Nampo Smelting Complex

The Namp'o Smelting Complex is a smelter in Hadaedu-dong, Hanggu-guyŏk, Namp'o Special City, North Korea.Employing over 700 workers, it is a comprehensive nonferrous metal production facility including smelters for gold, copper and zinc, other metal rolling and alloy production, smelting by-products, and chemical fertiliser production. Annual production capacity is 15,000 tons of blister copper, 5,500 tons of refined copper, 7,000 tons of copper wire, 28,000 tons of zinc, and 5,000 tons of lime fertiliser.[1] Concentrates and ores are received from the mines at Taedae-ri and Suan.[2]

Nampo Smelting Complex
Chosŏn'gŭl
남포제련련합기업소
Hancha
南浦製鍊綜合企業所
Revised RomanizationNampo Jeryeon Yeonghap Kieopso
McCune–ReischauerNamp'o Cheryŏn Ryŏnghap Kiŏpso

The facility is served by the Korean State Railway via Tojiri on the P'yŏngnam Line.

History

The Chinnampo Smelter was originally opened in stages between 1913 and 1915 as a privately owned company during the Japanese colonial era. Destroyed during the Pacific War, it was repaired and reopened in January 1946.[2]

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References
  1. "민족문화대백과사전". Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  2. "북한 군수공장 시리즈 ⑪ : 남포특별시(南浦特別市)에 소재한 군수공장 및 시설". Retrieved 17 December 2016.
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