Dongkuk Steel Pohang steel plant

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Dongkuk Steel Pohang is an electric steel plant in Pohang, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea.

Location

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Plant Details

• Private/State ownership: private
• Parent company: JFE Holdings 14.1%, Sae-Joo Jang 13.9%, Sae-Wook Jang 9.43%, Dongkuk steel Mill Co., Ltd. 3.05%, Dimension Fund Advisors LP 2.50%, The Vanguard Group, Inc. 1.63%, Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 1.21%, Samsung Asset Management Co., Ltd. 1.12%, Dongkok Steel Mill Co., Ltd. ESOA 0.98%, Norges Bank Investment Management 0.97%
• Owner: Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd.
• Other language plant name: 동국제강 포항 (Korean)
• Location: 195 Cheolgangsandan-ro, Deasong-myeon, Nam-gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea
• GPS Coordinates: 36.001470, 129.397609 (exact)
• Plant status: operating
• Start year: 1991 (age 28–29)
• Production capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):
  • Crude steel: 1400
• Steel product category: flat, long
• Steel products: rebar, sections
• Steelmaking process: electric
• Primary steel production equipment: twin-vessel electric arc furnace (EAF)

Articles and resources

External resources

• Dongkuk Steel Company website