Location: P'yŏngsan-kun (平山郡), North Hwanghae Province (黃海北道), North Korea

Subordinate to: Ministry of Extractive Industries (採取工業省), Cabinet (內閣); and/or the Namch'ŏn Chemical Complex (南川化學聯合企業所), General Department of Atomic Energy (原子力總局)

Primary Function: Mining

Description: The P'yŏngsan Uranium Mine began operating in the 1950s, but large quantities of uranium ore were not extracted until the late 1970s. The extracted ore, which has a reported concentration of 800ppm, is milled and processed at the nearby Namch'ŏn Chemical Complex (南川化學聯合企業所). The ore extracted from this mine is called "ore number three (3號鑛石)," and reportedly has a uranium content of 0.8 percent. The mine is reported to be operating, but its capacity is unknown.

	Updated April 2003

Key Sources:
Kim Pyŏng Ku et al., Pukhaekkisulch'ongsŏ-I (Taejŏn: Technology Center for Nuclear Control, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, November 1999), <http://www.tcnc.kaeri.re.kr>; Son Sŏng Jin, "Pyongyang Uranium Kongjang Ch'ulshin T'alch'ulja Kim Tae Ho Ssi Chŭng'ŏn," Taehan Maeil, 13 May 1994, p. 5, in KINDS, <http://www.kinds.or.kr>; Joseph S. Bermudez, Jr., "Exposing North Korea's Nuclear Infrastructure--Part One," Jane's Intelligence Review, 1 February 1999, p. 38; Joseph S. Bermudez, Jr., "North Korea's Nuclear Infrastructure" Jane's Intelligence Review, 1 February 1994, 74-79; Shin Hyo Sŏp, "Pukhan, 94 Nyŏn'kke Haekmugi Yangsan'ganŭng/'Haek Kaebal' Ŏdikkaji Wanna," Hanguk Ilbo, 9 November 1991, p. 3, in KINDS, <http://www.kinds.or.kr>; Yonhap Shimbun, 9 April 2001, in "ROK's Yonhap Reports on North Korea's Uranium Stock," FBIS Document ID: KPP20010409000127; North Korea Yearbook 2002, (Seoul: Yonhap News Agency, 2001) Chapter 8; "Kit'a Pukhanŭi Haekkaebal Kwallyŏn Naeyong," Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, <http://www.kaeri.re.kr>.