FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS Coal / Import Co. / Sangwon / North Korean Magnesia Clinker Export / Minerals Technologies Inc. / Unryl Mine / Shell Pacific Enterprises / Sunchon / Broken Hill Proprietary Co. of Australia / /
Continent
Europe / /
Country
Japan / Russia / Pakistan / United States / Vietnam / Mongolia / North Korea / United Kingdom / China / South Korea / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Product Issues / Natural Disaster / /
Facility
Jiktong Youth Mine / Sonbong port / Pukchang complex / Information Central Institute of Mining Industry Pyongyang / Jangan Mine / Sunchon complex / Unryl Mine / Anju complex / /
IndustryTerm
steel industry / oil supplies / contract processing / metal / heavy oil / financial network / transportation / gross domestic product / cement production capacity / refinery products / coal-mining sector / direct telephone calls / food shortages / intermittent supplier / iron ore producer / cement output / oil storage / farm equipment / fuel oil / inadequate infrastructure / steel / energy / /
NaturalFeature
Tumen River / Tumen River delta / /
Organization
Red Cross / Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization / Information Central Institute of Mining Industry Pyongyang / Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development / aid groups / /
Position
Major Source / iron ore producer / /
Product
Hill Proprietary Co. / /
ProvinceOrState
South Pyongan Province / South Hamgyang Province / Unryl / South Hwanghae Province / /
THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF NORTH KOREA By Chin S. Kuo The gross domestic product of North Korea decreased again as it did in 1994 when it contracted 1.7%. There were