How many Cement plants are producing in Turkey 2020?
History of Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, Istanbul-Turkey
Cement has been in use by humans throughout history; variations of the material were used by the ancient Greeks, Romans and Egyptians, with the earliest archaeological discovery dated to 12-10,000BC in modern-day Turkey.
The Romans used a mixture of lime (calcium oxide) and pozzolan – crushed volcanic ash – to create hydraulic cements, which could set under water. Other cements used crushed brick, tiles and ceramic pottery as aggregates. Famous historical buildings made from concrete, still standing today, are the Colosseum and Pantheon in Rome, and the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.
Development of Portland Cement in Turkey
The Turkish cement industry traces its history back over more than a century to 1911, when it had a capacity of just 20,000t/yr from the Aslan Çimento plant in the then-capital Istanbul. However, until 1950 little development was seen in the industry with just four new plants at Ankara, Zeytinburnu, Kartal and Sivas.
The industry saw a step-change in 1953, when the Turkish Cement Industry Company (ÇISAN), a public enterprise, was set up to commission 15 new cement plants throughout Turkey. A total of 17 more were added between 1963 and 1980 by the national and regional governments in order to help regional development. The Turkish Manufacturers’ association (TCMA) was formed in 1957 to represent the interests of the growing industry.
Geographical
Turkey is a large country in the Mediterranean. It is unique in that it is partly in Asia and partly in Europe both geographically and culturally, with borders to countries as diverse as Greece and Iran. The country has a large and rapidly-growing construction industry and has one of the largest cement industries in the world. Turkey produced 67.8Mt of cement in 2011, more than any country in Europe.
The lands that constitute modern Turkey have a rich and varied history, a consequence of the country’s geographical position.
Cement Industry in Turkey
Economic slump hits cement hard
The Cement Sector in Turkey, which is the largest producer of Europe, after its nearly three-year continuous growth has entered a downward trend in consequence of the negative developments in the Turkish economy since August 2018. In addition to the slowdown in construction works in recent years, the adverse economic conditions encountered in Turkey reduced the demand for cement, as it has been case for many domestic products.
As a result of the decreasing demand for cement, the total production in the sector, which shrank by 9.9% in 2018 compared to the previous year, continued to contract and shrank by 21.4% in 2019. Due to the overall contraction in the sector, the capacity utilization ratio of the producers dropped to 50% in 2019.
Housing, infrastructure down-turns affect sales
In addition to the stagnation in housing market, the slowdown in infrastructure projects also caused a decrease in the demand for cement in the domestic market over the last one and a half year. The contraction of 10.8% in total sales in 2018 increased to 29.5% at the end of 2019. While the total domestic market sales of the sector were 72.2 million tons in 2017, it decreased to 45.4 million tons in 2019 and the contraction in the domestic market between these two periods had been 37.1%.
After the increase in demand in the construction sector following the decrease in market rates, an improvement in the cement sales in the domestic market had been expected across the sector. However, the high level of housing stock in the construction sector has suppressed the implementation of new projects, as a result, the contraction in the domestic market continued until the end of 2019.
Exports become the salvation
Due to the shrinkage in the domestic market, cement producers of Turkey attached more importance to foreign markets and concentrated further on their export-oriented activities. The exports of the cement sector, which was 7.5 million tons in 2018, increased by 48.0% in 2019 to 11.1 million tons. The export revenue of the sector from cement and clinker, which was 234.1 million USD in 2018, reached 380.5 million USD with an increase of 62.5% in 2019.
While the African countries such as Cameroon, Gana and the Ivory Coasts have been the countries where the sector’s exports were most developed, the USA and Israel markets maintained their position of being the most important markets for the sector. The increase in the export income of the sector continued in the first two months of 2020, and an increase of 42.0% was achieved in export revenues compared to the same period of the previous year.
Despite the contraction in the domestic market, the improvement in exports supported the increase in the overall cement production in the last two months of 2019. Although the production growth of the sector continued in the first two months of 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic experienced worldwide has affected the cement sector negatively as well as many other sectors. While the pandemic adversely affects the industry, both in the domestic market and in the foreign markets, the uncertainty about the duration of this pandemic is also one of the most important problems of the sector.
Export Volume- Turkey is the 2nd Cement Exporter in the world
The total export volume of Turkish clinker and cement increased by 68% in 2019 to 23 million tonnes.
The total export value of the Turkish cement sector increased by 44% year on year to US$877m.
Dr. Tamer Saka, who has been re-elected as chairman of the Turkish Cement Manufacturers’ Association (TÇMB), said that the Turkish cement sector is the leader in Europe in terms of cement production and is the second biggest cement exporter in the world.
Saka, who has been chairman of the TÇMB board since July 2019, said after his re-election that Turkey exports cement to more than 100 countries, with the most important markets being the USA, Israel, Ghana and Ivory Coast.
In January 2020 cement exports totalled 1.1 million tonnes, while clinker exports were 1.3 million tonnes.
“Our forecast is that the Turkish cement sector will grow by approximately 2% in domestic sales and 15% in exports this year,” Saka added.
Turkish Cement Manufacturers’ Association (TCMA)
Turkish Cement Manufacturers’ Association (TCMA) with a Turkish spell (Türkiye Çimento Müstahsilleri Birliği: TÇMB) established in 1957 as the common voice of the Turkish Cement sector, which is today the 1st in Europe and 4th in the world in terms of cement production.
TÇMB provides common solutions to its members for their research and development activities, analysis, quality control, and system certification services, training services, and makes common initiatives for legal and administrative issues. Turkish Cement Manufacturers’ Association has 2 big enterprises, namely; R&D Institute and Council for Quality and Environment (CQE).
TCMA R&D Institute was established in 1978 with the technical support of UNIDO. The Institute has great potential with its well-trained employees, laboratories offering high-class service (international level), gained experiences and having broad accreditation scope with 40 years of experience. TCMB Laboratories became entitled to take the Accreditation Certificate by Turkish Accreditation Agency (TURKAK) as follows standards;
• TS EN ISO/IEC 17025 for testing laboratories in 2003
• TS EN ISO/IEC 17025 for calibration laboratories in 2006
• TS EN ISO/IEC 17043 for proficiency testing in 2017
R&D Institute is driven by our stakeholders, who face today’s major challenges: energy efficiency, lowering the cost of construction, reducing CO2 emissions, the use of alternative fuels, and optimization of durability and sustainability in mostly cement & concrete sector. Also, we have many international customers from Azerbaijan, Greece, Spain, Pakistan, and many African Countries.
Today, TCMA R&D Institute has a valuable reputation of being the largest research center in Turkey about Cement, Concrete, and Hydraulic Binders by going beyond the expected services, continuously evolving, and developing its quality and scope. As TCMA R&D Institute, we are ready to collaborate any R&D projects on Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage, alternative raw materials and fuels, etc. and being a partner with the EC Horizon 2020 project called FISSAC (Fostering Industrial Symbiosis for a Sustainable resource-intensive industry Across the extended Construction value chain), TCMA R&D Institute has proved its ability in the European Research platform.
- TCMB website: tcma.org.tr
The highest dollar value worth of cement during 2019
The 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of cement during 2019:
- Vietnam: US$1.4 billion (13.2% of total cement exports)
- Turkey: $876.5 million (8.6%)
- Thailand: $677.4 million (6.6%)
- Canada: $542.8 million (5.3%)
- Germany: $542.1 million (5.3%)
- Spain: $374.9 million (3.7%)
- China: $347.3 million (3.4%)
- Japan: $341.1 million (3.3%)
- South Korea: $256.8 million (2.5%)
- Saudi Arabia: $243.4 million (2.4%)
- Belgium: $240.6 million (2.4%)
- Ireland: $221 million (2.2%)
- Greece: $220.3 million (2.2%)
- United States: $169.8 million (1.7%)
- Indonesia: $167.8 million (1.6%)
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Top 15 countries exporting Cement in 2019
Cement producers in Turkey
The majority of cement producers in Turkey are Turkish companies. Akçansa Çimento, Oyak Group, Çimsa Çimento, Limak Batı Çimento, Aşkale Çimento and Limak Çimento are the country’s major Turkish cement producers. There are also many companies that have one or two cement plants each. Multinational producers like Votorantim Çimento, Lafarge, Cementir Holding and Vicat are also active in Turkey’s cement market.
Oyak Group is Turkey’s largest cement producer by installed integrated cement production capacity in 2015.
| Rank | Company | Plants | Cement production capacity (Mt/yr) |
| 1 | Oyak Group | 6 | 15.3 |
| 2 | Akçansa Çimento | 5 | 8.63 |
| 3 | Çimsa Çimento | 5 | 8.12 |
| 4 | Nuh Çimento | 1 | 5.70 |
| 5 | Limak Batı Çimento | 5 | 5.41 |
| 6 | Cementir Holding | 5 | 5.37 |
| 7 | AS Çimento | 1 | 4.30 |
| 8 | Limak Çimento | 3 | 3.81 |
| 9 | Vicat | 2 | 3.40 |
| 10 | Votorantim Çimento | 4 | 3.30 |
| 11 | Bursa Çimento Fabrikası | 1 | 3.00 |
| 12 | KÇS Kahramanmaraş Çimento | 1 | 2.80 |
| 13 | Göltaş Göller Bölgesi Çimento | 1 | 2.00 |
| 14 | Batıçim Batı Anadolu Çimento | 1 | 2.00 |
| 15 | Aşkale Çimento | 2 | 1.96 |
- Turkey’s largest cement producers in 2015 by installed active integrated cement production capacity.
- Source: The Global Cement Directory 2015 and Global Cement research.
PRODUCED CEMENT TYPES in TURKEY
Cement is produced in Turkey, according to TS EN 197-1 standard. According to the standard, general types of cements are stated below:
- Portland Cement
- Portland Slag Cement
- Portland Silica Fume Cement
- Portland Pozzolanic Cement
- Portland Fly Ash Cement
- Portland-Limestone Cement
- Portland Composite Cement
- Blast Furnace Slag Cement
- Pozzolanic Cement
- Composite Cement
- According to TS EN 197–1 standard, the CaCO3 ratio of limestone employed in the production of blended cement should be at least 75%. The Clay content of limestone should not exceed 1.2%. Limestone may contain organic carbon, depending on the impurities of the raw materials.
TÇMB List of Member Plants/TÇMB Üyesi Fabrika Listesi
List of Cement Plants in Turkey (as a Member of TÇMB)
NO | TÇMB Üyesi Fabrika Listesi/ TÇMB List of Member Plants | Web Adresi / Web Address |
1 | ADANA ÇİMENTO SANAYİİ T.A.Ş. | |
2 | ADOÇİM ÇİMENTO BETON SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş. | |
3 | AFYON ÇİMENTO SANAYİ TÜRK A.Ş. | |
4 | AKÇANSA ÇİMENTO SANAYİİ VE TİCARET A.Ş. | |
5 | ARKOZ MADENCILIK A.Ş AĞRI ÇIMENTO FAB. | |
6 | AS ÇİMENTO SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş. | |
7 | AŞKALE ÇİMENTO SANAYİİ T.A.Ş. | |
8 | ASLAN ÇİMENTO A.Ş. | |
9 | BAKIRÇAY ÇİMENTO SANAYİ VE TİCARET A.Ş. | |
10 | BARTIN ÇİMENTO SAN.VE TİC.A.Ş. | |
11 | BAŞTAŞ-BAŞKENT ÇİMENTO SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş. | |
12 | BATIÇİM BATI ANADOLU ÇİMENTO SANAYİİ A.Ş. | |
13 | BATISÖKE ÇİMENTO SANAYİİ A.Ş. | |
14 | BOLU ÇİMENTO SANAYİİ A.Ş. | |
15 | BURSA ÇİMENTO FABRİKASI A.Ş. | |
16 | ÇİMENTAŞ-İZMİR ÇİMENTO FABRİKASI TÜRK A.Ş. | |
17 | ÇİMENTAŞ-KARS ÇİMENTO SANAYİİ VE TİCARET A.Ş. | |
18 | ÇİMKO ÇİMENTO VE BETON SANAYİ TİCARET A.Ş. ADIYAMAN | |
19 | DENİZLİ ÇİMENTO SANAYİİ T.A.Ş. | |
20 | GÖLTAŞ GÖLLER BÖLGESİ ÇİMENTO SANAYİ VE TİCARET A.Ş. | |
21 | KAHRAMANMARAŞ ÇİMENTO BETON SAN. VE İŞLTMESİ A.Ş. | |
22 | KONYA ÇİMENTO SANAYİİ A.Ş. | |
23 | LİMAK ÇİMENTO SAN. VE TİC A.Ş. ANKARA | |
24 | MARDİN ÇİMENTO SANAYİİ VE TİC.A.Ş. | |
25 | MEDCEM MADENCİLİK VE YAPI MALZEMELERİ A.Ş. | |
26 | NUH ÇİMENTO SANAYİ A.Ş. | |
27 | RECYDİA ATIK YÖNETİMİ YENİLENEBİLİR ENERJİ | |
28 | SEZA ÇİMENTO | |
29 | SOMA ÇİMENTO MADENCİLİK BETON SAN. TİC. A.Ş | |
30 | ÜNYE ÇİMENTO SANAYİİ VE TİC.A.Ş. | |
31 | VOTORANTİM ÇİMENTO SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş. | |
32 | YİBİTAŞ YOZGAT İŞÇİ BİRLİĞİ İNŞAAT MALZ. SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş. | |
33 | YURT ÇİMENTO SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş. |
- Source: Turkish Cement Manufacturers’ Association (TCMA)
- You can click for download a complete file in TCMA Brochure.
Turkey Introduction
The Republic of Turkey, which is divided into 81 provinces that are grouped into seven regions, spans 783,562 km2 in western Asia and southeast Europe. Turkey’s estimated 2014 population of 82 million is ruled by a president and a prime minister in a democratic constitutional republic.
The EU-Turkey Customs Union has led to an extensive liberalization of tariff rates, making Turkey a major trader with European countries like Germany and the UK. Turkey also started full EU membership negotiations with the European Union (EU) in 2005. Turkey’s cement industry is one of the largest in the world.
Istanbul, which straddles Europe and Asia, is the largest city in the country, while Ankara is the capital.
Turkey is bordered on its northwest by Greece and Bulgaria; north by the Black Sea; northeast by Georgia; east by Armenia, the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan and Iran; southeast by Iraq; south by Syria and the Mediterranean Sea; and west by the Aegean Sea.
Approximately 70 to 80 percent of the country’s citizens identify as Turkish, while Kurds are the largest minority, at between 15 to 20 percent of the population.
- For more information, you may click here in Wikipedia article about Turkey.
Cement Plants located in Turkey
- Integrated Plants: 15
- Clinker Plants: 0
- Grinding Plants: 63
No | Group Name | Company Name | Facility Name | City |
1 | Afyon Çimento Türk A.Ş | Afyon Çimento Türk A.Ş | Afyon | Afyonkarahisar |
2 | Arkoz Madencilik AS | Agri Cimento Fabrikasi | Doğubayazıt | Doğubayazıt/AĞRI |
3 | AS Çimento | AS Çimento | Bucak-Burdur | Bucak-Burdur |
4 | Aşkale Çimento | Aşkale Çimento | Askale | Aşkale |
5 | Aşkale Çimento | Aşkale Çimento | Erzincan | Erzincan |
6 | Aşkale Çimento | Aşkale Çimento | Gumushmane | Gümüşhane |
7 | Aşkale Çimento | Aşkale Çimento | Trabzon | Trabzon |
8 | Aşkale Çimento | Aşkale Çimento | Van | Edremit |
9 | Bati Anadolu Group | Batı Anadolu Çimento (Batiçim) | Bornova | Bornova |
10 | Bati Anadolu Group | Batısöke Çimento | Çavdır | Çavdır |
11 | Bati Anadolu Group | Batısöke Çimento | Söke | Söke |
12 | Bati Anadolu Group | Batısöke Çimento | Söke White | Söke |
13 | Bursa Çimento | Bursa Çimento | Kestel | Kestel |
14 | Cem Sak Group | Cem Sak Group | Antalya | Antalya |
15 | Cem Sak Group | Yurt Çimento | Muş | Muş |
16 | Cementir Holding NV | Çimentas | Elaziğ | Elaziğ |
17 | Cementir Holding NV | Çimentas | Izmir | Izmir |
18 | Cementir Holding NV | Çimentas | Kars | Kars |
19 | Cementir Holding NV | Çimentas | Trakya | Edirne |
20 | CIMSA Americas Cement Manufacturing & Sales Corp | Çimsa Çimento | Ankara | Ankara |
21 | CIMSA Americas Cement Manufacturing & Sales Corp | Çimsa Çimento | Eskisehir | Eskişehir |
22 | CIMSA Americas Cement Manufacturing & Sales Corp | Çimsa Çimento | Kayseri | Kayseri |
23 | CIMSA Americas Cement Manufacturing & Sales Corp | Çimsa Çimento | Mersin (Grey) | Mersin |
24 | CIMSA Americas Cement Manufacturing & Sales Corp | Çimsa Çimento | Mersin (White) | Mersin |
25 | CIMSA Americas Cement Manufacturing & Sales Corp | Çimsa Çimento | Nigde | Niğde |
26 | Dinçer Cimento | Dinçer Cimento | Bilecik | Bilecik |
27 | Eren Holding Group | Medcem Çimento | Medcem Madencilik (Fabrika) | Mersin |
28 | Göltaş Çimeto A.Ş. | Göltaş Çimeto A.Ş. | Isparta | Isparta |
29 | HeidelbergCement AG | Akçansa Cimento SAN.VE TI.C.A.S. | Büyükçekmece | İstanbul |
30 | HeidelbergCement AG | Akçansa Cimento SAN.VE TI.C.A.S. | Çanakkale Fabrika | Çanakkale |
31 | HeidelbergCement AG | Akçansa Cimento SAN.VE TI.C.A.S. | Karçimsa | Karabük |
32 | HeidelbergCement AG | Akçansa Cimento SAN.VE TI.C.A.S. | Samsun Ladik Fabrika | Akpınar Mevkii Ladik |
33 | Kavçim Çimento | Kavçim Çimento | Kavçim | Kavak |
34 | KİPAŞ Group | Kahramanmaraş Cement AŞ (Kipas) | Kahramanmaraş | Kahramanmaraş |
35 | Limak Cimento San. ve Tic. Inc | Limak Ege Cement | Manila (Ege) | Manisa |
36 | Limak Holding Inc. | Limak Cimento San. ve Tic. Inc | Anka | P.k: 06900 Polatlı |
37 | Limak Holding Inc. | Limak Cimento San. ve Tic. Inc | Balikesir | Balikesir |
38 | Limak Holding Inc. | Limak Cimento San. ve Tic. Inc | Bitlis | Tatvan |
39 | Limak Holding Inc. | Limak Cimento San. ve Tic. Inc | Ergani | Ergani |
40 | Limak Holding Inc. | Limak Cimento San. ve Tic. Inc | Gaziantep | Şehitkâmil |
41 | Limak Holding Inc. | Limak Cimento San. ve Tic. Inc | Kilis Limak | Kilis |
42 | Limak Holding Inc. | Limak Cimento San. ve Tic. Inc | Kurtalan | Kurtalan |
43 | Limak Holding Inc. | Limak Cimento San. ve Tic. Inc | Limak- Ankara | Ankara |
44 | Limak Holding Inc. | Limak Cimento San. ve Tic. Inc | Martin (Derik) | Derik |
45 | Limak Holding Inc. | Limak Cimento San. ve Tic. Inc | Sanliurfa | Şanlıurfa |
46 | Limak Holding Inc. | Limak Cimento San. ve Tic. Inc | Trakya | Pınarhisar |
47 | Limak Holding Inc. | Limak Cimento San. ve Tic. Inc | Trakya White | Pınarhisar |
48 | Nuh Çimento Sanayi A.Ş. | Nuh Çimento Sanayi A.Ş. | Hereke | Hereke |
49 | OYAK Cement Group | Adana Cement (OYAK) | Adana (Grey) | Adana |
50 | OYAK Cement Group | Adana Cement (OYAK) | Adana (White) | Adana |
51 | OYAK Cement Group | Adana Cement (OYAK) | Iskenderun 1 | İskenderun |
52 | OYAK Cement Group | Adana Cement (OYAK) | Iskenderun 2 | İskenderun |
53 | OYAK Cement Group | Aslan Cement (OYAK) | Darica | Darıca |
54 | OYAK Cement Group | Bolu Cimento (OYAK) | Bolu | Bolu |
55 | OYAK Cement Group | Bolu Cimento (OYAK) | Eregli | Kdz. Ereğli |
56 | OYAK Cement Group | Bolu Cimento (OYAK) | Saraykoy | Ankara |
57 | OYAK Cement Group | Denizli Cement (OYAK) | Kaklik | Denizli |
58 | OYAK Cement Group | Mardin Cement (OYAK) | Mardin | Mardin |
59 | OYAK Cement Group | Unye Cement (OYAK) | Unye | Ünye |
60 | Sanko Holding | Bartin Çimento | Bartin | Bartin |
61 | Sanko Holding | Çimko Çimento | Adiyaman | Adıyaman |
62 | Sanko Holding | Çimko Çimento | Narli | Kahramanmaraş |
63 | Sançim Bilecik Çimento Madencilik Beton San Tic AS | Sançim Bilecik Çimento Madencilik Beton San Tic AS | Sancim plant | Bilecik |
64 | Seza Cimento | Seza Cimento | Baskil | Baskil |
65 | Soma Çimento Madencilik Beton Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. | Soma Çimento Madencilik Beton Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. | Soma | Soma |
66 | Soyak Holding | Traçim Çimento | Vize | Kirklareli |
67 | Sycs İnşaar Çimento Madencilik Tic AS | Sycs İnşaar Çimento Madencilik Tic AS | Elazig | Ankara |
68 | Sönmez Çimento | Sönmez Çimento | Yumurtalık | Ceyhan |
69 | Titan Group | Adocim Cimento Beton Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S | Marmara | Ereğli |
70 | Titan Group | Adocim Cimento Beton Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S | Tokat | Artova |
71 | Vicat Group | Baştaş Çimento | Bastas Baskent | Elmadag |
72 | Vicat Group | Konya Çimento Sanayii .A.Ş. | Konya | Selçuklu |
73 | Votorantim Cimentos Group | Votorantim Çimento Sanayi ve Tic. A.Ş. | Çorum Çimento | Çorum |
74 | Votorantim Cimentos Group | Votorantim Çimento Sanayi ve Tic. A.Ş. | Hasanoğlan Çimento | Ankara |
75 | Votorantim Cimentos Group | Votorantim Çimento Sanayi ve Tic. A.Ş. | Nevşehir Çimento | Nevşehir |
76 | Votorantim Cimentos Group | Votorantim Çimento Sanayi ve Tic. A.Ş. | Samsun Çimento | Samsun |
77 | Votorantim Cimentos Group | Votorantim Çimento Sanayi ve Tic. A.Ş. | Sivas Çimento | Sivas |
78 | Votorantim Cimentos Group | Votorantim Çimento Sanayi ve Tic. A.Ş. | Yibitaş Yozgat İşçi Birliği İnşaat San. veTic. A.Ş. | Yozgat |
President of Turkey
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is a Turkish politician serving as the 12th and current President of Turkey. He previously served as Prime Minister of Turkey from 2003 to 2014 and as Mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998.
TÇMB Chairman-Turkish Cement Manufacturers’ Association
Dr. Tamer Saka, who has been re-elected as chairman of the Turkish Cement Manufacturers’ Association (TÇMB), said that the Turkish cement sector is the leader in Europe in terms of cement production and is the second biggest cement exporter in the world.
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The Largest Cement producers in Turkey
1) LIMAK cement Group
12 Cement Plants
28 ready-mixed concrete plants
Foreign Investment for Mozambique Cement
- Foreign Investment for Grinding-Packing plant in Abidjan-Ivory Coast
Limak Cement Group which has operations in Turkey, Mozambique, Ivory Coast and Dubai continues to operate with 12 cement plants, 28 ready-mixed concrete plant and 1 block BIMS facility. Continuing to pursue balanced growth opportunities in all geographies, Limak Cement Group also supports this growth strategy with its product range. It ranks first in terms of total asset size in the Turkish cement sector and second in terms of capacity.
In 2018, the Group ranked 111th in the biggest industrial organization ranking of İstanbul Industrial Chamber (ISO) and ranked 151st in Fortune Magazine’s net sales figure ranking and as a result of both evaluations it ranked first among the cement sector representatives.
Limak Cement has the lowest electricity consumption among the integrated cement plants operating in Turkey according to data of the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources and in the first year of its operation in Ivory Coast, it was the only cement plant to be in the top 10 on behalf of the sector in the ranking of the most environment friendly companies, in which 52 companies participated.
Limak Mozambique Cement which is the first foreign investment of the Cement Group, operates with a cement production capacity of 700,000 tons/year and has become a brand under the name of “Limak Cimentos SA”. The current production line installed at the factory has been designed in a manner that could be increased to the capacity of 1,500,000 tons/year. The factory completed 2019 as one of the 3 largest producers of the country and increased its sales figures compared to the previous year with its registered success in product quality.
Limak Cement Group employs experienced investment and finance staff who combines the latest innovations of the global cement industry with the most effective project financing solutions in 9 renewal, capacity increase and 6 new investment projects in the last decade. It has 3 ready-mixed concrete R&D centers with international accreditation certificates, and continues projects in the field of product development in cooperation with universities.
The Group operates in compliance with the Sustainable Development Goals published by the United Nations and it realized projects for the first time in the Turkish cement sector with the energy efficiency and clean technology funds of the World Bank and the European Investment Bank and again, in the Turkish cement sector, it is the first to introduce rotary kilns with calciner having low NOx emission.
Limak Cement Group is the first integrated cement plant to receive GOLD Certificate and has been certified as the first integrated cement factory with ISO 45001 certificate in Turkey.
Depending on the market shrinkage in Turkey, cement production of Limak Cement Group in 2019 is 25 % less than the previous year, while clinker production decreased by 17%. Approximately 4% of the cement produced during this period was exported. Again, in 2019, domestic sales of cement decreased by 27%, while exports of cement increased by 34% and exports of clinker increased by 120% compared to the previous year. On the other hand, activities in the field of ready mixed concrete continued mainly in 2019 with the franchising model. By the end of 2019, ready-mixed concrete sales volume reached to 1.9 million cubic meters in total.
Among the 2020 targets of Limak Cement Group, which works with the principle of being one of the top 3 players of the sector in the markets it operates, increasing its foreign trade volume to 1.2 million tons and ensuring the continuity of efforts to comply with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in order to contribute to the realization of “Better World Vision” while carrying out its economic activities and continuing to work with a sustainability perspective are the priorities.
LIMAK Cement Factories in Turkey, Mozambique, and Ivory Coast
- Limak Kurtalan Cement
- Limak Ergani Cement
- Limak Gaziantep Cement
- Limak Şanlıurfa Cement
- Limak Bitlis Cement
- Limak Derık Cement
- Limak Balıkesir Cement
- Limak Trakya Cement
- Kilis Pumice Block Plant
- Limak Cimentos SA (Mozambique Grinding and Packing Factory)
- Limak Africa SA (Ivory Coast Grinding and Packing Factory)
- Limak Anka Cement
- Limak Kilis Cement
2) OYAK cement Group
6 Plants (CLINKER and Cement)
21,6 Million Tonnes annually production
OYAK Cement, consisting of 5 public cement companies and vertically integrated concrete and paper bag companies, operates in the 7 geographical regions of Turkey.
Maintaining its activities at 6 plants and its sales operations in 7 geographical territories as the capacity and market leader of Turkish Cement Industry, OYAK Cement is a leading community playing an efficient role in the national market, developing areas of cement use with the principles of efficiency, creativity and profit-orientation.
OYAK Cement, which has a market share of 15,3% as of December 2015, represents the 15% of the capacity of manufacturing of clinker in Turkey thanks to manufacturing of 11,3 million ton clinker in total by its 6 company, and also represents the 16% of the capacity of manufacturing of cement in Turkey thanks to manufacturing of 21,6 million ton cement in total.
You can find more information about OYAK cement group on the website: OYAK Cement Group
3) Akçansa cement
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3 Plants in Istanbul-Büyükçekmece, Çanakkale, and Samsun-Ladik (CLINKER and Cement)
Akçansa, a joint venture of Sabancı Holding and HeidelbergCement, is the largest cement producer of Turkey, and is the leader company of its industry.
Akçansa was founded in 1996 as a result of the merger of Akçimento (founded in 1967) and Çanakkale Çimento (founded in 1974).
Operating in the Marmara, Aegean, and Black Sea regions, Akçansa produce cement and clinker in its three factories located in Istanbul-Büyükçekmece, Çanakkale, and Samsun-Ladik. Company also has total seven cement terminals located in Istanbul-Ambarlı, İzmir-Aliağa, Yalova, Yarımca, Hopa, Derince, and Marmara Ereğlisi.
Akçansa merged with its subsidiary Betonsa in 1998 and as a result of this merger, the company started providing service with its “Betonsa” brand, and produces concrete at approximately 35 plants in the Marmara, Aegean, and Black Sea regions.
The company merged with another subsidiary, Agregasa Agrega, in 2002 and produces aggregate under the brand of “Agregasa” at 4 plants.
Akçansa aims to be “the highest quality in production and service” in order to meet the demands of both its domestic and international customers and to compete beyond the price.
Akçansa, the leader of the Turkish cement industry, meets 10% of Turkey’s cement need as well as 12,5% of Turkey’s total cement and clinker export with its products complying to the global quality standards, its eco-friendly identity awarded by the Istanbul Chamber of Industry, its outstanding service understanding, and its plants equipped with high technology.
You can find more information about Akçansa cement on the website: Akçansa Cement
The future of the Cement business in Turkey
Industry outlook
The statistic shows the revenue of the industry “manufacture of cement“ in Turkey from 2011 to 2017, with a forecast to 2023. It is projected that the revenue of manufacture of cement in Turkey will amount to approximately 3,7 billion U.S. Dollars by 2023.
Turkey’s economy
Based on economic standards, Turkey is recognized as an emerging market and is one of the world’s newly industrialized countries, having earned a place in the Group of Twenty, which is a group consisting of the twenty most important economies in the world. Turkey’s economical significance is partially attributed to the country’s growth, especially during the recent global financial recession.
While countries around the world struggled to grow, let alone maintain a balanced economy, Turkey experienced a rather high percentage of gross domestic product growth annually. Additionally, Turkey’s financial sector saw significant improvements, most notably with the country’s inflation, which reached rates lower than those prior to the financial crash and even the lowest in a decade.
With a rapidly growing populace as well as having had one of the fastest growing economies in Europe and the world, Turkey managed to maintain a stable and unchanged unemployment rate over the past decade, with the exception of 2009. However, despite a significant spike in unemployment, Turkey’s competent management helped bring the total unemployment rate to single digits for the first time in many years.
A Video about the Turkish Cement Industry
FOB Prices for Clinker, Grey Cement, and White Cement/ per MT
Cement Clinker
$19
Portland Cement Clinker-Type II
Status: Fresh, and High-Quality
Standard: ASTM C-150
Delivery: FOB-BIK Port
Payment Terms: TT
Grey Cement
$36
Grey Cement-Type II
Status: Fresh, and High-Quality
Standard: ASTM C 150- Type II
Delivery: FOB-BIK Port
Payment Terms: TT
White Cement
$61
Portland White Cement-52,5
Status: Fresh, and High-Quality
Standard: EN 197-1, 52,5
Delivery: FOB-BND Port
Payment Terms: TT
Gypsum
Rock
$8
GYPSUM rock
Status: High-Quality
Standard: Purity 90-95%
Delivery: FOB-BND Port
Payment Terms: TT
Order Procedures
CIF offer
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Datis Export Group supplies all types of Portland Cement (Grey, and White) and Cement Clinker. Our sales team will manage to export the Cement to any destination port for Bulk and Bagged containerized cargoes.
You can send us your cement inquiry by email to our sales office. Our branches will manage to supply and export the cement through the best-reputed cement factories in the region.