Kardemir Merkez makes steel by the integrated route: iron ore is smelted into liquid hot metal in a blast furnace, then refined into crude steel in a basic oxygen furnace. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of about 3.5 million tonnes per year.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1939
Emissions
2025
5.48 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
3,501
BOF
3,501
Blast Furnace
3,520
Sinter
3,750
Coking
1,170
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Iron Units
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power Kardemir Karabük Demir Çelik power station (G105557); 3.3 kw main power distribution center
Iron ore domestic iron ore mines
Steel Products
wire rod, rail, rebar, coke, bar, bloom, billet, pig iron, round bar, slag, angle, beam, profile
Ownership
Owner Kardemir Karabuk Demir Çelik Sanayi Ve Ticaret AŞ
Parent Kardemir Karabuk Demir Çelik Sanayi Ve Ticaret AŞ [100.0%]
Workforce 4,176 employees
Country Context
Türkiye crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Merkez
Europe
Türkiye
41.1803°, 32.6343°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Crude steel capacity
- 3,501 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1939
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 2 recorded