Fatih Yücelik, Chairman of The Board of Directors of TÜRKÇİMENTO, has been Unanimously Elected as the Chairman of the TOBB Turkey Cement and Cement Products Council and YÜF Pre

In his speech at the TOBB Turkey Cement and Cement Products Council meeting, Fatih Yücelik reminded that Turkey is the largest exporter after Vietnam in the world and stated that the biggest market of the cement sector that exports to over 100 countries is the US. Yücelik pointed out that the cement sector is a strategic sector that employs approximately 17 thousand people and that provides a significant contribution to the economy of the country, with a turnover of $ US1.7 billion and an exports revenue of $ US1.1 billion.

Underlining that the issue of environment is the most important agenda item in the cement sector, Fatih Yücelik said:

“Great investments in the fields of energy efficiency, biomass use, electricity generation from waste heat, and cement with admixtures are being made in our sector. Significant actions being taken in the field of sustainability are present. We are a sector that reduces its carbon emissions with the energy efficiency investments we have made for many years. It is important to support the Turkish cement sector that carries out its infrastructure preparation with its own capital, within the meaning of legislation, and to bring back properly prepared municipal wastes into the economy. This approach must also be one of the important steps of the zero waste strategy.”

Highlighting the fact that the issues of Green Deal and carbon border tax are among the important threats that need to be confronted together as the public-private sector and that may reduce the export power of the sector in the forthcoming period, Fatih Yücelik said, “Our sector supports environment-friendly production with its investments by doing its part and sets an example for many countries through its low carbon emissions. Inclusion of additional incentives for environmental investment into the agenda is considered important in view of supporting the process. As TÜRKÇİMENTO, we will share the Carbon Roadmap study with respect to that important issue, with the public, in the upcoming days.”