Pyongyang, May 26 (KCNA) -- The workers of the metallurgical industry sector of the DPRK has finished their iron and steel production plan for this year with the patriotic enthusiasm to send more iron and steel to the construction sites of regional-industry factories.

The workers of the Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex have made the collective innovations in the production of iron sheets.

The smelters of the blast furnace shop No. 1 and 2 have increased the output of molten iron per charge by using less oxygen than before while raising the operating ratio of the energy-saving oxygen heat blast furnace and introducing advanced working methods.

The workers and technicians of the oxygen separator branch factory have supplied fine oxygen by conducting the equipment management and operation in sic-tech ways.

The workers of the steel shop No. 2, hot-rolling shop and the gas producing shop have fulfilled their production plans by introducing valuable technical innovations through several mass movements.

The Hwanghae Iron and Steel Complex has fulfilled its bar steel production plan for the construction of regional-industry factories ahead of schedule.

The officials and workers of the Puryong Ferroalloy Factory have strived to produce more ferrosilicon. -0-