Nippon Setouchi Works (Kure Area) steel plant

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Nippon Setouchi Works (Kure Area) steel plant (瀬戸内製鉄所呉地区, 濑户内制铁所吴地区), also known as Nisshin Steel, is a steel plant in Kure, Hiroshima, Japan that operates blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: 11-1Showa-cho, Kure, Hiroshima Pref.737-8520 Japan
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 34.221172, 132.540104 (exact)

Background

Nippon Steel Nisshin Co. Ltd was founded through the merger of Nichia Steel Co.,Ltd. and Nihon Teppan Co., Ltd in 1959. Nippon Nisshin installed and blew in its first blast-furnace at Kure Works to start integrated steelmaking in 1962.[1] The company had already ceased operating blast furnaces at the Kure site by September 2021. Nippon Steel in September 2023 shut down all facilities at its Kure plant in Hiroshima Prefecture, ending 72 years of operations at the historic site where the Imperial Japanese Navy had its main shipyard until the end of World War II.[2][3]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Pre-retirement announcement date Idled date Retired date Workforce size Power source Iron ore source Coal source
1951[4] 2020-02-07[5][4] 2021-09[6][7] 2023-09-30[4] 2816[8] unknown Imported from Australia, Brazil and India[9] Australia and Canada[10]

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 [100.0%] 4295877313 [100.0%] E100000000652 [100.0%] Nippon Steel Corp [100%][11] 4295877313 E100000000652 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled[12] sheet, stainless, strip, special, hot rolled[12] yes[13] BF; BOF

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 Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
retired 3500[14] 3500[14]

Table 5: Plant-level Crude Iron 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 Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
retired 3600[15][16] 3600[15][16]

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

Sinter Coke Pellets
NF NF NF

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

Year BOF production EAF production Other/unknown steel production Total (all routes)
2019 unknown unknown unknown –
2020 1304[17] –[17] –[17] 1304[17]
2021 808[18] –[18] –[18] 808[18]

Table 8: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year BF production Other/unknown iron production
2019 unknown unknown
2020 unknown unknown
2021 unknown unknown

Unit Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Retired date Current size Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology Most recent relining
BF 1 retired[19][20][21][4] 1962[22] 2023-09-30[4] 2650.0 m3[23][24][6][25][26] 2000[16][15] unknown 1995-04[27]
BF 2 retired[19][20][21][4] 1966[28] 2023-09-30[4] 2080.0 m3[23][24][6][25][26] 1600[15] unknown 2003-11[27]

Table 10: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name Status Retired date Current capacity (ttpa) Current size
unknown BOF (1) retired[4] 2023-09-30[4] 863[14] 90.0 tonnes[23][24][6][25][17][26]
unknown BOF (2) retired[4] 2023-09-30[4] 863[14] 90.0 tonnes[23][24][6][25][17][26]
unknown BOF (3) retired[4] 2023-09-30[4] 1774[14] 185.0 tonnes[23][24][6][25][17][26]

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References

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  2. ↑ 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)
  3. ↑ Times, The Japan (2024-12-21). "Search results". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
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