S. Korea's thick plate output down

S. Korea’s thick plate output down

South Korea's thick plate output fell 9.3 percent year on year to 488'000 metric tons in October 2005. For the January-October 2005 period, the production amounted to 4.75 million metric tons, an increase of 2.5 percent from a year earlier. Meanwhile, South Korea's thick plate exports dropped 25.1 percent year on year to 51'000 metric tons in October.