Juche-based Iron-making Production Process Completed

Pyongyang, September 26 (KCNA) -- At a significant time when the 70th founding anniversary of the DPRK was celebrated as a grand festival of victors the Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex has succeeded in establishing the Juche-oriented iron-making processes based on indigenous technology and locally available fuel and materials 100 per cent, thus instilling great joy and confidence into all the people of the country.

The Workers' Party of Korea mapped out a gigantic plan for realizing the historic cause of establishing the system of Juche-based iron production true to the noble intention of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il and set forth a militant task for completing the Juche-based project at the Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex.

The working class of the Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex, the Chongjin Metal Construction Complex and the Equipment Assembly Complex and members of the February 17 Shock Brigade of Scientists and Technicians made energetic efforts to implement the idea of the Party and uphold the Party policies and thus victoriously finished the huge project in more than 500 days.

The working class of the Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex successfully built an oxygen heat blast furnace and a fluidized-bed gas generator, restored oxygen separators to their original state and put the operation of furnaces on a normal basis, thus producing a large amount of iron and steel.

The working class of the Chongjin Metal Construction Complex and the Equipment Assembly Complex finished the project of installing an oxygen separator of 15 000㎥/h, the key to the Juche-based iron production, in a bold and big way, ahead of schedule and fulfilled difficult tasks and thus fully demonstrated the might of the main force which has displayed their reputation in metal construction and assembling of custom-built equipment.

Thanks to the campaign of brains and the drive of breaking through the cutting edge by experts of Kim Chaek University of Technology, Chongjin University of Mining and Metallurgy, the State Academy of Sciences and other units, a new ground of iron-making method without use of cokes was hewed out and a solid technological guarantee for increased iron and steel production provided.

An inaugural ceremony was held on Sept. 25.

Present there were O Su Yong, vice-chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Kim Tok Hun, vice-premier of the Cabinet, officials of North Hamgyong Province, officials concerned, members of the February 17 Shock Brigade of Scientists and Technicians, officials and employees of the Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex and officials of the relevant units.

O Su Yong conveyed a letter of thanks from the WPK Central Committee to the workers, scientists, technicians and officials who performed feats in the Juche-based project at the Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex.

The WPK Central Committee in the letter stressed that the successful establishment of Juche-based iron-making process of our style at the leading huge metallurgical base made it possible to realize the lifelong desire of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il and put the country's iron and steel industry on a upgrade track.

It highly appreciated the workers, scientists, technicians and officials involved in the project for opening up a bright prospect to drastically develop the country's steel industry by displaying Kim Jong Il's patriotism and fortitude.

Vice-Premier Kim Tok Hun made an inaugural address to be followed by speeches.

At the end of the ceremony the participants went round the newly built objects. -0-