The Ministry of Mining Industry has carried on the scrupulous organization and guidance on the work to give precedence to prospecting and tunneling and enhance the mining, transporting, concentrating and refining efficiency.

The Taedonggang Battery Factory over-fulfills its daily plans by recycling waste materials while settling all sci-tech problems by their own efforts.

The Manpho Smeltery keeps its production uninterrupted by prioritizing the repair of electric furnace and putting the furnace operation on a sci-tech basis.

The December 5 Youth Mine, the Unpha Mine, the Hyesan Youth Mine and other units have pushed ahead with the ongoing production and restoration of flooded pits, development of new stopes and updating and reinforcing of equipment.

The same is true of the Sijung Mine and the Munphyong Smeltery.