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POSCO Pohang steel plant

operating

Pohang, Asia Pacific, South Korea

ISO 14001ISO 50001
GEM wiki

Process Route

BFBOFDRIEAFIron other/unspecified

Timeline

Announced1967
Construction1967
Operating1973

Emissions

2025

22.2 Mt CO₂e

1.88 t CO₂e per tonne of steel

Typical BF-BOF route: 1.8–2.0 t/t

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

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

18,758

EAF

1,357

BOF

17,401

Blast Furnace

12,900

DRI

9

Coking

1,500

Production

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

Iron Units

BF
BF 3operating
5,300 ttpa5600 m³ · relined 2017POSCOwiki
BF
BF 4operating
5,300 ttpa5600 m³ · relined 2024Saint-Gobain (parts)wiki
BF
BF 1mothballed
1,300 ttpa1660 m³ · relined 1993wiki
BF
BF 2operating
2,300 ttpa2550 m³ · relined 2017POSCOwiki
DRI
HyREX demonstation plantannounced
300 ttpahydrogen · in-usePOSCO; BHPwiki
DRI
pilot HyREX plantoperating
9 ttpahydrogen · in-usePosco; Primetalswiki
DRI
unknown DRI (2)announced
2,500 ttpahydrogen · in-usePosco; Primetals; BHPwiki

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)announced
2,500 ttpa36 tPrimetals; POSCOwiki
EAF
unknown EAF (2)operating
300 ttpaPrimetals; POSCOwiki
EAF
unknown EAF (3)operating
1,057 ttpa95 twiki
BOF
unknown BOF (1)operating
883 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (2)operating
2,769 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (3)operating
2,769 ttpaPOSCO E&Cwiki
BOF
unknown BOF (4)operating
2,769 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (5)operating
2,769 ttpaPOSCO E&Cwiki
BOF
unknown BOF (6)operating
2,721 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (7)operating
2,721 ttpawiki

Inputs & Energy

Iron ore Imported from Australia (Pilbara iron ore)

Met coal Tanoma coal mine

Steel Products

galvanized, wire rod, plate, cold rolled, hot rolled

Ownership

Owner POSCO Holdings Inc

Parent POSCO Holdings Inc [100.0%]

Workforce 6,920 employees

State ownership Partial

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.