MMI Oryong Mine

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MMI Oryong Mine (오룡광산) is an iron ore mine operating in Ryongcheon, Hamgyeong, North Korea.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the mining asset in Ryongcheon, Hamgyeong, North Korea[1]:

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Coordinates (WGS 84): 42.297363, 129.363779 (exact)[1]

Iron Ore Mine Details

Table 1: General Mine Details

Mine status Start date Stop date
Operating[1] 2007[1]

Table 2: Ownership Details

Additional information including parent company references and full ownership trees available at the Global Energy Ownership Tracker.
Parent company Parent company GEM ID Owner name Owner company GEM ID
Ministry of Metallurgical Industry (North Korea) E100002004230 North Korea Ministry of Metallurgical Industry (금속공업부)[2] E100002004230

Table 3: Capacity and Reserves

Design capacity (thousand metric tonnes per annum) Total reserves (thousand metric tonnes) Total resource (thousand metric tonnes)
3[1] unknown 1730000[1]

Table 4: Production Details (thousand metric tonnes per annum)

Production year Iron ore mined
2022 unknown
2023 unknown

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20230329153809/https://nautilus.org/napsnet/napsnet-special-reports/the-mining-industry-of-north-korea/. Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. (PDF) https://pubs.usgs.gov/myb/vol3/2020-21/myb3-2020-21-north-korea.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)