KG Dongbu Steel Incheon steel plant

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KG Dongbu Steel Incheon steel plant, also known as Dongbu Incheon Steel; Kage Dongbu Steel Incheon; Keiji Dongbu Steel Incheon, is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Incheon, Seoul National Capital Area, South Korea.

Location

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  • Location: 789, Baekbeom-ro Seo-gu Incheon, Incheon, South Korea
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 37.482625, 126.670175 (exact)

Background

The plant began operation in 1972 and produced pre-coated steel for the first time in South Korea. In 2010, the plant began operating an electric arc furnace.[1] Dongbu acquired the Incheon plant in the 1980s.[2] KG group acquired Dongbu in April 2019.[3]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
Operating[4] 2009[5] 543[6]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

State-owned entity status Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Partial KG Dongbu Steel Co Ltd [100.0%] 4295880978 [100%] E100001012482 [40%]; E100001012484 [18.5%]; E100001000730 [5%] Dongbu Incheon Steel Co Ltd[4] 5042372951 E100000131015

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[7] bar, cold-rolled strip, sheet, H-beam, wire[7] yes[4] EAF[4] EAF (# unknown)[4]

Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status* Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 1000 TTPA[8] 1000 TTPA[8]

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References

  1. "Dongkuk Steel 2022 Sustainability Report" (PDF). Dongkuk. 2022. Retrieved 06 December, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. matthew (2014-02-17). "Dongbu Steel's Deal Puts POSCO at a Loss". Businesskorea (in 한국어). Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  3. "KG Group to acquire Dongbu Steel". koreatimes. 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125055233/https://kg-steel.co.kr/html/COMPANY.html. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20220126182856/https://www.dongbusteel.com/_custom/dongbu/_common/board/download.jsp?attach_no. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://www.emis.com/php/company-profile/KR/Dongbu_Incheon_Steel_CoLtd_en_4269212.html#:~:text=was%20incorporated%20on%20May%2001drop%20of%203.92%25%20in%202018. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220204140413/http://www.kosa.or.kr/sub/eng/member/member_product_list.jsp. Archived from the original on 04 February 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240131193944/https://kg-steel.co.kr/html/PR_view.html?tb=ucc&no=223&s_keyword=&s_where=&start=0. Archived from the original on 31 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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