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KG Steel Dangjin steel plant

retired

Dangjin, Asia Pacific, South Korea

ISO 14001
GEM wiki

Process Route

EAF

Timeline

Operating1999
Retirement announced2022
Retired2024

Emissions

2024

0.64 Mt CO₂e

0.57 t CO₂e per tonne of steel

Typical EAF route: 0.5–0.7 t/t

Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

3,000

EAF

3,000

Production

Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.

Steel Units

EAF
EAF 1retired
1,500 ttpa160 twiki
EAF
EAF 2retired
1,500 ttpa160 twiki

Steel Products

sheet, strip, bar, h-beam, wire

Ownership

Owner KG Steel Co Ltd

Parent KG Chemical Corp

Workforce 597 employees

Country Context

South Korea crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.

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Plant data sourced from the Global Iron & Steel Tracker (March 2026), Global Energy Monitor. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Production data: USGS Minerals Yearbook — Raw Steel: World Production by Country or Locality (2019 edition; 2022 and 2023 early release tables). U.S. Geological Survey, public domain. EAF/BOF splits: USGS Minerals Yearbook (2023 estimates).

Facility emissions estimates from Climate TRACE. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.