Hyundai Steel Pohang steel plant
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Hyundai Steel Pohang steel plant, also known as Kangwon Industrial, is a 3400 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Pohang, North Gyeongsang, South Korea.
Location
The map below shows the location of the steel plant in Pohang, North Gyeongsang, South Korea.
- Location: 6363 Donghaean-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang City, Gyeonsangbuk-do, Republic of Korea[1]
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 36.004981, 129.384829 (exact)
Background
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 | Workforce size |
---|---|
operating[3] | 1496[4] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
Parent company | Parent company PermID | Owner | Owner company PermID |
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Hyundai Steel Co [100%][3] | 4295881064 [100%] | Hyundai Steel Co[3] | 4295881064 |
Table 3: Process and Products
Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | ISO 14001 | ISO 50001 | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
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finished rolled[3] | rebar, H-steel, continuous track[1] | building and infrastructure; transport[3] | yes[5] | yes[5] | electric arc furnace (EAF)[3] | EAF (# unknown)[3] |
Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):
Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
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3200 TTPA[6][3] | 3200 TTPA |
Table 5: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum):
Year | BOF Production | EAF Production | OHF Production | Total (all routes) |
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2020 | – | 2481 TTPA[7] | – | 2481 TTPA |
2021 | – | 2397 TTPA[8] | – | 2397 TTPA |
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220122092136/https://www.hyundai-steel.com/en/aboutus/corporateoverview/locations.hds. Archived from the original on 2022-01-22.
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(help) - ↑ 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 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 https://web.archive.org/web/20211129075321/https://www.hyundai-steel.com/en/aboutus/corporateoverview/businessoverview.hds. Archived from the original on 2021-11-29.
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(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220713032443/https://pubs.usgs.gov/myb/vol3/2017-18/myb3-2017-18-korea-south.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-07-13.
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(help) - ↑ https://www.steelmint.com/insights/South-Korea-Hyundai-Steel-s-crude-steel-production-sales-dip-in-CY-22-406930.
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Additional data
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