Turkey’s Ministry of Environment and Urbanization has announced that the examination and evaluation process within the scope of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) application made by Turkish steelmaker Yıldız Demir Çelik Sanayi A.Ş. for its meltshop and rolling mill project in Kartepe, Kocaeli, in northwestern Turkey, has been completed and been approved.
The project with an investment cost of TRY 3 billion ($152.22 million), will have an annual liquid steel production capacity of four million mt and hot rolling capacity of 3.5 million mt. The construction of the project is expected to take three years and the plant’s lifespan is projected to be 30 years.
