Dongkuk Steel Pohang steel plant
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Dongkuk Steel Pohang steel plant (동국제강 포항 (Korean)), also known as Dongkuk Steel Mill Co Pohang, is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Pohang, North Gyeongsang, South Korea.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Pohang, North Gyeongsang, South Korea:
- Location: 195 Cheolgangsandan-ro, Deasong-myeon, Nam-gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 36.001470, 129.397609 (exact)
Backgorund
Dongbu Steel Pohang plant began operating in 1991.[1]
In February 2023, South Korean Industry minister and chiefs of the South Korea's seven major steelmakers, including POSCO Holdings Inc., Hyundai Steel Co. and Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., signed an agreement to promote investment and technology development to achieve low-carbon steelmaking.[2]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Plant status | Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|---|
| Operating[3] | 1991[4] | 905[5] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
|---|---|---|
| Dongkuk Steel Mill Co Ltd[3] | 4295880973 | E100000130714 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | ISO 14001 | ISO 50001 | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| finished rolled[6] | rebar, sections, beams[6] | automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; tools and machinery; transport[7] | yes[8] | 2022[8] | EAF[6] | 2 EAF (twin-vessel EAF)[6] |
Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status* | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 1400 TTPA[9][7] | 1400 TTPA[9][7] |
Table 5: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | EAF Production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1362 TTPA[10] | 1362 TTPA |
| 2021 | 1445 TTPA[10] | 1445 TTPA |
| 2022 | 1456 TTPA[10] | 1456 TTPA |
Articles and Resources
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References
- ↑ "Dongkuk Steel 2022 Sustainability Report" (PDF). Dongkuk. 2023. Retrieved 01 December, 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Seok-min, Oh (2023-02-16). "S. Korea to create 150 bln-won fund for steelmakers' low-carbon transition". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20211102100253/http://www.dongkuk.com/en/company/network. Archived from the original on 02 November 2021.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20211102114035/http://www.dongkuk.com/en/company/history. Archived from the original on 02 November 2021.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://www.moel.go.kr/english/download_eng.jsp?type=&file=(1)Dongkuk.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220120105839/http://www.dongkuk.com/upload/promotion/print/402045f7-4847-403e-88b9-6135700211fa.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 (PDF) https://www.dongkuk.com/upload/pdf/2022_steel_for_green_en.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240208203232/https://m.dongkuksteel.com/upload/pdf/2023_steel_for_green_en.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 08 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 (PDF) https://dongkuk.co.in/static/data/brochure.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 (PDF) https://www.dongkukcm.com/upload/investment/business/459ba09b-1244-4ff8-8125-6edcef151a85.pdf.
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