Tosyalı holding's 2.5 billion dollar steel plant investment entered the last flat
Most of the 2.5 billion dollar flat steel production plant realized by Tosyalı Holding in Iskenderun has been completed.
According to Tosyalı holding's statement, the company continues its investments shaped by technology and innovation unabated. Tosyalı Holding, which continues its contribution to the Turkish economy despite all the negative conditions of the epidemic, is making one of the largest industrial investments in Iskenderun in recent years.
2 in Iskenderun last year. The company continued to invest in New Steel, which it started in the Organized Industrial Zone (OSB), and completed most of this investment.
Sariseki plant, which will initially produce from scrap, will switch to steel production from the mine in the medium term. The total investment size will be $ 2.5 billion when the plant comes into operation, it will produce 4 million tons of flat steel per year and provide direct employment to 1,300 people.
The facility, which continues to invest, will replace half of Turkey's flat steel imports, in other words, its annual imports of $ 4 billion. Together with this facility, Tosyalı holding's consolidated production figure will reach 10 million tons per year. With this figure, Tosyalı will become one of the largest producers not only in Turkey but also in the whole region.
The two ports that will be located within the Sariseki facility will also contribute significantly to Tosyali's export power, which will exceed $ 2 billion per year.
A first in Turkey: EAF Quantum technology
Tosyalı Iskenderun will be the first user of Quantum Furnace technology in Turkey, which provides lower electrical energy consumption with its sariseki plant. The plant, which will integrate Industry 4.0 applications into production processes, will be one of the best examples of digital transformation in world steel production.
Tosyalı continues its investments in Algerie, which started in Algeria in 2013 and has the distinction of being the largest foreign investment in the history of the Republic. Planned as Phase 5 and Phase 4. Tosyalı Algerie, where Phase investment started, will turn into an industrial plant with flat and long product capacity reaching 8.5 million tons, including 7.5 million tons of integrated mining facility when all stages are completed.
Over the next 5 years, Tosyalı Algerie's turnover is planned to exceed $ 8 billion. Having commissioned the world's largest DRI module in 2018, Tosyalı Algerie set a world record by reaching a production figure of 2.23 million tons in 2020 with a single DRI module.
"Despite the epidemic, investments continue"
Tosyalı Holding Chairman of the Board of Directors Fuat Tosyalı, who gave his assessments on the issue in the statement, reported that despite the epidemic conditions, they continued their investments unabated.
Tosyalı, " as a company that adopts the principle of producing, investing for Turkey, creating added value with technology and innovation, providing employment, we work with all our strength in line with our global growth strategy, without losing our investment appetite even in the most difficult conditions."used the phrase.
"Our flat steel plant, which continues to invest in Iskenderun today, will carry our total capacity to the level of 10 million tons per year with the technological and value-added production that it will realize, and will contribute seriously to our country's struggle with the current account deficit."description found.
"Tosyali Algerie passed to world literature"
Fuat Tosyalı stated that they are very proud to be referred to as a world brand coming out of Turkey in the steel sector and gave the following information:
"As a group, our biggest motivation is to raise the flag of our country in different geographies of the world and to demonstrate the technological level and innovation capacity of Turkish industry on a global scale. Our Tosyalı Algerie facility in Algeria is not only Turkey's largest investment abroad, but also one of the largest and technological investments in the iron and steel sector on a global scale. Now we are reinforcing our experience in the field of qualified flat steel with our fourth phase investment, which we started here."
"We will continue to grow in Africa"
Tosyalı Holding Chairman of the Board of Directors Tosyalı, noting the importance and potential of the African continent in the world economy, reported that they will continue their investments here.
As Tosyalı Group in 2019, West Africa opened its doors with Senegal investment, recording that Tosyalı, 2023'te production capacity here will be 750 thousand tons per year, Senegal'de Tosyalı special industrial zone creation work continues, he said.
Tosyalı, this industrial zone will also be open to investors who will come to the region from Turkey, stating the following statements:
"Senegal's investment will contribute greatly not only to the country's economy, but also to the development of the region and the continent. In Angola, we focused on mining, which is the most important pillar of integrating our business. We have stepped up our investments in the region with the aim of operating one of Angola's largest iron ore mines. In January 2020, we began the necessary work to process iron ore. With this project, we aim to start with 5 million tons per year and reach 10 million tons of iron ore processing capacity in a short time."
Türkiye'de bir ilk olan EAF Quantum teknolojisinin kullanılacağı İskenderun Sarıseki Tesisi'ndeki yatırımın tamamlanmasıyla Tosyalı, yılda 10 milyon tonluk üretim rakamına ulaşacak. - Anadolu Ajansı
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