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KCNA Pyongyang Times

Economic sectors dash to attain goals

Date: 22/10/2024 | Source: Pyongyang Times | Read original version at source

Different economic sectors, units fulfil daily, ten-day and monthly production plans

Different economic sectors and units, which launched into production for the latter half of this year, are putting spurs to attaining the 12 major goals for the development of the national economy.

The metallurgical industry has carried out its daily, ten-day and monthly production plans.

The Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex is boosting the production of steel plates to be supplied to different sectors by operating the high-temperature air-combustion heating furnace, gas generator and large rolling mills at full capacity.

After exceeding its peak-year level in the rolled steel production by the Juche-based iron-making method since its inauguration, the complex established an advanced desulphurization process to provide itself with a new springboard for improving the quality of steel. Its workers and technicians are now redoubling efforts to produce even one more ton of iron and steel as they make the most of the favourable conditions already created.

The Chollima Steel Complex positively introduced new furnace operating methods in keeping with the present production conditions to produce molten iron more than planned.

The electric power industry is also making strenuous efforts.

The Pyongyang Thermal Power Station has carried out its electricity production plan without fail by taking measures appropriate to the factors affecting production.

The Sodusu Power Station, which has built up its foundations for power generation to suit its characteristics, has achieved good production results by managing hydraulic structures and generating equipment in a responsible manner while actively introducing rational technical innovation plans.

Amid the dynamic socialist patriotic drive for increased coal production at every coalfield in the coal-mining industry, greater successes are being made in production at the western regional coal-mining complexes including the Sunchon and Pukchang area youth coal-mining complex.

The complexes have concentrated tunnelling forces on major places and introduced rational blasting methods according to rock conditions as they conduct a vigorous high-speed tunnelling campaign to secure more coal, thus providing themselves with sufficient reserve coal pits.

Coal mines in the northern part of the country have produced efficient mining equipment, parts and small tools with the help of science and technology to increase production per shift.

Efforts are also being made to reach the log production target for this year.

Forestry and mine prop production stations under the Ryanggang and North Phyongan provincial forestry management bureaus have explored and introduced rational methods for increasing production to make innovations in the production of logs and wooden props.

Those under the North Hamgyong Provincial Forestry Management Bureau have consolidated the material and technical foundations of their engineering bases to raise the operation rate of vehicles, while actively conducting felling and middle transportation in conformity with the conditions of mountains to make big progress in production of logs and final transport.

The building-materials industry is pressing ahead with production on a normal basis.

The Sangwon Cement Complex increased the clinker output per hour while directing efforts to the cooling process for reducing heating phenomena at major processes under the sultry weather conditions in the lingering midsummer days.

The Chonnaeri Cement Factory has carried out its production plan every day by rationally operating the raw material drying process using waste heat from the kiln.

The railway sector has organized and dispatched trains according to sections and directions in time by rapidly arranging loading and unloading, shunting, uncoupling of wagons and formation of trains.

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