Ch'ollima Steel Complex
operatingGovernment of North Korea · EAF route · Nampo, Asia Pacific, North Korea
GEM wikiCh'ollima Steel Complex is a scrap-based steel plant: an electric arc furnace melts recycled steel scrap into new crude steel. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of 752 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are wire rod, plate, hot rolled.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1956
Emissions
2025
0.02 Mt CO₂e
0.27 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
752
EAF
752
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power December (Nampo) power station
Steel Products
wire rod, plate, hot rolled
Ownership
Owner Government of North Korea
Parent Government of North Korea [100.0%]
Workforce 8,000 employees
State ownership Full
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Other Government of North Korea plants
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Location
Nampo
Asia Pacific
North Korea
38.9263°, 125.5826°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 752 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1956
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled