Turkish aluminum producer plans US facility

The Hurriyet Daily News reports Turkish metals producer Assan Alüminyum plans to invest $460 million to build an aluminum rolling mill in an as yet undecided or undisclosed location in the United States. The annual capacity of the planned facility is 120,000 tons.

Assan Alüminyum, a business unit of Kibar Holding, describes itself as a manufacturer of flat-rolled aluminum with sustainability as one of its four core values. In the sustainability section of its website, the company says it “recycle[s] 100 percent and infinitely recyclable aluminum in our integrated facility” in Tuzla, Turkey.

Hurriyet quotes Kibar Holding board Chair Ali Kibar as saying at a European trade fair appearance, “Our strategy is to grow in Europe and the U.S., while also strengthening our presence in the Asia Pacific region.”

The investment is a way for the Turkish company to meet increasing “Buy America” requirements related to government procurement policies and some decarbonization-related corporate policies, the newspaper adds.

The Kibar Holding board chair also says Assan Alüminyum currently exports metal that yields 70 percent of its revenue and represents a significant portion of the 360,000 tons of aluminum it produces.

In a September International Aluminium Journal article, the company says it has received Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) Performance Standard Certificates for its flat-rolled aluminum production and recycling facilities.

Assan also might be eager to tap into a U.S. scrap market with a surplus compared with comparative scrap scarcity conditions in Turkey. If Assan Alüminyum is importing scrap from the European Union for its Turkish plant, it could face additional hurdles from looming EU policies on scrap exports.

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In North America, meanwhile, slightly more than 1 million tons of aluminum scrap was exported from the U.S. in the first six months of 2022, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Turkey has imported just 11,000 metric tons of that scrap so far this year, ranking far down the list compared with nations including India, Malaysia, South Korea, Mexico, China, Canada, Thailand and Indonesia.