Turkey's Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change has announced that the review process for an environmental impact assessment (EIA) application submitted by Turkish steelmaker Borusan Birleşik Boru Fabrikaları San. ve Tic. A.
Ş. For the project to modernize the production line of the pipe plant and additional phosphating and surface cleaning lines in Gemlik, Bursa, an environmental impact assessment process has been reviewed and started.
As part of the project, entailing an investment cost of 301.65 million Turkish lira ($6.8 million), the production line will be modernized due to customer demand for longitudinally welded steel pipes produced in pipe plant, and an additional surface preparation line and a surface cleaning line will be installed. The project will have an annual pipe production capacity of 1,139,691 metric tons. During the construction phase of the project, it is expected that 50 people will be employed.
