Mining North Korea: Magnesite Production at Ryongyang Mine
In 1954, the magnesite mines and processing facilities in Tanchon gun wereanized under the Korea Magnesia Clinker Industry Group based in Pyongyang. 10 Kim Il sung visited the Ryongyang Mine in April 1961 and named the mountain on whose magnesite rich slopes it was built, Paekkumsan i.e., magnesite mountain.




































