We left for Pohang Thursday morning at 8 A.M., stopped for lunch, picked up another intern, and finally arrived at the Posco steel museum 5 hours later. Even though Posco has a large operation in Seoul, their headquarters is in Pohang as that's where their business began. After we toured the museum we watched a short movie before heading to the steel works. The steel works was very impressive. It was like a city within a city - except we weren't allowed to take pictures. So I found this picture per google image to show you something similar:

Above is an actual picture of Pohang steel works. Below is a picture some random steel mill that looks very similar to what we saw. Pohang is U-shaped so that huge barges filled with raw materials can sail directly up to their destinations. Posco makes a lot of different types of steel including hot rolled coil, cold rolled coil, plate steel, stainless steel, and electrical steel. About 70% of their product is used domestically and the rest is exported.

We toured a hot rolled coil factory and a plate factory. Hot rolled coil is produced at 1300 degrees Celsius (2372 degrees Fahrenheit) and the temperature in the building was incredible.

Have I mentioned POSCO has a pro soccer team? They're called the Pohang Steelers. Below are the pictures I took on the trip. After our tour of Pohang works, we traveled an hour away to Gyeongju for the night and a rainy tour of the city the following day. Posco paid for everything from our meals to our hotel to our bar tab.