Kobe Kakogawa Works steel plant

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Kobe Kakogawa Works steel plant, also known as Kabushiki Gaisha Kobe Seikosho Kakogawa Works, is a blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) steel plant operating in Kakogawa, Kansai, Japan.

Location

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  • Location: 1, Kanazawacho, Kakogawa, Hyogo, 675-0137, Japan
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 34.720268, 134.826275 (exact)

Background

In 2020, Kobe Steel reached a non-binding agreement with Vale and Mitsui to work on low-CO2 iron making, specifically Midrex Technologies DRI.[1] It's still unclear when or where Kobe will build DRI plant, however.

In May 2022, Kobe Steel in a statement said that its "Kobenable Steel" will utilize a blast furnace process that involves charging a large amount of hot-briquetted iron. The HBI utilized in the process is produced by the MIDREX® Process.[2]

Between April to June 2023, the company successfully demonstrated the technology that reduced CO2 emissions by 25%.[3]

In May 2024, the company announced its plans to building electric arc furnace based capacity in a bid to go greener. The plan is to move to a scheme with one blast furnace and one electric furnace. The investment decision is expected to be made in the next three years.[4][5] The company's application for GX financing has been postponed as of November 2024.[6]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
Operating[7] 1970[8] 2505[9]
Operating[7] 1970[8] 2505[9]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Kobe Steel Ltd [100%] 4295877348 [100%] E100000000647 Kobe Steel Ltd[10] 4295877348 E100000000647

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[7] plates, sheets, wire rods[7] automotive; building and infrastructure; tools and machinery; transport[7] yes[11] BF, BOF[7] coking plant; sinter plant; pelletizing plant; 3 BOF (3x240-tonne)[7][12][9]
semi-finished; finished rolled[7] plates, sheets, wire rods[7] automotive; building and infrastructure; tools and machinery; transport[7] yes[11] BF, BOF[7] coking plant; sinter plant; pelletizing plant; 3 BOF (3x240-tonne)[7][12][9]

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* Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 6000 TTPA[9][13][9][13][9][13] 6000 TTPA[9][13][9][13][9][13]
mothballed –[9][13][9][13][9][13] –[9][13][9][13][9][13]

Table 5: Crude Iron 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* Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
operating 3861 TTPA[14][14][14] 3861 TTPA[14][14][14]
mothballed 7936 TTPA[14][14][14] 7936 TTPA[14][14][14]

Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Sinter Coke Pellets
>0 TTPA >0 TTPA >0 TTPA[15]
>0 TTPA >0 TTPA >0 TTPA[15]

Table 7: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year BOF Production Total (all routes)
2020 5810 TTPA[16] 5810 TTPA
2021 6590 TTPA[16] 6590 TTPA
2022 6190 TTPA[16] 6190 TTPA

Blast Furnace Details

Table 8: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Construction date Start date Retired date Current size Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology Most recent relining
1 mothballed[17][18] unknown unknown 1970-08[19] – 4550 m³[9] 3631[14] "kobenable" steel, using HBI in the blast furnace[20] 1988-01[19]
2 mothballed[9][21][17] unknown unknown 1973-01[19] 2017 5400 m³[22] 4305[14] unknown 2007-05[19]
3 operating[9] unknown unknown 1978-02[19] – 4844 m³[9] 3861[14] A demonstration was run using this BF using the Midrex process with hydrogen as a reductant, cutting up to 20% of emissions. Now advertising "kobenable" steel using HBI in the blast furnace. [23][20][24][25][26] 2016-12-23[27][12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Kobe Steel, Vale and Mitsui to work on low CO2 ironmaking". Reuters. 2020-07-13. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  2. ↑ "Kobe Steel Unveils Low-CO₂ Blast Furnace Steel". AIST. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ "Kobe Steel cuts BF carbon emissions by 25% at Kakogawa Works with new technology". www.steelorbis.com. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
  4. ↑ "Kobe Steel considers building EAF in bid to go greener". Steel Times International. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  5. ↑ "Japan's Kobe Steel considers new EAF to accelerate decarbonization". www.steelorbis.com. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  6. ↑ "Japan's JFE Steel has applied for a government subsidy for decarbonization". GMK. 1730814589. Retrieved 2024-12-16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 https://web.archive.org/web/20220421194559/https://www.kobelco.co.jp/english/products/visual_tour/kakogawa_works/. Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220207220912/https://www.kobelco.co.jp/english/ktr/pdf/ktr_38/038-045.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 07 February 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20180203224255/http://annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/k/OTC_KBSTF_2008.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 03 February 2018. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 (PDF) https://www.kobelco.co.jp/products/download/steel-aluminum/files/kakogawa_works_e/kakogawa_works_e.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220819200014/https://www.aist.org/news/steel-news/2022/may/kobe-steel-unveils-low-co%E2%82%82-blast-furnace-steel. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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