Steel plants in South Korea
18 plants · 84,885 ttpa combined crude steel capacity
South Korea has 18 steel plants tracked in the Global Iron and Steel Tracker, with a combined crude steel capacity of about 84.9 million tonnes per year. 14 of them are electric arc furnace plants melting recycled scrap, alongside 3 integrated BF–BOF sites. The largest is POSCO Gwangyang, at about 23.0 million tonnes per year.
Process Routes
BF–BOF Integrated 3DRI–EAF 1EAF 14
Map
All Plants
POSCO GwangyangGwangyang · South Korea · BF–BOF Integrated22,999 ttpaPOSCO PohangPohang · South Korea · BF–BOF Integrated18,758 ttpaHyundai Steel DangjinDangjin · South Korea · BF–BOF Integrated16,200 ttpaHyundai Steel IncheonIncheon · South Korea · EAF4,697 ttpaHyundai Steel PohangPohang · South Korea · EAF3,400 ttpaKG Steel DangjinDangjin · South Korea · EAF3,000 ttpaKISCO steel ChangwonChangwon · South Korea · EAF3,000 ttpaDongkuk Steel IncheonIncheon · South Korea · EAF2,200 ttpaSeAH Besteel GunsanGunsan · South Korea · EAF2,101 ttpaDongkuk Steel PohangPohang · South Korea · EAF1,400 ttpaSeAH Changwon Integrated SpecialChangwon · South Korea · EAF1,200 ttpaSeAH Steel PohangPohang · South Korea · EAF1,200 ttpaKG Steel IncheonIncheon · South Korea · EAF1,000 ttpaYK Steel DangjinDangjin · South Korea · EAF1,000 ttpaDaehanSteel NoksanBusan · South Korea · EAF1,000 ttpaYK Steel BusanBusan · South Korea · EAF930 ttpaHansco Hwanyoung Steel DangjinDangjin · South Korea · EAF800 ttpaSouth Korea hydrogenSouth Korea · DRI–EAF