浦项制铁将投资20亿美元提高钢板产出

　　South Korea's POSCO Co. Ltd. said on Friday it would invest a total of $2 billion to boost output of steel plates for ships as the booming shipbuilding industry led to higher demand for the product.

　　POSCO said in a statement it would spend 1.79 trillion won ($1.96 billion) to build a new domestic plant and related facility to produce steel plates.

　　With the new plant and planned upgrades to its existing facility， POSCO plans to raise its steel plate output to 7 million tonnes a year in 2011 from 3.8 million estimated for this year， the company said.

　　韩国浦项制铁上周五表示，由于造船业的蓬勃发展带动了产品需求升高，该公司将总共投资20亿美元来提高钢板的产出。

　　浦项制铁在声明稿中表示，将斥资1.79兆(万亿)韩元(约合19.6亿美元)在韩国国内兴建一座新厂来生产钢板。

　　浦项制铁表示，在新厂及现有设备按计划升级后，在2011年，公司钢板的年产量将从今年的380万吨提升到700万吨。