Nakayama Steel Works Osaka

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Nakayama Steel Works Osaka (株式会社 中山製鋼所), also known as Nakayama Steel Funamachi Factory, is a steel plant in Funamachi, Taisho, Osaka, Japan that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: 1-1-66 Funamachi, Taisho-ku, Osaka 551-8551, Japan
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 34.628162, 135.459688 (exact)

Background

Nakayama Steel Works Ltd. established the Funamachi plant in 1929.[1] The plant discontinued its blast furnace, sintering plant and basic oxygen converters in 2002 and has only been operating its electric arc furnace-based steel production.[2] In February 2022, Nakayama Steel Works announced its plan to expand its EAF-based steel capacity at the site originally occupied by the retired blast furnace and coking plant. In 2023 the site was cleared for construction and in 2024 the feasibility assessment of the development is in process[3]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size Power source
1929[4] 434[5] 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
Nakayama Steel Works Ltd 4295877798 E100001000919 Nakayama Steel Works Ltd[6] 4295877798 E100001000919

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled[7] wire rod, bar, coil, plate, hot-rolled strip, pipe, billet[7][6] building and infrastructure, energy, transport[8] yes[9] 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)
announced 0 0
operating 600[10] 600[10]

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

Year EAF production Total (all routes)
2019 542[11] 542[11]
2020 497[5] 497[5]
2021 538[10] 538[10]
2022 548[10] 548[10]
2023 489[10] 489[10]

Unit Details

Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Construction date Start date Current capacity (ttpa) Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1) operating[6] 2015[12] 600[10] 100.0[10]
unknown EAF (2) announced[10] 2022-02[10] 2025[10] 0 115.0[10]

Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name Scrap-based % scrap
unknown EAF (1) yes[13] 100.00[13]
unknown EAF (2) yes[10] >0

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References

  1. "中山製鋼所|企業情報 - 沿革". 中山製鋼所 - NAKAYAMA STEEL WORKS (in 日本語). Retrieved 2024-02-23.
  2. "中山製鋼所|中山製鋼所 ヒストリー". 中山製鋼所 - NAKAYAMA STEEL WORKS (in 日本語). Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  3. "Nakayama Steel Works: Annual report 2024" (PDF). Nakayama Steel. 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20220114112647/http://www.nakayama-steel.co.jp/menu/about/history.html. Archived from the original on 2022-01-14. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220120194722/https://www.nakayama-steel.co.jp/menu/investment/07sec/127.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125055228/http://www.nakayama-steel.co.jp/menu/about/outline.html. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20211109201257/https://www.nakayama-steel.co.jp/. Archived from the original on 2021-11-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20220120123210/http://www.nakayama-steel.co.jp/menu/about/group.html. Archived from the original on 2022-01-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20220320144444/http://www.nakayama-steel.co.jp/menu/about/enviroment.html. Archived from the original on 2022-03-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 10.12 10.13 10.14 (PDF) https://www.nakayama-steel.co.jp/menu/about/NakayamaSteel_Report2024_print.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. 11.0 11.1 (PDF) https://www.nakayama-steel.co.jp/menu/investment/07sec/126.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. https://www.nakayama-steel.co.jp/history/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. 13.0 13.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240129182904/https://www.nakayama-steel.co.jp/. Archived from the original on 2024-01-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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