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History
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1981
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Jan. 21Launched Nosa Labor-Management Council
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Feb. 18Completed Pohang Steel Mill Phase 4
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Feb. 28Transitioned from state-invested enterprise to state-financed enterprise
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Nov. 4Gwangyangman Bay was selected as the site for the second steelworks
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1980
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Jun. 30Entered into an agreement for joint development of Green Hills Mine in Canada
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1979
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Dec. 6Formed the Business Enhancement Committee
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1978
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Oct. 30Selected as a builder and operator of second steel mill
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Dec. 8Completed construction of Pohang Steel Mill Phase 3
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1977
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Jan. 1Launched R&D Center
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Apr. 30Made the first shipment of cold-rolled products
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1976
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May 31Completed construction of Pohang Steel Mill Phase 2
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Nov. 16Established Steel Education Foundation
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1974
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Oct. 1Blew in foundry blast furnace
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Dec. 30Passed the U$100 million mark in steel exports and the ₩100 billion mark in revenues
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1973
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Mar. 2Received first shipment of coking coal
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Jun. 9Tapped the first batch of molten iron from Pohang Steelworks Blast Furnace No.1 at 7:30am
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Jul. 3Completed Pohang Steel Mill Phase 1
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1972
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May 1Built a pier for product delivery
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Jul. 4Completed construction of Heavy Plate Plant No.1 at Pohang Steelworks (first loading on July 31)
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Dec. 31Relocated headquarters to Pohang and opened an office in Seoul
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1971
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Jan. 27Established Steel Scholarship Foundation
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Apr. 1Removed credential-based job titling
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Apr. 8Founded in-house newsletter Soetmul (molten iron) (- December 15, 1997)
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Aug. 20To meet schedule, historical first emergency model was issued to speed up Hot Rolling Plant construction
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Nov. 25Concluded the company's first long-term iron ore offtake agreement with Hamersley
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