He was accompanied by Jo Pyong Ju, vice-premier and minister of Machine-Building Industry, and officials concerned.

The premier opened a consultative meeting of officials in the relevant field on the spot.

The meeting emphasized the important role played by the mine in producing refractory and focused on the discussion of ways for modernizing the mine to increase production as required by the drive to push back the frontiers of science and technology and took relevant measures.

Earlier, the premier learned about the work at the Hwanghae Iron and Steel Complex and at various commercial and catering units in Pyongyang.

A consultative meeting held at the complex took measures for increasing the production of rails as required by the policy of the Workers' Party of Korea for modernizing the railways and introducing heavy rails.

Visiting various commercial and catering units in Pyongyang, the premier took practical steps to make sure that those units play a substantial role in improving the people's standard of living.