December 04, 2008

Erdemir posts strong production growth in April to September

Turkish steel major Erdemir Group has announced that production of cold rolled and hot rolled flat steel at Ereğli plants amounted to 742,300 tonnes and 1,204,700 tonnes respectively in April to September 2007 period. Consequently, total flat steel production increased by 6.5 % YoY to 1.947 million tonnes

Erdemir’s İskenderun plant produced 1.141 million tonnes of long products including 151,400 tonnes of slab in April to September 2007 period.

Erdemir’s flat product sales in April to September 2007 amounted to 2,115 million tonnes up by 7.2 % YoY, comprising of 824,100 tonnes of cold rolled and 1,290,900 tonnes of hot rolled products. Its long products sales in April to September 2007 period amounted to 1.256 million tonnes up by 4.9% YoY including 145,100 tonnes of slab.