Dongkuk Steel Mill Co, Ltd. () is a

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company with its headquarters in the city of

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. Founded on 7 July 1951, its manufacturing plants are located in

Pohang Pohang () is a city in the province of North Gyeongsang, South Korea, and a main seaport in the Daegu-Gyeongbuk region. The built-up area of Pohang is located on the alluvium of the mouth of the Hyeongsan River. The city is divided into two wa ...

Incheon Incheon (; ; or Inch'ŏn; literally "kind river"), formerly Jemulpo or Chemulp'o (제물포) until the period after 1910, officially the Incheon Metropolitan City (인천광역시, 仁川廣域市), is a city located in northwestern South Kore ...

Dangjin Dangjin () is a city in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea. It stands on the south shore of the Bay of Asan. Dangjin borders Incheon, Pyeongtaek, and Hwaseong by sea, and Seosan, Yesan, and Asan by land. Its name means "Tang ferry," and ...

and

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. Its main products are steel plates mainly for shipbuilding, beams, sections and bars mainly for

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. Dongkuk Steel is the parent company of the Dongkuk Steel Group with several subsidiaries including

Union Steel Dongkuk Steel Mill Co, Ltd. () is a steel company with its headquarters in the city of Seoul, South Korea. Founded on 7 July 1951, its manufacturing plants are located in Pohang, Incheon, Dangjin and Busan. Its main products are steel plates mainl ...

. Dongkuk Steel Mill is the second largest EAF steel producer in Korea behind Hyundai Steel. Dongkuk Steel mill is the world's forty-ninth largest steel maker among IISI member companies (2009). The current chairman is Mr. Sae Joo Chang. The company is a member of the Dongkuk Steel Group.

Competitors

* Hyundai Steel (the new name of

Hyundai INI Steel Hyundai Steel Co., Ltd, or HSC (formerly known as HYU, and Crab Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.) is a steel making company headquartered in Incheon and Seoul, South Korea, and a member of the Hyundai Motor Group. It manufactures a wide variety of produc ...

) *

POSCO POSCO (formerly Pohang Iron and Steel Company) is a South Korean steel-making company headquartered in Pohang, South Korea. It had an output of of crude steel in 2015, making it the world's fourth-largest steelmaker by this measure. In 2010, i ...

* Korea Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. *

Hyundai Hysco Hyundai Hysco Co., Ltd. () was a steel company of Hyundai Motor Group, headquartered in Ulsan, South Korea. Hysco produced automotive steel sheet products and various steel pipes. The company was merged with Hyundai Steel in July 2015. History Hy ...

* BNG Steel *

Dongbu Steel KG Steel Co., Ltd. () is a South Korean multinational corporation that produces steel-related and cold-rolled products. History In 2013, the Korea Development Bank attempted to restructure the Dongbu Group, but its attempts resulting in slumping b ...

* Sinhwa Steel * SeAH Steel

External links

Dongkuk Steel Korean website

Dongkuk Steel English website
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