Government of North Korea steel plants

4 plants · 10,252 ttpa combined crude steel capacity

Government of North Korea owns 4 steel plants tracked in the Global Iron and Steel Tracker, all in North Korea. Together they can produce about 10.3 million tonnes of crude steel per year. 3 plants run the integrated blast furnace–basic oxygen furnace route and 1 run electric arc furnaces.

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Process Routes

BF–BOF Integrated 3EAF 1

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All Plants

Kim Chaek Iron and Steel ComplexChongjin · North Korea · BF–BOF Integrated6,000 ttpa Ch'ŏngjin IronworksChongjin · North Korea · BF–BOF Integrated2,000 ttpa Hwanghae Iron and Steel ComplexSongnim · North Korea · BF–BOF Integrated1,500 ttpa Ch'ollima Steel ComplexNampo · North Korea · EAF752 ttpa

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Blast Furnace

BOF

EAF

Continuous Casting