Dongkuk Steel Mill Co, Ltd. is a steel

Steel

Steel is an alloy that consists mostly of iron and has a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.1% by weight, depending on the grade. Carbon is the most common alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used, such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten...

 company with its headquarters in the city of Seoul

Seoul

Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...

, South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

. Its manufacturing plants are located in Pohang

Pohang

Pohang is a city in North Gyeongsang Province, 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...

, Incheon

Incheon

The Incheon Metropolitan City is located in northwestern South Korea. The city was home to just 4,700 people when Jemulpo port was built in 1883. Today 2.76 million people live in the city, making it Korea’s third most populous city after Seoul and Busan Metropolitan City...

, Dangjin  and Busan

Busan

Busan , formerly spelled Pusan is South Korea's second largest metropolis after Seoul, with a population of around 3.6 million. The Metropolitan area population is 4,399,515 as of 2010. It is the largest port city in South Korea and the fifth largest port in the world...

. Main products are steel plates mainly for shipbuilding, beams, sections and bars mainly for construction. Dongkuk Steel is the parent company of the Dongkuk Steel Group with several subsidiaries including Union Steel. Dongkuk Steel Mill is the second largest EAF steel

Electric arc furnace

An electric arc furnace is a furnace that heats charged material by means of an electric arc.Arc furnaces range in size from small units of approximately one ton capacity up to about 400 ton units used for secondary steelmaking...

 producer in Korea behind Hyundai Steel. Also Dongkuk Steel mill is 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 INI Steel
  Hyundai Steel Co., Ltd, or HSC , is a steel company headquartered in Incheon and Seoul, South Korea...
  
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• POSCO
  POSCO
  POSCO is a multinational steel-making company headquartered in Pohang, South Korea. It is the world's third-largest steelmaker by market value and the most profitable Asia-based steelmaker....
  
  
• Korea Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.
• Hyundai Hysco
  Hyundai Hysco
  Hyundai Hysco, or HYSCO is a steel and auto parts company, established in 1975, and headquartered in Ulsan, South Korea. They are a manufacturer of automotive steel sheet products and various steel pipes. Its corporate office is located in Seoul, and it also operates in Ulsan, Dangjin, and...
  
  
• BNG Steel
• Dongbu Steel
  Dongbu Steel
  Dongbu Steel Dongbu Steel Dongbu Steel (DBS, Hangul:동부제철; , , is a South Korean multinational corporation and have made significant contributions to the steel and iron industries both in Korea and abroad...
  
  
• Sinhwa Steel
  Sinhwa Steel
  Sinhwa Steel is a steel company. producer located and hearquartered in Changwon Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea.-Competitor:*Pohang Iron and Steel Company*Hyundai INI Steel*Hyundai Hysco*BNG Steel*Dongbu Steel*Dongkuk Steel*Union Steel-See also:...
  
  

See also

• Dongkuk Group
• List of South Korean companies
• List of steel producers
• Economy of South Korea
  Economy of South Korea
  South Korea has a market economy which ranks 15th in the world by nominal GDP and 12th by purchasing power parity , identifying it as one of the G-20 major economies. It is a high-income developed country, with a developed market, and is a member of OECD...
  
  
• Union Steel

External links

• Dongkuk Steel Korean website
• Dongkuk Steel English website