DaehanSteel Noksan Steel Plant

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DaehanSteel Noksan Steel Plant (대한제강 녹산) is a steel plant in Busan, South Gyeongsang, South Korea that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: 333, Noksan Saneop Buk-ro, Gangseo-gu, Busan, Korea
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 35.099098, 128.860339 (exact)

Background

The DaehanSteel Noksan plant became operational in 2001. The steelmaking plant was set up in 2007 and currently has a steel billet capacity of 1000 ttpa.[1][2][3]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size Power source
2007-12[4][5] 253[6] unknown

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Daehan Steel Co Ltd [100.0%] 4295882647 [100.0%] E100001010335 [100.0%] Daehan Steel Co Ltd [100%][7] 4295882647 E100001010335 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled[4] billet, rebar, bar[4] building and infrastructure[4] 2023-04-03[8] EAF

Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

1Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status1 Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 1000[9] 1000[9]

Table 5: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year EAF production Total (all routes)
2019 943[10] 943[10]
2020 880[10] 880[10]
2021 970[11] 970[11]
2022 894[11] 894[11]
2023 750[11] 750[11]

Unit Details

Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Current capacity (ttpa) Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1) operating[9] 2007[4] 1000[9] 80.0[12]

Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name Scrap-based % scrap
unknown EAF (1) yes[13] 100.00[13]

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References

  1. "DaehanSteel 대한제강". www.idaehan.com. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  2. "About - History". en.dhscorp.kr. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  3. "DaehanSteel". www.idaehan.com. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20170421062204/http://www.idaehan.com:80/en/aboutus/network/domestic_sub2. Archived from the original on 2017-04-21. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://en.dhscorp.kr/history. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20230512023444/https://www.idaehan.com/kr/aboutus/ir/summary. Archived from the original on 2023-05-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20240307025407/https://www.idaehan.com/kr/main. Archived from the original on 2024-03-07. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. https://en.dhscorp.kr/certificationstatus. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240916164455/https://www.idaehan.com/kr/aboutus/network/domestic_sub2. Archived from the original on 2024-09-16. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 https://dart.fss.or.kr/dsaf001/main.do?rcpNo=20220317000844. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 https://dart.fss.or.kr/dsaf001/main.do?rcpNo=20240314001065. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20210929032946/https://www.oecd.org/industry/ind/latest-developments-in-steelmaking-capacity-2021.pdf (PDF). {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. 13.0 13.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240414073153/https://www.idaehan.com/kr/business/steel/process_sub1. Archived from the original on 2024-04-14. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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