Asset Report
Gwangyang (BOF) steel plant
Report summary
POSCO's Gwangyang plant is the world's largest integrated steel making operation. It was built in three phases from 1985 to 1992 and is now capable of producing 22 Mtpa of crude steel via the BOF route. The site also contains an EAF plant not covered in this analysis (see the Gwangyang (EAF) profile). The integrated steel plant produces hot and cold rolled coil, plate and API Steel. The plate produced at Gwangyang can be up to 5.3 metres wide.
Table of contents
- Summary
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Key issues
- Steel plant overview
- Iron ore
- Coal
- Metallics
- Energy
- Capital costs
- Operating cash costs
Tables and charts
This report includes 13 images and tables including:
- Detailed map
- Participation
- POSCO's interest in iron ore assets, with remaining marketable reserves as of January 2016
- POSCO's interest in coal assets
- Downstream products
- Finished steel production
- Production table (Mt)
- Total operating cash cost - Finished Steel
- Operating cash costs
- Key raw materials rates
What's included
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