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Satellite imagery of Sunghori Cement Factory. Image: Google Earth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

North Korea’s chronic electricity shortages have led to the shutdown of the Sunghori Cement Factory located just outside Pyongyang.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe factory has not been operational for the past three months due to a lack of electricity,\u201d a Pyongyang-based source told Daily NK. \u201cThe factory\u2019s workers are now just working on [nearby] farms.\u201d<\/p>\n

The cement factory was once part of North Korea\u2019s most important infrastructure and its shutdown has led to suggestions that the country\u2019s electricity woes have become extremely serious.<\/p>\n

Electricity is reportedly being supplied to factories in the central areas of Pyongyang and important factories near the city, but has been cut to other parts of the region around the capital, the source said.<\/p>\n

The Sunghori Cement Factory is located in the Sunghori district on the outskirts of Pyongyang. The factory may have stopped receiving electricity due to its relatively isolated location.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Sunghori district is part of Pyongyang but is also close to South Pyongan and North Hwanghae provinces. This means that the area is not officially considered part of the capital area,\u201d the source said. \u201cThe area\u2019s only claim to fame is the cement factory. Otherwise, it wouldn\u2019t even be considered part of Pyongyang.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe factory was built in 1919, so its equipment is dilapidated and it never produced that much cement,\u201d the source added, also noting that the factory was overshadowed in the 1990s by the construction of the Sangwon Cement Factory, which is also located near Pyongyang.<\/p>\n

The Sunghori Cement Factory uses the \u201cwet-type\u201d method to counter the heat produced during the cement production process. This method uses a great deal of energy and is considered outdated due to the exorbitant energy requirements and lack of automation. Modern factories use the more efficient \u201cdry-type\u201d method to produce cement.<\/p>\n

The authorities may have simply \u201cpulled the plug\u201d on the factory due to its failure to effectively produce cement, rather than the lack of electricity being the cause of its shutdown.<\/p>\n

\"Sangwon
Sangwon Cement Complex. Image: Rodong Sinmun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Sangwon Cement Complex was built in cooperation with the French cement company Lafarge SA. The factory boasts its own thermal energy plant, new production equipment, an automated production process, and other technologically advanced features that have enabled it to boost production.<\/p>\n

According to data on North Korea\u2019s cement industry released by the Korea Cement Association in 2011, the Sunghori Cement Factory produced 95,000 tons of cement in 2009, while the Sangwon Cement Complex was capable of producing 200,000 tons. North Korea does not release statistics on how much cement it produces. The existing data showing that the Sangwon complex could produce more than double that of the Sunghori factory, however, suggests that the gap in production between the two factories has widened over the years.<\/p>\n

North Korea’s Party daily Rodong Sinmun reported in May that Kim Jong Il is the \u201chonorable head manager\u201d of the Sangwon Cement Complex and that \u201c[the facilities] are a preeminent production site replete with a splendid army of labor readily supporting the Party\u2019s ambitious construction plans.\u201d<\/p>\n

A North Korean defector living in South Korea told Daily NK that \u201cthe Sangwon complex produces so much that the Sunghori factory just can\u2019t keep up anymore.\u201d The defector also noted that North Korean officials are likely discussing whether to completely shut it down given the lack of interest in the facility.<\/p>\n

The Sunghori factory\u2019s woes, however, have led to economic difficulties for those living near the site, according to a separate source in Pyongyang.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost people living in the Sunghori district are employees of the factory, so its future will affect them the most,\u201d he said. \u201cSome locals are saying that the government should just tear the factory down so that they can work somewhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

North Korea’s chronic electricity shortages have led to the shutdown of the Sunghori Cement Factory located just outside Pyongyang. \u201cThe factory has not been operational for the past three months due to a lack of electricity,\u201d a Pyongyang-based source told Daily NK. \u201cThe factory\u2019s workers are now just working on [nearby] farms.\u201d The cement factory […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":41336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[645],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy"],"yoast_head":"\nNorth Korea's Sunghori Cement Factory facing shutdown - North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"North Korea's chronic electricity shortages have led to the shutdown of the Sunghori Cement Factory located just outside Pyongyang.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-koreas-sunghori-cement-factory-facing-shutdown\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"North Korea's Sunghori Cement Factory facing shutdown\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"North Korea's chronic electricity shortages have led to the shutdown of the Sunghori Cement Factory located just outside Pyongyang.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-koreas-sunghori-cement-factory-facing-shutdown\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-07-09T09:06:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-01-17T00:21:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/\uc2b9\ud638\ub9ac\uc2dc\uba58\ud2b8\uacf5\uc7a5-\uc704\uc131\uc0ac\uc9c4.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"801\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mun Dong Hui\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mun Dong Hui\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/north-koreas-sunghori-cement-factory-facing-shutdown\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/north-koreas-sunghori-cement-factory-facing-shutdown\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mun Dong Hui\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f849d1af9f17b1e55ff69fe16696b107\"},\"headline\":\"North Korea’s Sunghori Cement Factory facing shutdown\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-09T09:06:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-17T00:21:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/north-koreas-sunghori-cement-factory-facing-shutdown\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":656,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/north-koreas-sunghori-cement-factory-facing-shutdown\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/\uc2b9\ud638\ub9ac\uc2dc\uba58\ud2b8\uacf5\uc7a5-\uc704\uc131\uc0ac\uc9c4.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/north-koreas-sunghori-cement-factory-facing-shutdown\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/north-koreas-sunghori-cement-factory-facing-shutdown\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/north-koreas-sunghori-cement-factory-facing-shutdown\\\/\",\"name\":\"North Korea's Sunghori Cement Factory facing shutdown - 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