Kishiwada Steel Osaka Steel Plant

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Kishiwada Steel Osaka Steel Plant is a steel plant in Kishiwada, Osaka, Japan that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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• Location: 20, Rinkaicho, Kishiwada-shi, Osaka, Japan
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 34.477479, 135.353918 (exact)

Background

Kishiwada Steel was established in 1956. In 1971, the plant began operating using electric arc furnace. No. 2 electric arc furnace began operation at the plant in 1980. In 2001, the plant started operation of its EcoArc furnace.

A fire accident at the plant on January 04, 2023 resulted in temporarily suspending the operations at the plant. The manufacturing was scheduled to restart on April 25, 2023.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date	Workforce size	Power source
1956-12	250	unknown

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
Kishiwada Steel Co Ltd [100.0%]	4295963393 [100.0%]	E100001012303 [100.0%]	Kishiwada Steel Co Ltd [100%]	4295963393	E100001012303 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category	Steel products	Steel sector end users	ISO 14001	Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled	billet, bar	building and infrastructure	2022-08-01	EAF

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

¹Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.

Capacity operating status1	Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating	500	500

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

Year	EAF production	Other/unknown steel production
2019	unknown	unknown
2020	unknown	unknown
2021	unknown	unknown
2022	unknown	unknown
2023	unknown	unknown

Unit Details

Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Start date	Furnace manufacturer and model	Current capacity (ttpa)	Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1)	operating	2001	Steel Plantech EcoArc	500	70.0

Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name	Scrap-based	% scrap
unknown EAF (1)	yes	100.00

Articles and Resources

Additional data

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Resources

• Company website