POSCO
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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)
via Wikipedia infobox
Company
PKX- Industry
- Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling Mills (Coke Ovens)
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Entity type
- other
- Latest filing
- 6-K · 2026-05-29
via SEC EDGAR
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 1968
- Location
- Pohang, South Korea
- Also known as
- POSCO, Pohang Jonghab Jecheol Jusikhoesa
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.480377.f · ISNI 0000 0000 9113 9200
Wikidata facts
- Employees
- 37225
- Official website
- www.posco.com
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- inception
- 1968-04-01
- Commons category
- POSCO
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- 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 (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.
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.