Pyongyang, May 2 (KCNA) -- Officials and workers in the field of metallurgical industry are striving to accomplish the iron and steel production plan for this year.

The Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex and the Hwanghae Iron and Steel Complex are steadily increasing the production of iron and steel amid the mounting socialist emulation among workshops and shifts.

The Chollima Steel Complex is increasing the output of iron by operating UHP electric arc furnace and other equipment at full capacity and shortening the melting time as compared with last year.

Preparations for the blasting of 2.5 million cubic metre earth are being pushed forward at the Musan Mining Complex and miners of the Unryul Mine and the Jaeryong Mine are concentrating their efforts on the scraping of earth and securing of cutting faces while technically upgrading various production lines to carry out their plans for the production of concentrated iron ore and iron ore. -0-