HERITAGE ATLAS — USSR

Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex (Chongjin)

Металлургический комбинат имени Ким Чхэка (Чхонджин)
North KoreaЧхонджин1953Industrial sites
North Korea's largest steel works, in the city of Chongjin, established under Japanese rule and nationalised after the founding of the DPRK. According to the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, the Chongjin metallurgical combine was among the enterprises restored and built with Soviet assistance in the first post-war decade (1953–1963).
Крупнейший металлургический комбинат КНДР в городе Чхонджин, основанный в период японского управления и национализированный после образования КНДР. По Большой советской энциклопедии, металлургический комбинат в Чхонджине входит в число предприятий, восстановленных и построенных с помощью СССР в первое послевоенное десятилетие (1953–1963).

Property abroad

EraUSSR
FunctionIndustry and infrastructure
Present ownerState enterprise of the DPRK
Acquisitionbuilt
StatusIn use
As of2023-01
According to Radio Free Asia (5 January 2023), the complex remains the country's largest steel mill; output in the province is constrained by shortages of electricity and scrap metal.

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