Nippon East Japan Works (Kimitsu) steel plant

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Nippon East Japan Works (Kimitsu) steel plant (东日本制铁所君津地区 (Chinese); 東日本製鉄所君津地区 (Japanese)), also known as Kimitsu Works (Kimitsu Area), is a blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) steel plant operating in Kimitsu, Kantō, Japan.

Location

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  • Location: 1-1 Kimitsu, Kimitsu City, Chiba Prefecture, 299-1141, Japan
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 35.360912, 139.881953 (exact)

Background

The construction of the plant began in January 1962. The plant began operation in 1965.[1] The plant closed one out of its three blast furnaces in 2016.[2] In April 2024, the Kimitsu plant temporarily suspended production at some of its blast furnaces in the plant on the back of operational issues.[3]

As part of the company's Carbon Neutral Vision 2050, the company is planning the demonstration of its COURSE50 technology before 2030, which is expected to reduce carbon emissions by 30% in its BF-BOF operations.[4] A 12 m3 test blast furnace was constructed for testing COURSE50 technology with a target of achieving 30% reduction in CO2 emissions. In a test conducted in May 2022, 22% reduction in CO2 emissions were achieved. Testing in November and December 2023 confirmed an emissions reduction of 33%.[5]

In December 2024, Nippon Steel announced that it achieved a carbon emission reduction of 43% in the test furnace at East Nippon Works Kimitsu Area, in a test conducted between November and December 2024. The emission reduction was achieved by improving the heat balance inside the blast furnace during the use of heated hydrogen when increasing the reduction with hydrogen instead of carbon.[6] The large-scale demonstration test using BF#2 is scheduled to begin in fiscal year 2026.[2]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Announced date Construction date Start date Workforce size Iron ore source
Operating[7] 1961[8] 1962[8] 1965[9] 3547[10] Imported from Australia, Brazil and India[11]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Nippon Steel Corp [100%] 4295877313 [100%] E100001000178 [15%] Nippon Steel Corp[12] 4295877313 E100000000652

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[13] bar, thick plate, pipe, profiles[13] yes[14] BF, BOF[15] 2 coking plants (plant #4, plant #5 (refurbished Feb. 2019)); 2 BF; 5 BOF (2 220-tonne BOF, 3 300-tonne BOF)[15][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 10000 TTPA[12][12][12][12][12] 10000 TTPA[12][12][12][12][12]

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 9200 TTPA[16][16] 9200 TTPA[16][16]

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

Sinter Coke
13200 TTPA[12] 1800 TTPA[15]

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

Year BOF Production Total (all routes)
2020 5703 TTPA[17] 5703 TTPA
2021 7801 TTPA[18] 7801 TTPA
2022 6389 TTPA[19] 6389 TTPA

Blast Furnace Details

Table 8: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Construction date Start date Current size Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology Most recent relining
2 operating[20][21] unknown unknown 1969[22] 4500 m³[15] 4100[16] Planned demonstration of Hydrogen injection into BF by 2025; Course50 by 2030; SuperCourse50[23][24] 2012-05[25]
4 operating[20][21] unknown unknown 1988[26] 5555 m³[15] 5100[16] unknown 2003-05[27][28]

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References

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Nippon Steel Integrated Report 2024" (PDF). Nippon Steel. 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ Maekawa, Yusuke (2024-04-15). "* | Latest Market News | Argus Media". www.argusmedia.com. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
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  6. ↑ "Nippon Steel achieves 43 percent carbon emission reduction". www.steelorbis.com. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
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  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20200614234628/https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/ir/library/pdf/factbook2019_all.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  23. ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240123000149/https://www.sse.or.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20230529_54010_shoshu_20230526584221.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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