Dongkuk Steel Incheon
operatingEAF route · Incheon, Asia Pacific, South Korea
Dongkuk Steel Incheon 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 about 2.2 million tonnes per year. Its main products are rebar.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1972
Emissions
2025
0.15 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
2,200
EAF
2,200
Production
Crude steel production: 1,921 ttpa (2023)
Steel Units
Steel Products
rebar
Ownership
Owner Dongkuk Steel Mill Co Ltd
Parent Dongkuk Steel Mill Co Ltd [100.0%]
Workforce 905 employees
State ownership Partial
Country Context
South Korea crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Incheon
Asia Pacific
South Korea
37.4865°, 126.6386°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 2,200 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1972
- Products
- Finished rolled
- Certifications
- 2 recorded