Türkiye’s first home sale of boron carbide will probably be made in June to 2 native firms working within the protection trade, Yaşar Taşkın, the overall supervisor of TRBOR, a boron carbide manufacturing firm, advised Anadolu Agency (AA) in an unique interview.
On March 19, the nation turned considered one of 5 on this planet to supply boron carbide with the opening of the nation’s first boron carbide manufacturing facility in Balıkesir, within the nation’s northwest.
Boron carbide is a particularly laborious and sturdy chemical factor utilized in tank armor, bulletproof vests, and quite a few industrial purposes.
It is produced in a heat-resistant furnace utilizing boric oxide, additionally created from boron ore and petroleum coke.
Taşkın defined that two of the six product ranges of boron carbide will probably be used for armor manufacturing within the protection trade, the sale of which will probably be made to firms on this sector situated in Ankara and Kayseri.
The different 4 merchandise will probably be used for the manufacture of refractory supplies within the metal trade, Taşkın mentioned.
The firm has additionally set its sights on markets additional afield in Europe and the U.S., with contacts made for future commerce.
About 3.3 billion tons of the world’s 4 billion tons of boron reserves are in Türkiye, based on the overall supervisor and chairperson of Eti Maden, Serkan Keleser.
Not solely is Türkiye dwelling to nearly all of boron reserves, nevertheless it additionally has the highest-quality boron ore on this planet, Keleser defined.
The market worth of boron is about $2 billion, whereas the boron carbide market is value roughly $60 billion.
‘We have the ore, we’ve the boric acid, and now we’re making boron carbide. We may even get our share of this market,’ Keleser added.
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