Marzinc Marmara Geri Kazanım San. ve Tic. A.Ş.

Reflecting growing environmental awareness in Türkiye, in parallel with global environmental perceptions, the Marzinc investment was established by five leading Turkish steel producers — Çolakoğlu, Diler, İçdaş, Kaptan and Kroman — to recover zinc metal from flue dust resulting from the scrap metal process. The facility, whose main purpose is to recover EAF dust from the production of the joint ventures in an environmentally friendly and economical way, has the capacity to obtain around 50,000 tons of zinc oxide from nearly 200,000 tons of flue dust per year. Established with advanced and modern technology, Marzinc produces in a much more environmentally friendly and efficient way than its counterparts worldwide. The facility, which exports all of its high-quality products to foreign markets, has been contributing to recycling and the Turkish economy since January 2013. The Waelz Process, the only globally proven method for flue dust recovery, is used. Flue dust collected by industrial facilities through filtration is subjected to high-temperature treatment and a series of processes, rendering it harmless to the environment, and the zinc oxide it contains is recovered for economic benefit. Established through a partnership of five major steel companies and benefiting from their over 60 years of experience, Marzinc aims to establish a metallic zinc production facility to make Waelz zinc oxide concentrate, currently exported from Türkiye due to its lack of metallic processing, available for domestic use. Considering the iron content of the slag from the existing facility, it can be used as an alternative raw material to iron ore in cement factories.