Fuat Tosyalı: We Can Enhance the Sector's Competitive Power with Strategic Protection

Chairman of Tosyalı Holding, Fuat Tosyalı, stated that global trade has been undergoing a tough test for the past 2 years.

Fuat Tosyalı noted that geopolitical developments and uncertainties regarding customs tariffs continued to affect all countries and sectors throughout 2025, saying, "The surplus resulting from China's high production figures has completely disrupted the balance in global export markets."

Highlighting that domestic iron and steel producers are seriously challenged as a result of global developments, Tosyalı said, "We are experiencing this unfair competition with China in many countries where we are present on the export side. Therefore, while addressing this unfair competition originating from the Far East, we must take comprehensive measures by developing a holistic approach that considers not only the domestic market but also our export markets. We are entering a period where applications supporting value-added green steel production and providing strategic protection against unfair competition need to be addressed with greater sensitivity. Steps taken with this focus will enhance the sector's international competitive power," he said.

"We Made Investments Focused on Sustainability, Efficiency, and Scale"

As a company that foresaw developments in the sector, Tosyalı stated that they made investments with a focus on sustainability, efficiency, and scale, noting: "With these investments, we continue to enhance our competitive power in the global market. We are a company operating on a global scale in green steel production, and we are determinedly continuing our efforts to further reduce the carbon emissions of our production facilities with our investments in renewable, clean energy sources. In 2025, we took the first step for one of the country's largest self-consumption solar power projects with a capacity of 1.2 GW with the first phase works in Osmaniye. Thus, we will provide nearly 50% of our self-consumption from solar power. Additionally, our efforts to use green hydrogen, a clean energy source, in production at our facilities continue. In this context, our second DRI plant in Algeria, thanks to its advanced technology, became the first facility in the world to start commercial production with the ability to operate with both natural gas and 100% hydrogen with a small modification. We achieve almost 50% less carbon emissions in product-based emissions compared to our competitors and acceptable values. We gather our green steel products under our Tosyalı V-Green brand."

"We Increased Our Global Crude Steel Production by 110%"

Tosyalı described their position among global steel producers as follows: "By continuously increasing our production and world ranking every year, we are the only company that can maintain this success consistently among the world's top 50 steel producers. Over the last five years, we have increased our global crude steel production by 110%, doubling our global visibility and reaching the position of the company with the highest crude steel production based in Turkey. We are the 3rd largest steel producer in Europe. We will proceed with confident steps towards our goal of becoming one of the world's top 20 steel companies within the next 5 years."

Source: EKONOMİM