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Key Industries Updated

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

    Pyongyang, January 19 (KCNA) -- Many efforts have been directed to reconstructing and modernizing key industries in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Workers in the power, metal, engineering and other key industries are updating production processes while constructing new production centres on the basis of latest scientific and technological successes.
    Those of the power industry have set a goal to put the production and management activities of the power stations throughout the country on a higher level. The electric power systems have been divided according to the local and production features and projects for introducing a new electric supply system are being pushed ahead as a nation-wide campaign.
    The metal industry, too, is building new production bases and is updating equipment to further enhance the Juche character of the industry. The workers of the September General Iron Works have constructed an iron production base depending on local resources by introducing modern scientific technical achievements, thus remarkably increasing iron and steel production.
    A 100-ton electric furnace has been built at the Hwanghae Iron and Steel Complex and metallurgical facilities are being improved at the Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex.
    Workers of the engineering industry are registering successes in solving difficult scientific and technical problems arising in checking the efficiency of machine tools and heat treatment.
    Positive efforts are being made at the Huichon Machine Tool Factory to complete the unique machine tool control system and the assembling process of the main axis of machine tools on a high level.