Godo Steel Osaka Works

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Godo Steel Osaka Works (合同製鐵株式会社大阪製造所 (Japanese)) is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Osaka, Kansai, Japan.

Location

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  • Location: 1-2, Nishijima 1-chome, Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka 555-0042, Japan
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 34.693045, 135.428537 (exact)

Background

Osaka Iron & Steel Co.,Ltd. established in 1937. The company merged with Otani Jukogyo Co.,Ltd. in 1977 and changed the company name to Godo Steel, Ltd. The company constructed new 70 ton electric furnace at the Osaka Works. The plant ceased operations of blast furnace in 1994.[1]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
Operating[2] 1937[3] 240[4]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Godo Steel Ltd[4] 4295877613 E100000130709

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[5] bars; rebar; wire rod; shapes; rails[5] 2021[6] EAF[5] 1 EAF (70-tonne)[7]

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. 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)
  3. 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)
  4. 4.0 4.1 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)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 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)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20220318123710/https://www.godo-steel.co.jp/iso/osaka.html. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20210127044027/http://godo-steel.co.jp/company/factory_osaka.html. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240126190558/https://www.linde-gas.com/en/images/CoJet_EAF_Customer_List_Jan_2021_R1_tcm17-636945.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2024. {{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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