Godo Steel Himeji Works

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Godo Steel Himeji Works (合同製鐵株式会社姫路製造所 (Japanese)) is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Himeji, Kansai, Japan.

Location

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  • Location: 2946, Nakajima, Shikama-ku, Himeji, Hyogo pref. 672-8655, Japan
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 34.783057, 134.669411 (exact)

Background

The Godo Steel Himeji Works is one of three main plants operated by Godo Steel; the other two are Godo Steel Funabashi Works and Godo Steel Osaka Works. The company began operations at Himeji Works in 1978.[1]

The plant is investing 12.8 billion yen to renovate its rolling mill equipment–the renovation is expected to start in fiscal year 2025, expected to be completed in the second half of fiscal year 2028.[2]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
Operating[3] 1978[4] 240[5]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Godo Steel Ltd[5] 4295877613 E100000130709

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[6] bars; rebar; wire rod; shapes; rails[6] 2020[7] EAF[6] 1 EAF (70-tonne)[8]

Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status* Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 500 TTPA[8] 500 TTPA[8]

Table 5: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year EAF Production Total (all routes)
2020 446 TTPA[9] 446 TTPA
2021
2022

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References

  1. "godo steel,ltd". godo steel,ltd. (in 日本語). Retrieved 2024-02-23.
  2. Corp, Yieh. "Yieh Corp Steel News". www.yieh.com. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20211205222113/http://godo-steel.co.jp/. Archived from the original on 05 December 2021. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20220114112611/https://www.godo-steel.co.jp/en/company/history.html. Archived from the original on 14 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125055025/https://www.godo-steel.co.jp/en/company/index.html. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20151101133328/http://www.godo-steel.co.jp:80/en/company/process.html. Archived from the original on 01 November 2015. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20170210040305/http://godo-steel.co.jp/iso/himeji.html. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220119163733/https://www.godo-steel.co.jp/company/factory_himeji.html. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. (PDF) https://contents.xj-storage.jp/xcontents/AS01941/66d4df2c/59ee/4bc4/95d9/161fc126b18b/20211115140533695s.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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