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Reuters Workers Walk Past Hot Rolled Steel Coils

Date: 06-Oct-08
Country: SOUTH KOREA
Author: Kim Kyung-Hoon

Workers Walk Past Hot Rolled Steel Coils Photo: Kim Kyung-Hoon
Photo: Kim Kyung-Hoon

Pohang's oldest furnace, with a 35-year history, helped POSCO grow into the world's No.4 steel giant.

But it may soon become a thing of the past as POSCO, which alone produces around 10 percent of South Korea's total carbon dioxide, moves to new technology to cope with stricter carbon emission rules.

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