Kardemir is a Turkish

Turkey

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 steel producer. The name is a contraction of the Turkish language

Turkish language

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 Karabük Demir Çelik Fabrikaları, which means "Karabük Iron and Steel Works".

Kardemir in brief

Its main plant is located at Karabük

Karabük

-Economy:Karabük has its own resources of dolomite and limestone, while coal and manganese is brought from Zonguldak and iron ore from Divriği. This allows a varied, yet basic industry in Karabük, including a coking plant, blast furnaces, a foundry and tube works. There are also chemical plants...

 in the Black Sea

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 region of Turkey

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Construction of the complex started in 1937 and finished in two years. Power plant was the first plant put into operation in 1939 and other plants became operative successionally within 2 years.
Having functioned as a state-owned company for decades, Kardemir was privatized in 1995.

External links

• Kardemir official web site