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SeAH Besteel Gunsan steel plant

operating

Gunsan, Asia Pacific, South Korea

ISO 14001ISO 50001
GEM wiki

Process Route

EAF

Timeline

Construction1987
Operating1997

Emissions

2025

0.14 Mt CO₂e

0.08 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

2,101

EAF

2,101

Production

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

Steel Units

EAF
EAF 1operating
467 ttpa100 twiki
EAF
EAF 2operating
467 ttpa100 twiki
EAF
EAF 3operating
467 ttpa100 tDanieliwiki
EAF
EAF 4operating
700 ttpa150 twiki

Steel Products

forged, special

Ownership

Owner SeAH Besteel Holdings Corp

Parent SeAH Besteel Holdings Corp [100.0%]

Workforce 1,592 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.