Steel plants in North Korea
5 plants · 11,752 ttpa combined crude steel capacity
North Korea has 5 steel plants tracked in the Global Iron and Steel Tracker, with a combined crude steel capacity of about 11.8 million tonnes per year. 3 of them make steel by the integrated route, smelting ore in a blast furnace and refining it in a basic oxygen furnace, while 1 melt scrap in electric arc furnaces. The largest is Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex, at about 6.0 million tonnes per year.
Process Routes
BF–BOF Integrated 3EAF 1Other 1
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All Plants
Kim Chaek Iron and Steel ComplexChongjin · North Korea · BF–BOF Integrated6,000 ttpaCh'ŏngjin IronworksChongjin · North Korea · BF–BOF Integrated2,000 ttpaHwanghae Iron and Steel ComplexSongnim · North Korea · BF–BOF Integrated1,500 ttpaTangshan Iron and Steel Kim ChaekKim Chaek Industrial Park · North Korea1,500 ttpaCh'ollima Steel ComplexNampo · North Korea · EAF752 ttpa