Turkey's largest integrated steelmaker
Erdemir has announced that it is proceeding with its
pig iron production started on May 10, 2012 at its Iskenderun works.
Erdemir said that it aims to meet the requirements of the domestic foundry industry for
pig iron, the industry's main raw material, and to reduce dependency on imports.
According to
Erdemir's statement, in 2011
pig iron producers in
Turkey, operating with a capacity utilization rate of 80 percent, produced 1.10 million mt of
pig iron, while the industry's exports accounted for 57 percent of total sales.
Erdemir stated that its
pig iron output capacity utilization is shaped depending on demand, while its
production project for sale of
pig iron with low manganese content is in progress.