Ereğli Demir ve Çelik Fabrikaları T.A.Ş. (Ereğli Iron and Steel Factories) is a Turkish steel producer. Erdemir occupies the 43rd place among the largest steel companies in the world[2] and is also involved in coal in Turkey.[3]
History
Erdemir, which began production in 1965,<[4] has a production capacity of 8.5 million tons/year of crude stee l (2020 value).<[5] It is the largest iron and steel company in Turkey and was the only flat steel producer till January 2009. It produces plates, hot and cold-rolled sheet and tinplate.
Its main plant is located on an area of approximately 4 km2 at Karadeniz Eregli, Zonguldak on the shore of the Black Sea. Erdemir operates a large seaport, the Port of Erdemir, to import and export materials.