YK Steel Dangjin 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 1.0 million tonnes per year. Its main products are billet, rebar.
Process Route
EAF
Timeline
Announced2022
Operating2027
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
1,000
EAF
1,000
Steel Units
EAF
unknown EAF (1)announced
Steel Products
billet, rebar
Ownership
Owner YK Steel Corp
Parent Daehan Steel Co Ltd [70.0%]; Yamato Kogyo Co Ltd [30.0%]
Country Context
South Korea crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Nearby Plants
Other Daehan Steel Co Ltd; Yamato Kogyo Co Ltd plants
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Location
Dangjin
Asia Pacific
South Korea
36.9181°, 126.6436°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 1,000 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 2027
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled