According to the information provided by the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association, in the first four months of 2010 Turkey's flat steel output increased by 46.9 percent year on year, totaling 1.93 million metric tons. Flat steel production constituted 22.73 percent of total domestic steel output in the given period, compared to 17.2 percent in the corresponding period of 2009.
Meanwhile, during the given period, the country's long steel production improved by 3.8 percent year on year, amounting to 6.55 million metric tons. Long steel production accounted for 77.27 percent of the country's total steel production during the period in question, compared to 82.8 percent in the corresponding period of 2009.
In the January-April period of this year, Turkey produced 8.48 million metric tons of steel, 11.2 percent up year on year. The production performed by electric arc furnace plants increased by 8.3 percent, while steel production using blast furnaces increased by 17.6 percent, both compared to the corresponding period of 2009. In the period in question, 66.88 percent of production came from mini-mills, with the remaining 33.12 percent coming from integrated plants.