- CEO
- Gi-Seong Nam
- Full Time Employees
- 139
- Sector
- Non-energy minerals
- Industry
- Construction materials
- Address
- Gimhae-si South Korea
- IPO Date
- Feb 13, 2004
- Business
- Dongkuk Refractories & Steel Co., Ltd. (Dongkuk R&S) is a South Korea-based manufacturer and supplier of specialized refractory materials, industrial steel pipes, and advanced thermal engineering solutions. Founded in 2004 through a spin-off from Dongkuk Industries and headquartered in Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do, the company operates as a key manufacturing affiliate within the Dongkuk Industry Group. The company organizes its core business into two primary operating segments: Refractories and Steel. Its Refractories division develops, manufactures, and supplies shaped refractories such as magnesia-carbon bricks, high-alumina bricks, sliding nozzle plates, continuous casting submerged entry nozzles, porous plugs, and ladle shroud tubes; unshaped and monolithic refractories including high-performance refractory castables, gunning mixes, ramming compounds, plastic refractories, and high-temperature bonding mortars; and specialized molten metal flow control systems designed for blast furnaces, electric arc furnaces, converters, ladles, and tundishes. Its Steel division manufactures and markets structural steel pipes, including cold-formed square and rectangular hollow sections, carbon steel tubes for general structure and piping, and precision-cut steel components utilized in civil engineering, architectural construction, and industrial equipment. Furthermore, the company offers integrated furnace lining engineering, industrial kiln construction, and thermal maintenance services for primary steelmakers, non-ferrous metallurgical plants, cement producers, and petrochemical facilities across domestic and international markets. In recent strategic developments, Dongkuk Refractories & Steel has expanded its operational footprint into critical minerals and future mobility materials through a strategic partnership with Australian Strategic Materials (ASM) and its domestic subsidiary KSM Metals, cooperating on the supply, processing, and commercialization of rare earth metals and neodymium-praseodymium (NdPr) alloys for electric vehicle traction motors and permanent magnets. Additionally, the company has advanced its research and development initiatives toward carbon-neutral steelmaking solutions, introducing eco-friendly low-carbon refractories, high-durability continuous casting consumables, and circular refractory recycling processes, alongside ongoing automation and capacity upgrades across its Pohang production facilities.