Özet:
The fact that the world's scarce resources will one day run out leads countries to use
these resources more efficiently. Due to the high energy and resource consumption
during the extraction and processing of iron ore from the soil, the trade of scrap iron has
gained importance in recent years. In this study, it is aimed to examine the international
scrap iron trade relations. With the social network analysis method, trade relations in
this field were revealed and the prestigious countries of the network were determined
and evaluations were made. As a result of the analysis, Germany, the Netherlands and
Belgium in 2010; In 2020, it has been observed that Turkey, the USA and the
Netherlands are the most central countries in the network. Turkey is the country with
the most inbound connections of the network in both 2010 and 2020. This situation
makes the country the most important export market. The USA and Germany are the
countries with the most outgoing connections and are the most important suppliers in
the scrap iron trade.
