel	automotive, building and infrastructure, energy, steel packaging, tools and machinery, transport	Expired	Expired	unknown	BF; BOF; EAF

Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

¹Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.

Capacity operating status1	Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity	Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
announced	–	1400	1400
operating	3801	–	3801

Table 5: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

¹Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.

Capacity operating status1	Blast furnace capacity	Nominal iron capacity (total)
operating	3575	3575

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

Ferronickel	Sinter	Coke	Pellets
NF	>0	>0	>0

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

Year	BOF production	Other/unknown steel production	Total (all routes)
2019	3161	–	3161
2020	unknown	unknown	–
2021	unknown	unknown	–
2022	7800	–	7800
2023	unknown	unknown	–
2024	–	–	–

Table 8: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year	BF production	Other/unknown iron production	Total (all routes)
2019	2747	–	2747
2020	unknown	unknown	–
2021	unknown	unknown	–
2022	unknown	unknown	–
2023	unknown	unknown	–

Unit Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Start date	Furnace manufacturer and model	Current size	Current capacity (ttpa)	Decarbonization technology	Most recent relining
BF 1; Ayse	operating	2008	Erdemir Coranit Ceramic Cup	1850.0 m3	1750	unknown	–
BF 2; Zübeyde	operating	2023	Paul Wurth Paul Wurth Blast Furnace Design	2188.0 m3	1825	unknown	2023-10-29

Table 10: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Announced date	Start date	Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown EAF (1)	announced	2024-01	2030	1400

Table 11: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name	Scrap-based	% scrap	% DRI	% HBI	% sponge iron (unknown if DRI or HBI)	% basic/merchant pig iron	% granulated pig iron	% pig iron (unknown if basic/merchant or granulated	% other iron
unknown EAF (1)	None	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown

Table 12: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Furnace manufacturer and model	Current capacity (ttpa)	Current size
BOF 1	operating	–	1267	120.0 tonnes
BOF 2	operating	Teknik Yapi Proje	1267	120.0 tonnes
BOF 3	operating	–	1267	120.0 tonnes

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