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Pohang

Pohang (pô'häng') [key], city (1995 pop. 508,983), North Gyeongsang (Kyongsang) prov., SE South Korea, on Yeongil (Yongil) Bay of the Sea of Japan (or East Sea). A fishing port and agricultural center, the 1970s brought heavy industry to Pohang, such as iron and steel production and shipbuilding.

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SOUTH KOREA: Construction start-up on planned $1,100,000,000 next-generation steel plant, POHANG IRON & STEEL CO. (POSCO) [South Korea] Order #: 097704. (WWP-Report on Mining, Metal Making and Conversion)

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ASIA: Construction plans for proposed $1,700,000,000 steel manufacturing facilities, POHANG IRON & STEEL CO. LTD. (POSCO) [South Korea] - Order #: 017404. (WWP-Report on Mining, Metal Making and Conversion)

SOUTH KOREA: Construction plans for proposed $84,000,000 steel making test plant, POHANG IRON & STEEL CO. LTD. (POSCO) [South Korea] - Order #: 075404. (WWP-Report on Mining, Metal Making and Conversion)

SOUTH KOREA: PLANS FOR PROPOSED $270,000,000 STEEL MANUFACTURING CAPACITY EXPANSION PROJECT, POHANG IRON & STEEL CO. LTD. (POSCO) [SOUTH KOREA] - Order #: 0910300. (WWP-Report on Mining, Metal Making and Conversion)

SOUTH KOREA: Construction start-up on planned $166,000,000 automotive steel-sheet plant, POHANG IRON & STEEL CO. LTD. (POSCO) [South Korea] - Order #: 109704.(Illustration) (WWP-Report on Mining, Metal Making and Conversion)

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CHINA: Joint venture construction plans for proposed 150,000 ton per year cold rolled (CR) stainless steel plant, POHANG IRON & STEEL CO. LTD. (POSCO) [South Korea] & QINGDAO IRON & STEEL CO. [China] - Order #: 024103. (WWP-Report on Mining, Metal Making and Conversion)

SOUTH KOREA: $662,000,000 investment is aimed at steel manufacturing and energy consumption cost reductions, POHANG IRON & STEEL CO. LTD. (POSCO) [South Korea] - Order #: 109804. (WWP-Report on Mining, Metal Making and Conversion)

CHINA: Construction plans for proposed $750,0000,000 hot-coils steel plant may also include building a cold-rolled (CR) stainless steel mill in South Korea, POHANG IRON & STEEL CO. LTD. (POSCO) [South Korea] - Order #: 054206a. (WWP-Report on Mining, Metal Making and Conversion)

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