The total industrial output value of the Ministry of Metal Industry increased 30 percent as of the end of November as compared with that in the corresponding period of last year.

The production of pig iron swelled 2.4 times, that of steel 1.3 times, that of rolled steel 1.6 times and that of iron ore 1.6 times which are main indexes.

Many enterprises including the Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex and the Jaeryong and Unryul Mines honored their yearly plans before October 10.

The workers of the complex completely succeeded in rounding off the iron-making method at the blast furnace based on Juche iron and established a new production system of Juche iron.

The production of pig iron went up 2.5 times, that of steel 4.2 times and that of rolled steel 6.7 times over those last year at the complex.

The workers of the Chollima Steel Complex built UHP electric arc furnace No.2 capable of ensuring steel production by use of Juche iron in a matter of five months.

They completed the projects to build a base for the production of multi-element alloy steel and technologically update revolving furnace No. 3 at the Posan Iron Works and set up a 550 cubic meter oxygen plant, thus consolidating their material and technical foundation and boosting production.

Officials and miners of the Jaeryong Mine fulfilled their yearly plan for the production of iron ore on September 30 through a collective innovation drive.

The miners of the Musan Mining Complex built a new large crushing plant and installed a belt conveyer line extending thousands of meters, more than quadrupling the earth removing capacity and increasing its ore production 1.5 times.

The workers of the Unryul Mine brought about a boost in the iron ore production with the same vim and vigor with which they honored their yearly plan before the October holiday.

The workers of the Ryongwon and Phyongsan mines, the Kangnam Dolomite Mine and the Jaeryong Mining Equipment Parts Plant, too, carried out their yearly quotas before the birthday of the Workers' Party of Korea through a drive for increased production.