Nakayama Steel Products Osaka plant

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Nakayama Steel Products Osaka plant (中山鋼業株式会社) is a steel plant in Nishijima, Osaka, Japan that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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• Location: 1-2133 Nishijima, Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka 555-0042, Japan
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 34.699762, 135.430119 (exact)

Background

Nakayama Steel Industry Co., Ltd was established in 1950. The company installed an Elu type electric arc furnace at the Osaka plant in 1956. The company consolidated its Mikuni factory at the Dekishima factory in 1960, which was was renamed to Osaka factory in 1966. A new 50ton electric furnace was installed in 1972. In 2018, the company introduced an EcoArc-Light EAF at the plant with a capacity of 600 ttpa.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date	Workforce size	Power source
1950-05	195	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
Godo Steel Ltd; Kyoei Steel Ltd; MM Construction Materials Co Ltd	4295877613; 4295875990; unknown	E100000130709; E100000130707; E100001016300	Nakayama Steel Products Co Ltd [100%]	4296138081	E100000130770 [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, rebar	building and infrastructure	2021	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	600	600

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	2018	Steel Plantech ECO-L-130DC (ECOARC-light)	600	70.0

Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

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

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Additional data

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Resources

• Company website