According to the information provided by the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association, in the January-August period of 2010 Turkey's flat steel output increased by 54.8 percent year on year, totaling 4.34 million metric tons. Flat steel production constituted 23.55 percent of total domestic steel output in the given period, compared to 16.91 percent in the corresponding period of 2009.
Meanwhile, during the given period, the Turkey's long steel production improved by only 2.3 percent year on year, amounting to 14.08 million metric tons. Long steel production accounted for 76.45 percent of the country's total steel production during the period in question, compared to 83.09 percent in the corresponding period of 2009.
In the first eight months of this year, Turkey produced 18.42 million metric tons of steel, up 11.1 percent year on year. The production performed by electric arc furnace plants increased by 10.4 percent, while steel production using blast furnaces increased by 13.1 percent, both compared to the corresponding period of 2009. In the period in question, 70.48 percent of production came from mini-mills, with the remaining 29.52 percent coming from integrated plants.
On the other hand, as SteelOrbis previously reported, in August this year Turkey's crude steel production amounted to 2.55 million metric tons, rising by 7.2 percent month on month and up 11.3 percent year on year, according to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) data. Turkey also managed to record an increase of 1.2 percent in its crude steel output, as compared to August 2008.