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Isdemir Payas steel plant

operating

Payas, Europe, Türkiye

ISO 14001ISO 50001
GEM wiki

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating since 1975

Emissions

2025

7.12 Mt CO₂e

1.90 t CO₂e per tonne of steel

Typical BF-BOF route: 1.8–2.0 t/t

Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

5,800

BOF

5,800

Blast Furnace

8,100

Production

Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.

Iron Units

BF
BF 1; Cemileoperating
2,800 ttpa3587 m³Ekon Industry Construction; Paul Wurth; Saint-Gobain (parts)wiki
BF
BF 2operating
1,300 ttparelined 2021wiki
BF
BF 3operating
1,800 ttparelined 2015wiki
BF
BF 4operating
2,200 ttpa2500 m³Sinosteelwiki
BF
Original BF 1retired

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)announced
2,500 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (1)operating
5,800 ttpaSMSwiki

Inputs & Energy

Iron ore central eastern Anatolia

Steel Products

wire rod, sheet, plate, billet, coil, pig iron, flat, slab

Ownership

Owner Iskenderun Demir ve Celik AŞ

Parent Iskenderun Demir ve Celik AŞ [100.0%]

Workforce 4,863 employees

State ownership Partial

Country Context

Türkiye crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.

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Plant data sourced from the Global Iron & Steel Tracker (March 2026), Global Energy Monitor. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Production data: USGS Minerals Yearbook — Raw Steel: World Production by Country or Locality (2019 edition; 2022 and 2023 early release tables). U.S. Geological Survey, public domain. EAF/BOF splits: USGS Minerals Yearbook (2023 estimates).

Facility emissions estimates from Climate TRACE. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.