Korea Zinc Publishes 'Mission Book' Containing 50-Year Future Guidelines

On the 1st, Chairman Choi Yoon-beom personally explained the significance of the 50th anniversary celebration

Korea Zinc announced on the 5th that it has published a new 'Mission Book' to commemorate its 50th anniversary. Completed through the 'Big Question Project,' which involved all employees since August 2020, the Mission Book contains Korea Zinc's new mission and five core values to achieve it.

The Mission Book was first unveiled at the 50th anniversary ceremony held near Ulsan, where Korea Zinc's smelter is located, on the 31st of last month. Chairman Choi Yoon-beom emphasized on the day, "Our mission and core values will play a very important role in our daily lives and in the journey to realize our dreams."

Korea Zinc Mission Book.
[Photo by Korea Zinc]

"To convert various raw materials and energy sources into the forms of materials and energy that the world needs in the safest, most eco-friendly, and most efficient way."

The new mission is composed of three parts. 'Various raw materials and energy sources' means actively utilizing not only concentrates (ores) brought from mines but also secondary raw materials such as electronic waste, scrap, and used batteries, as well as employing various eco-friendly energy sources like solar power, wind power, hydrogen, and ammonia.

The phrase in the middle, 'the safest, most eco-friendly, and most efficient way,' is listed according to the prerequisites and importance for achieving the mission. It means that maintaining safety and eco-friendly values is the most important duty, and only after fulfilling these two can the best results be achieved through efficient methods, giving true meaning to the mission.

The latter part, 'converting into the forms of materials and energy that the world needs,' reflects the commitment to contribute to the sustainability of our society by providing optimized products and services that meet the new demands of customers and consumers in response to climate change and the decarbonization era.

The five core values announced along with the new mission are ▲Honesty ▲Commitment ▲Flexibility ▲Communication ▲Teamwork. Chairman Choi said, "Core values are not just empty declarations but practical principles that guide how we achieve our mission by continuing our strengths and supplementing our shortcomings over the past 50 years."

Chairman Choi stated, "Korea Zinc was created 50 years ago by just 12 people sharing the same dream on the barren land in front of Onsan. Today, 3,500 of us share one dream. We look forward to our second half-century, starting with this great dream."

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