Dongkuk Steel Pohang
operatingEAF route · Pohang, Asia Pacific, South Korea
Dongkuk Steel Pohang 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 1.4 million tonnes per year. Its main products are rebar, beam, sections.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1991
Emissions
2025
0.096 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
1,400
EAF
1,400
Steel Units
Steel Products
rebar, beam, sections
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
Pohang
Asia Pacific
South Korea
36.0015°, 129.3976°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 1,400 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1991
- Products
- Finished rolled
- Certifications
- 2 recorded