Tangshan Iron and Steel Kim Chaek Steel Plant

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Tangshan Iron and Steel Kim Chaek Steel Plant is a steel plant in Kim Chaek Industrial Park, North Hamgyeong, North Korea that operates steelmaking and ironmaking technology.

Location

The map below shows the approximate location of the plant in Kim Chaek Industrial Park, North Hamgyeong, North Korea:

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• Location: Kim Chaek Industrial Park, North Hamgyong Province, North Korea
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 40.67524, 129.201745 (approximate)

Background

In October 2007, Tangshan Iron and Steel Group of China signed a letter of intent with North Korea’s Foreign Economy Bureau to build a joint-venture steel plant in the Kim Chaek Industrial Park in North Hamgyong Province along the North Korean northeastern coast. The plant is expected to have a capacity of 1500 ttpa steel. The iron ore for the plant is expected to be sourced from nearby mines, and its products would be distributed in the North Korean domestic market. According to a 2014 OECD report, the project is not progressing well.

The project status has been changed to 'cancelled' as there have been no updates since 2017.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Announced date	Power source
2007-10	Captive power plant

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
Tanshan Iron and Steel	unknown	E100001012073	Tanshan Iron and Steel	unknown	E100001012073

Table 3: Process and Products

Main production equipment
Iron other/unspecified; Steel other/unspecified

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	Other/unspecified steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
cancelled	1500	1500

Table 5: Plant-level Crude Iron 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	Other/unspecified iron capacity	Nominal iron capacity (total)
cancelled	0	0

Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Sinter	Coke	Pellets
NF	NF	NF

Articles and Resources

Additional data

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Resources

• Company website