SeAH Besteel Gunsan 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 2.1 million tonnes per year. Its main products are forged, special.
Process Route
Timeline
Emissions
2025
0.14 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
2,101
EAF
2,101
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Steel Units
Steel Products
forged, special
Ownership
Owner SeAH Besteel Holdings Corp
Parent SeAH Besteel Holdings Corp [100.0%]
Workforce 1,592 employees
State ownership Partial
Country Context
South Korea crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Gunsan
Asia Pacific
South Korea
35.9686°, 126.6095°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 2,101 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1997
- Products
- Finished rolled
- Certifications
- 2 recorded