Now, all sectors and units of the national economy step up the implementation of the readjustment and reinforcement projects.

The leading iron and steel producers of the country concentrate all efforts on achieving their readjustment and reinforcement goals.

The Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex, a large metallurgical industry base in the northern part of the country, carried out technical reconstruction projects of various systems including the modernization of the floating system on the basis of the foundations laid and experience gained in the past, finishing the intensive repair of an energy-saving oxygen blast furnace over a dozen days earlier than scheduled and expanding successes in production. At the same time, it strives to build the foundations to increase the output of rolled steel by pressing on stage by stage with the repair of the oxygen plant to raise the oxygen production capacity a level higher.

Recently, the Hwanghae Iron and Steel Complex has started the trial run of each system of the energy-saving oxygen blast furnace. While putting efforts into the preparations for the normalization of oxygen production at the newly-added large oxygen plant, the complex now focuses on the laying of the foundations for the production of iron and steel including the construction of a wharf of the Kumpho Mine.

To further expand the Juche-based iron-making system the Chollima Steel Complex has already finished the construction work and the building of the industrial water system and ladle refining furnace in a short period of time and completed the assembly of a continuous casting machine, and is now pushing ahead with the building of a new UHP electric arc furnace and an electrode production base with the capacity of thousands of tons.

The Chongjin Steel Works is now effectively carrying out the overhaul of the large rotary kiln and the Posan Iron Works makes a trial operation of each system and section in collaboration with relevant units after finishing the overhaul of the drying furnace of the pulverized coal system.

The February 8 Vinalon Complex, a large-scale chemical industry base, gives powerful impetus to its readjustment and reinforcement.

While hastening the present production, the complex has undertaken the capacity expansion project for increasing the output of carbide, a starting raw material for the production of various chemical products, at the final stage. The test run of it is just near at hand.

And the complex finds out methods to raise the production efficiency to the maximum and updates technical indexes after checking the vinalon production system and the whole processes of producing sodium hydroxide and vinyl chloride several times.

The electric-power industry sector also works hard to expand the successes in readjustment and reinforcement.

The Pukchang Thermal Power Complex, which made big strides in readjustment and reinforcement this year, such as the completion of the planned overhaul of several generators for the year before the set time, restored the performance of generator No. 3, which is of key importance in its production, to its original state and is now stepping up the modernization scheme.

When the Pyongyang Thermal Power Station increases the output of electric power by additionally installing a turbine generator in time, the East Pyongyang and Sunchon thermal power stations overhauled boilers and turbines qualitatively, providing a firm guarantee for the normalization of production.

Hydroelectric power stations in various parts of the country forge ahead with readjustment and reinforcement to boost the power production.

The Thaechon Power Station removed a large amount of sediments to ensure a high water level and the Suphung Power Station repaired the large transformer by its own efforts, supplying quality electricity to various sectors of the national economy.

The Sodusu Power Station technically remodelled parts of generating facilities, contributing to the sustainable and stable development of power production. In particular, it made and introduced different kinds of measuring instruments and several X-type hydraulic turbines to generate more electric power with the same amount of water.

The power distribution stations in provinces, cities and counties work to further perfect the national integrated power control system which was already built.