JFE Bars & Shapes Mizushima Works steel plant

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JFE Bars & Shapes Mizushima Works steel plant (水島製造所 (Japanese)), also known as Daiwa Electric Steel, is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Kurashiki, Chūgoku, Japan.

Location

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  • Location: Kawasaki-dori 1-chome, Mizushima, Kurashiki-shi, Okayama, 712-8074, Japan
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 34.503883, 133.710136 (exact)

Background

JFE Mizushima Works is located on the site of JFE West Japan Works (Kurashiki Area). The plant was established in 1961 under the Kawasaki Steel Corporation, which was later merged with the Nippon Kohan Steel group in 2000.[1] The construction of the plant began in July 1961 and was completed in 1967 with an annual crude steel production of 2 million ton was realized at Mizushima Works, beginning with the blowing-in of No. 1 BF and start-up of the converter shop and No.1 plate mill. The equipment was steadily expanded thereafter, and an annual crude steel capacity of 12 million ton was achieved with the blowing-in of No. 4 BF and the startup of No.6 converter in 1973. Following the rapid appreciation of yen in 1985, Japanese steel iindustry was obliged to adopt drastic rationalization plans. Kawasaki Steel shifted crude steel production to Mizushima Works, shut down the plate mill and No.2 steelmaking shop at Chiba Works, carried out a major overall modernization at Chiba Works, and concentrated the production of stainless steel sheets and electrical steel at Chiba Works and Mizushima Works, respectively.[2]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Construction date Start date Workforce size
Operating[3] 1961-07[4] 1967[5][6] 217[7]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
JFE Holdings Inc [100.0%] 4295880726 [100%] E100001000178 [14.6%]; E100001000179 [5.5%] JFE Bars & Shapes Corp[8] 4298183819 E100001010145

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[9] shapes; flat bars; rebar; screw rebars; mechanical joint; anchor fitting[10] yes[11] EAF[12] 1 EAF (100 tonne)[12][13][14]

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 600 TTPA[15][13] 600 TTPA[15][13]

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

Year EAF Production Total (all routes)
2020 279 TTPA[16] 279 TTPA
2021 326 TTPA[17] 326 TTPA
2022 326 TTPA[18] 326 TTPA

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References

  1. "Pre-History". JFE Holdings, Inc. Retrieved 2022-03-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. Sudo, Fumio; Fujii, Tetsuya (June 2001). "Progress in Technological Developments During the Past 50 years at Kawasaki Steel and Future prospects" (PDF). JFE Steel. Retrieved 16 January 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20220607142119/https://www.jfe-bs.co.jp/en/company/about/. Archived from the original on 07 June 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  6. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20201023114939/https://www.jfe-steel.co.jp/en/research/report/001/pdf/001-05.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://www.jfe-bs.co.jp/en/company/overview/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20220112163118/http://www.jfe-bs.co.jp/english/company/branch.php. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20220111151928/http://www.jfe-bs.co.jp/english/company/outline.php. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. https://web.archive.org/web/20220319183929/https://www.jfe-bs.co.jp/english/product/. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20211230085848/https://www.jfe-steel.co.jp/en/works/west/environment.html. Archived from the original on 30 December 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. 12.0 12.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220124090126/http://www.jfe-bs.co.jp/english/company/index.php. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240122192819/https://www.jfe-bs.co.jp/en/files/pamphlet_company_en.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. https://web.archive.org/web/20240122232720/https://docplayer.net/81702886-Steel-bars-for-concrete-reinforcement-by-jfe-bars-shapes-corporation.html. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. 15.0 15.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220129214913/https://www.reuters.com/article/jfesteel-idCNL3E7GV39C20110531. Archived from the original on 29 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. (PDF) https://www.jfe-holdings.co.jp/en/investor/library/group-report/2021/pdf/all_A4.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125052809/https://www.jfe-holdings.co.jp/en/investor/library/group-report/2022/pdf/all.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240122233041/https://www.jfe-holdings.co.jp/en/investor/library/group-report/2023/pdf/all_A4.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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