Large Turkish steelmaker Çolakoğlu Metalurji has focused on artificial intelligence-supported sustainable production projects while increasing its renewable energy investments, Operations Director Ozgur Ozsoy said.
According to a July 5 statement from Çolakoğlu, citing Ozsoy’s comments to local magazine ST industry’s July edition, the company has new projects to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions by using AI-connected digital solutions and new renewable energy investments.
“We have reached the final stage in our AI-supported process control project in our meltshop, which will ensure process stability in production,” Ozsoy said.
Çolakoğlu had achieved a heat size of 298.2 mt at its new vacuum degassing plant, Ozsoy said, adding that it has also reached a carbon content of 5 parts per million (ppm) after decarburization, a world record.
He did not, however, provide the company’s current carbon emission levels.
Çolakoğlu is currently able to produce special steels like IF grades, ULC grades and stainless steel at its plant.
Colakoglu commissioned its second reheating furnace in June to increase its hot-rolling capacity and meet demand more effectively.
The company currently has a bar output capacity of 1 million mt/year and an HRC production capacity of 4.5 million mt/year.
Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, assessed Turkish domestic HRC at $585/mt EXW on June 28, down 18.2% since the start of 2024.
