Ministry of Construction and Building-Materials Industry (North Korea) Pyongyang Cement Plant

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Ministry of Construction and Building-Materials Industry (North Korea) Pyongyang Cement Plant (한국건자재 상원(신원) 시멘트공장) is an integrated cement plant operating in Pyongyang, Kangwon, North Korea.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the cement plant in Pyongyang, Kangwon, North Korea:

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Coordinates (WGS 84): 38.232624, 125.752740 (exact)

Background

LafargeHolcim has sold its 36% stake in Sangwon Cement Company. The company had held the stake in the plant since 2008, having entered the North Korean market via its Euro 8.8bn acquisition of Egypt’s Orascom. Orascom acquired the stake a year earlier. LafargeHolcim did not have managerial control or significant influence over Sangwon Cement.

In 2025, it was reported that the Sangwon Cement plant has increased its cement output. The calcination workshop has increased the clinker production by five per cent as compared to the same period of last year. The plant has actively conducted activities to increase the capacity of the kiln production and its serviceable life, effectively carrying out inspections and cyclic checks during the maintenance break and promoting cooperation among shifts.

After securing hundreds of thousands of tonnes of ore reserves by applying a highly efficient blasting method, the Sangwon Limestone Mine has also increased its extraction rate. The cement plant has a current cement capacity of 2.5 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) and is state-owned by the Korean Building Materials Trading Corp.

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Cement Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant type	Plant status	Start date
integrated	operating	1989

Table 2: Ownership Details

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Parent company	Parent company GEM ID	Owner name	Owner company GEM ID
Ministry of Construction and Building-Materials Industry (North Korea) [100.0%]	E100002007282 [100.0%]	Ministry of Construction and Building Materials Industry (North Korea) [100.0%] (건설건축자재산업부 (Korean) [100.0%])	E100002007282 [100.0%]

Table 3: Capacities (million metric tonnes per annum)

Cement capacity	Clinker capacity
2.50	unknown

Table 4: Cement Production (million metric tonnes per annum)

Primary cement color	Primary cement type	Clinker substitution rate	2024 -2025 Cement production
unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown

Table 5: Clinker Production

Clinker production method	Number of operating kilns (accuracy)	Number of developing kilns (accuracy)	Kiln technology - preheater	Kiln technology - precalciner	Kiln technology - waste heat recovery
unknown	1 (at least)	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown

Table 6: Green Cement Technology

CCS/CCUS	Alternative fuel	Clay calcination
no	unknown	unknown

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Additional data

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