By exploiting internal reserves and organizing a public campaign for collecting scrap iron to support the metallurgical industry, Pyongyang City secured a huge amount of scrap iron in May alone, which is 1.3 times greater than the one in the same period of last year.

North Hamgyong Province sent to iron and steel plants more scrap iron than the planned amount.

Similar activities are witnessed in South Phyongan, Jagang and South Hamgyong provinces and Nampho City.