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POSCO

POSCO (formerly Pohang Iron and Steel Company) is a South Korean steel manufacturer headquartered in Pohang, South Korea. It had an output of of crude steel in 2015, making it the world's Seventh-largest steelmaker by this measure. In 2010, it was the world's largest steel manufacturing company by market value. Also, in 2024, it was named as the world's 233rd-largest corporation by the Fortune Global 500.

Key facts

Company.name: POSCO
Company.logo: POSCO logo.svg
Company.logo_size: 200px
Company.image: Poscotower07.jpg
Company.image_size: 200px
Company.image_caption: POSCO Tower, Seoul
Company.former_name: 포항종합제철 주식회사 (until 2002)
Company.type: Public
Company.traded_as: (POSCO Holdings Inc.)
Company.founder: Park Tae-Joon
Company.location: Pohang, South Korea
Company.area_served: Worldwide
Company.key_people: Kim Hak-dong
Company.industry: SteelIndustrial manufacturing
Company.products: Steel, flat steel products, long steel products, wire products, plates
Company.revenue: KRW 75.16 trillion (2021)
Company.operating_income: KRW 9.25 trillion (2021)
Company.net_income: KRW 7.22 trillion (2021)

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History
1968–1971
1972–1992
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
1992–1997
1997–2000
2001–present
POSCO in India
POSCO in other developing countries
Operations
Head Office
Pohang and Gwangyang Steelworks
Subsidiaries
See also
References
External links

POSCO currently operates two integrated steel mills in South Korea, in Pohang and Gwangyang. POSCO previously operated a joint venture with U.S. Steel, USS-POSCO Industries, in Pittsburg, California, United States, but U.S. Steel acquired full ownership of the facility in February 2020.