Koc Metallurgical Toprakkale plant

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Koc Metallurgical Toprakkale plant (Koç Metalurji A.Ş. , Koç Çelik (Turkish, predecessor)), also known as Koc Steel (predecessor), is a steel plant in Toprakkale, Osmaniye, Türkiye that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Toprakkale, Osmaniye, Türkiye:

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  • Location: Osmaniye Organize Sanayi Bölgesi Büyüktüysüz mh. Ali İlbeyli cd. No:17 Toprakkale/Osmaniye, Türkiye
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 37.01488, 36.104416 (exact)

Background

This steel plant was founded as Koç Çelik in 2013. In 2016, the name was changed to Koç Metalurji (Koc Metallurgy). Koç Rolling Mill (Koç Haddehan), which was founded in 1993 is also now part of Koç Metalurji.[1]

Production at the plant is scrap-based.[1]

Operations

Koc Metallurgical plant halted production in September 2019.[2] The plant resumed operations in November 2019 at less than half capacity.[3]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size Power source Iron ore source
2012[4] 430[5] unknown unknown

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Koc Metalurji AŞ [100.0%] 5080034375 [100.0%] E100000131090 [100.0%] Koc Metalurji AŞ [100%][6] 5080034375 E100000131090 [100%]

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[5] billet, rebar[5] unknown unknown[7] unknown[7] unknown 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 Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 1100[8] 1100[8]

Table 5: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year EAF production Other/unknown steel production
2019 unknown unknown
2020 unknown unknown
2021 unknown unknown
2022 unknown unknown
2023 unknown unknown

Unit Details

Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Current capacity (ttpa) Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1) operating[9] 2013[5] 1100[8] 100.0[5]

Table 7: 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) yes[10] >0[10] unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 KOÇ METALURJİ A.Ş., Turkish Steel Producers Association, Retrieved on: Jul. 28, 2020
  2. Koc Metallurgy to halt production in fourth quarter, Kallanish Commodities, Sep. 5, 2019, Retrieved on: Jul. 28, 2020
  3. Koc Metallurgy resumes production at below half capacity, Kallanish Commodities, Nov. 29, 2019, Retrieved on: Jul. 28, 2020
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20220624230837/https://www.steelorbis.com/steel-companies/company/kocmetalurjias/. Archived from the original on 2022-06-24. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20220706030407/http://celik.org.tr/en/koc-metalurji-a-s/. {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20220112165627/https://celik.org.tr/en/koc-metalurji-a-s/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20211205014306/https://kocmetalurji.com.tr/index.php/koc-metalurji-eng/. Archived from the original on 2021-12-05. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125062618/https://kocmetalurji.com.tr/. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20240119030347/https://eurometal.net/mmk-koc-metalurji-in-southern-turkey-resume-steel-production-after-earthquakes/. Archived from the original on 2024-01-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. 10.0 10.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240809191602/https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/metals-october-2019/. Archived from the original on 2024-08-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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