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Mining North Korea: Magnesite Production at the Taehung Youth Hero Mine

November 19, 2019, by Joseph Bermudez and Marie DuMond— Antiquated facilities, equipment, and processes, together with the continual plague of electricity shortages, will hinder any dramatic production increases of magnesite at North Korea's Taehung Youth Hero Mine... The Taehung Youth Hero Mine "has established the Juche orientation in the production of fireproof…

Mining North Korea: Magnesite Production at Ryongyang Mine

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A view of a portion of the surface mining operations at the Taehung Youth Hero Mine. (Foreign Trade, 2018, No. 107-01)

August 16, 2019, by Joseph Bermudez and Victor Cha— Ryongyang Mine is the largest magnesite mine in North Korea and one of the largest in the world. However, satellite and ground imagery show the infrastructure and technology in use at the mines is dated and obsolete when compared to world standards.