Five Turkish companies among world's biggest steel producers

ANKARA (A.A) - July 11, 2011 - Five Turkish companies have been named among the world's biggest steel producers.
Turkish companies Erdemir Group, Habas, Icdas, Diler Group and Colakoglu Metalurji were included in the world's leading steel & metal markets publication Metal Bulletin's "Biggest Steel Producers List" for 2010.
A total of 116 companies from all over the world entered World Bulletin's list.
Erdemir Group was ranked the 47th in the list with its steel production reaching 7.1 million tons, while Habas was ranked the 72nd with a production of 4.4 million tons, Icdas was positioned the 76th with its production of 3.6 million tons, Diler Group was at the 108th place with its production around 2.3 million tons and Colakoglu Metalurji was ranked the 110th with its steel production reaching 2.1 million tons.
ArcelorMittal from Luxembourg; Hebei Steel, Baosteel and Wuhan from China; and Nippon Steel from Japan topped World Bulletin's annual list. 
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(DO-MS)