ðsdemir is a Turkish steel producer located in Payas, Hatay Province on the Mediterranean coast. The name is a contraction of the Turkish language ðskenderun Demir ve ÃÂelik A.à Â., which means "ðskenderun Iron and Steel CO". ðsdemir is currently an Erdemir venture, another steel works located in EreÃÂli at the Black Sea coast.
Established in 1970 to produce long steel products, ðskenderun Demir ve ÃÂelik A.à Â. was incorporated into Erdemir Group on February 1, 2002. Production of flat steel began in 2008 at its ðskenderun plant with the implementation of modernization and transformation investments so as to balance long and flat steel production levels in Turkey.
ðsdemir plays a significant role in enhancing the capacity of flat steel production while carrying on its activities to manufacture long products such as billet and wire rod.
Located in a area in Payas, ðsdemir has an annual liquid steel production capacity of 5.3 Mt (million tonnes). In addition, it has reached 6 Mt of finished-product capacity, with 3.5 Mt of flat and 2.5 Mt of long steel products.
ðsdemir burns coal in Turkey. As an integrated steelworks, emissions are higher than steel produced at electric arc furnaces. Climate Trace estimates the plant emitted over 8 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2023, more greenhouse gas than any other steelmaker in the country.