SeAH Steel Pohang plant

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SeAH Steel Pohang plant is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Pohang, North Gyeongsang, South Korea.

Location

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  • Location: 136, Goedong-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 35.991176, 129.375791 (exact)

Background

SeAH steel was established in 1960 as Busan Steel Pipe Industry Corp. The construction of the Pohang plant was completed in October 1978.[1]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date
Operating[2] 1978[3]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
SeAH Holdings Corp [100.0%] 4295881998 [100%] E100000130718 [100%] Seah Steel Holdings Corp[2] 4295881166 E100001010280

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[2] pipe; scaffolding; guard rail; billet[2] automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; steel packaging; tools and machinery; transport[2] 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 1200 TTPA[2] 1200 TTPA[2]

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References

  1. "History". SeAh Steel. Retrieved 06 December, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125055123/https://www.seahsteel.co.kr/eng/company/contact_in_02.jsp. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20190904091344/http://www.seahsteel.co.kr:80/eng/company/history.jsp. Archived from the original on 04 September 2019. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220319012714/http://www.seahsteel.co.kr/eng/pr/brochure.jsp. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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