calendar>>August 11. 2023 Juche 112
Support to Agriculture Strengthened in DPRK
Pyongyang, August 11 (KCNA) -- Officials and workers in the metal industry of the DPRK strive to produce and supply much more iron and steel needed for the agricultural sector.

The Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex took timely measures for transporting concentrated iron ore and anthracite and increased the production of iron and steel while ensuring the supply of oxygen, thus sending rolled steel and pig iron to the agricultural sector in good time.

The Hwanghae Iron and Steel Complex built another large-capacity low-temperature iron trioxide furnace and introduced advanced working methods to increase the output of molten iron.

Workers and technicians of the Chollima Steel Complex have carried out the production plan of iron allotted to the countryside by operating the UHP electric arc furnace in a scientific way and tapping a lot of reserves through inter-shift cooperation.

The Puryong Ferroalloy Factory put the operation of induction furnace on a normal basis to produce and supply ferroalloy necessary for the production of accessories of farming machines.

The Posan Iron Works and the Hungnam Electrode Factory are supplying raw and other materials to the iron and steel works in good time.

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