Heart of Iron Ore
The heart of OYAK Mining Metallurgy's domestic raw material source...
Erdemir Maden, which meets 16% of our country's iron ore need, has come to these days with a journey full of success from the past to the present.
Iron ore production was first started by Etibank in Divriği, where the company was established, on 19 May 1938. The enterprise continued to operate as Iron Mines Enterprise from the end of the 1940s.
Initially producing and selling lump ore, the company continued its operations by commissioning the ore enrichment plant in 1985 and the pellet plant in 1986. The annual pellet production capacity of Erdemir Maden, the only iron pellet producing plant in Turkey, is 1,500,000 tonnes/year.
The company was sold to Ereğli Demir ve Çelik Fabrikaları T.A.Ş. (Erdemir) on 15 April 2004 by the Privatisation Administration through a tender and its title was changed to Erdemir Madencilik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. Erdemir Maden continues its activities under the same title since the acquisition of Ereğli Demir ve Çelik Fabrikaları T.A.Ş. by OYAK on 27 February 2006.
With the restructuring activities carried out after privatisation, Erdemir Maden operates with a faster and more dynamic decision-making structure. Erdemir Maden, which has 11 iron, 1 hard coal & quartz sand, 1 manganese and 2 clay fields in various parts of our country, started drilling activities in 2010 and accelerated its efforts to open new mining sites and increase reserves.
Since 2006, in parallel with the improvement and modernisation investments made, environmental investments were given importance and dust containment and gas treatment, domestic waste treatment, residual sedimentation dam, landscaping and afforestation investments were completed.
Erdemir Maden, which started work on the occupational health and safety management system in 2007 with a ‘People First’ focused management approach, achieved one of the firsts in the sector by certifying the OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System in December 2009.
Erdemir Maden meets 38% of Turkey's iron ore production and 16% of Turkey's iron ore need. Erdemir Maden, which has been among Turkey's Top 500 Industrial Enterprises for many years, continues to be the heart of the domestic raw material requirement within OYAK Mining Metallurgy.