KISCO steel Changwon 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 3.0 million tonnes per year. Its main products are billet, forged, rebar.
Process Route
EAF
Timeline
Operating since 1965
Emissions
2025
0.21 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
3,000
EAF
3,000
Steel Units
Steel Products
billet, forged, rebar
Ownership
Owner KISCO Corp
Parent KISCO Corp [100.0%]
Workforce 556 employees
Country Context
South Korea crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Changwon
Asia Pacific
South Korea
35.2166°, 128.6402°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 3,000 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1965
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded