Turkey-based Yeşilyurt Metallurgy, located in Samsun, has begun wire rod production, SteelOrbis has learned. The company, which will produce mesh grade wire rod in the first stage, may then switch to the production of drawing grade wire rod and wire rod grades for nail production.
The company will annually produce 500,000 mt of wire rod with 5.5-27 mm diameter and rebar coil with 6-16 mm diameter, SteelOrbis has learned. With this investment, the company will become the tenth wire rod producer in Turkey and the second wire rod producer in the north of the country, following Kardemir.
Yeşilyurt Metallurgy’s meltshop has an annual capacity of 1.3 million mt, and its rolling mill has an annual capacity of 1.8 million mt. The company currently produces billet and rebar.
