Nippon East Japan Works (Kashima) steel plant
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Nippon East Japan Works (Kashima) steel plant (东日本制铁所鹿岛地区 (Chinese); 東日本製鉄所鹿島地区 (Japanese)), also known as East Nippon Works Kashima Area, Kashima Nippon Stainless Steel Corporation, NSSC, is a blast furnace (BF) steel plant operating in Kashima, Kantō, Japan.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Kashima, Kantō, Japan:
- Location: 3 Hikari, Kashima-shi, Ibaraki Pref., Japan 314-0014
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 35.934370, 140.681019 (exact)
Background
Kashima Works was established in 1968.[1] In March 2021, Nippon Steel Corporation announced plans to shutdown one of the blast furnaces at Nippon Kashima Works steel plant (aka East Nippon Works) by the end of 2024,[2] but in February 2023 they walked this back, stating that they have no immediate plans to shut down the No. 3 blast furnace. [3]
In September 2023, the company announced the closure of the blast furnace at Kashima Works by the end of March 2025.[4]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Phase | Plant status | Start date | Pre-retirement announcement date | Retired date | Workforce size | Power source | Iron ore source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main plant | Operating[5] | 1969[6] | – | – | 3042[7] | in-plant power generation, also provides power generated via coal and bio-mass to Tokyo Electric Power[7] | Imported from Australia, Brazil and India[8] |
| Closure | Operating pre-retirement[9] | – | 2023-09-30[9] | 2025[9] | – | – | – |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Phase | Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent company GEM ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main plant | Nippon Steel Corp [100%] | 4295877313 [100%] | E100001000178 [15%] | Nippon Steel Corp[5] | 4295877313 | E100000000652 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Phase | Steel product category | Steel products | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main plant | semi-finished; finished rolled[10] | cold-rolled stainless steel sheets[10] | BF, BOF[7] | 2 coking plants (plant #1 began in 2016, plant #2 began in 2018 and planned shutdown by Mar. 31, 2025); 5 BOF (3x250-tonne, 2x345-tonne; 3 BOF in steelmaking plant 1 to be shutdown by Mar. 31, 2025); sinter plant (No. 3 to be shutdown by Mar. 31, 2025); 1 BF (BF#1; BF#3 to be retired in 2025[7][11][6] |
| Closure | semi-finished; finished rolled[10] | cold-rolled stainless steel sheets[10] | BF[12] | 1 BF (#3); 1 BOF; No.2 Coke Oven; No.3 Sinter plant[12][13] |
Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Phase | Capacity operating status* | Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main plant | operating | 5918 TTPA[7][7][7][7] | 5918 TTPA[7][7][7][7] |
| Closure | operating pre-retirement | 1243 TTPA[7] | 1243 TTPA[7] |
Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Phase | Capacity operating status* | Blast furnace capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main plant | operating | 4896 TTPA[14] | 4896 TTPA[14] |
| Closure | operating pre-retirement | 4896 TTPA[14] | 4896 TTPA[14] |
Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Phase | Sinter | Coke |
|---|---|---|
| Main plant | >0 TTPA[6] | 920 TTPA[7] |
| Closure | >0 TTPA[12][13] | >0 TTPA[12][13] |
Table 7: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | BOF Production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4447 TTPA[15] | 4447 TTPA |
| 2021 | 6985 TTPA[16] | 6985 TTPA |
| 2022 | 6644 TTPA[17] | 6644 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 | operating[16] | unknown | unknown | 1971[11] | – | 5370 m³[7][11][6] | 4896[14] | unknown | 2004-09[7] |
| 3 | operating pre-retirement[9] | unknown | unknown | 1976[18] | 2025-03[9][19] | 5370 m³[7][11][6] | 4896[14] | unknown | 2007-05[7] |
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References
- ↑ "Basic Facts About Nippon Steel" (PDF). Nippon Steel. 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Nippon Steel cuts capacity 20% for zero-carbon future, Sotaro Yumae and Tsukasa Morikuni, NikkeiASIA, Mar. 6, 2021, Retrieved on: May 20, 2021
- ↑ "Nippon Denies Kashima Blast Furnace Closure". Kallanish. February 19, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Author, No (2023-09-30). "Nippon Steel shuts historic Kure plant in western Japan". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20211019104803/https://www.nipponsteel.com/works/east_nippon/index.html. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220130014556/https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/ir/library/pdf/nsc_en_ir_2021_a3.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 January 2022.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240123001028/https://www.fse.or.jp/files/lis_tkj/21030554012.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2024.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220318092755/https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/factbook/11-04.html. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022.
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