[Ferro-Alloys.com]The Turkish Iron and Steel Producers Association (DCUD) predicted that the country’s consumption of deformed steel bars will be boosted by the reconstruction plan which started from October 5th.

Also, the Turkish steel mills’ capacity utilization rate may rise to 78% in the mid-term.

Meanwhile, Turkey’s crude steel output in September totaled 3.05 million tons, up by 2% year on year. In the first nine months of this year, the country’s crude steel output totaled 27.15 million tons, increasing by 8% year on year, according to statistics released by DCUD.