Mineral Resource Industry of North Korea and Two Korea’s Cooperation

Woo Jin Chung

doi:10.32390/ksmer.2019.56.2.204

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Mineral Resource Industry of North Korea and Two Korea’s Cooperation 북한의 광물자원산업 실태와 남북협력 방안

30 April 2019. pp. 204-211

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Abstract

The production of mineral resource and its industries such as steel making and smelting have deteriorated in North Korea although it has a plenty of mineral resources. Under the North’s new circumstance of the investment, the resources cooperation between two Koreas could become the win-win strategy. Resource cooperation of South-North need to be focused at not only resource development but also mineral industry. In South Korea, the resource demand will increase mostly in the 4th industries. On the other hand, in North Korea, it would increase mostly in the construction, civil engineering, heavy industry and infrastructure. Differences in the structures of the demand as well as supply of mineral resources between two Koreas could make an environment to increase the effects of the cooperation. Independent mineral industry value chain would be created in the Korean peninsula when mineral resource of the North and smelting and manufacturing industry of the South are connected. Further this value chain could let the cooperation of the South and the North to raise the value added of the resource industry while increasing the mineral resource production.

Keywords

mineral resource

North Korea

Two Korea’s cooperation

북한은 풍부한 자원을 보유했음에도 자원생산이 침체되고 제철과 제련 등 광물자원산업 전반이 낙후되어 있다. 북한의 투자환경만 변한다면, 남북한의 자원협력은 남북 모두에게 수익이 돌아가는 상생협력 분야이다. 남북한 자원협력은 자원개발만 아니라 광업 전반을 아우르는 협력방안을 모색해야 할 것이다. 남한은 광물자원을 해외에 의존하지만 제련, 가공산업은 높은 국제경쟁력을 보유하고 있다. 남한은 제4차 산업을 중심으로 첨단 소재의 광물 자원수요가 늘어나는 반면 북한은 건설과 토목, 인프라, 중공업을 중심으로 자원수요가 늘어날 것이다. 이러한 남북한의 수요구조 차이는 공급구조 차이와 함께 남북의 협업효과를 높이는 환경을 만들어 주고 있다. 북한의 광물자원과 남한의 제련, 가공산업이 연계되면 한반도내 독자적인 광물자원의 밸류 체인을 이룰 수 있고, 이를 통해 남북의 자원 생산 증대와 함께 자원산업의 부가가치를 높일 수 있는 협력 방안을 추진할 수 있을 것이다.

키워드

광물자원

북한

남북협력

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Publisher :The Korean Society of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineers
Publisher(Ko) :한국자원공학회
Journal Title :Journal of the Korean Society of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineers
Journal Title(Ko) :한국자원공학회지
Volume : 56
No :2
Pages :204-211
Received Date : 2019-04-24
Revised Date : 2019-04-28
Accepted Date : 2019-04-29
DOI :https://doi.org/10.32390/ksmer.2019.56.2.204

Journal of the Korean Society of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineers ISSN:2288-0291(Print) 2288-2790(Online) 한국자원공학회지

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