Nippon Setouchi Works (Kure Area) steel plant

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Nippon Setouchi Works (Kure Area) steel plant (濑户内制铁所吴地区 (Chinese); 瀬戸内製鉄所呉地区 (Japanese)), also known as Nisshin Steel, is a blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) retired steel plant in Kure, Chūgoku, Japan.

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]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Pre-retirement announcement date Idled date Retired date Workforce size Iron ore source
Retired[3] 1951[3] 2020-02-07[3][4] 2021-09[5][6] 2023-09-30[3] 2816[7] Imported from Australia, Brazil and India[8]

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[9] 4295877313 E100000000652

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[10] hot-rolled, special steel, stainless steel, strips, sheets[10] yes[11] BF, BOF[12] 3 BOF (2 90 tonne; 1 185 tonne); 2 BF (#1 shut down in 2020-09; #2 shut down in 2020-02)[13][14][15][5][16][12]

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)
retired 3500 TTPA[17][17][17] 3500 TTPA[17][17][17]

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)
retired 3600 TTPA[18][19][18] 3600 TTPA[18][19][18]

Table 6: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year BOF Production Total (all routes)
2020 1304 TTPA[12] 1304 TTPA
2021 808 TTPA[20] 808 TTPA
2022 – –

Blast Furnace Details

Table 7: 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 retired[3][21][22][23] unknown unknown 1962[24] 2023-09-30[3] 2650 m³[13][14][15][5][16] 2000[18][19] unknown 1995-04[25]
2 retired[3][21][22][23] unknown unknown 1966[26] 2023-09-30[3] 2080 m³[13][14][15][5][16] 1600[18] unknown 2003-11[25]

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References

  1. ↑ "Chronology | ABOUT US | NIPPON STEEL". www.nipponsteel.com. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
  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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 https://web.archive.org/web/20240123000117/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/09/30/nippon-steel-shuts-kure-plant/. Archived from the original on 23 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20220320123445/https://www.mysteel.net/article/5025972-05/Nippon-Steel-ends-steelmaking-in-Kura--western-Japan.html. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20230127124352/https://www.nipponsteel.com/common/secure/en/news/20200207_700.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/factbook/2022/09-01.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240124203736/https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/factbook/2023/11-06.html. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220120104404/https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/works/setouchi/kure/iso/index.html. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220318092755/https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/factbook/11-04.html. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303145853/http://www.reuters.com/article/nisshin-steel-nippon-steel-idUSL3N15F0SL. Archived from the original on 03 March 2016. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 (PDF) https://www.nipponsteel.com/company/publications/works_brochure/setouchi_kure.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 (PDF) https://www.aist.org/AIST/aist/AIST/Technology_Committees/Contin_Casting/Agenda_RSVP/18_apr_Caster-Japan_Study_tour_recap.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 https://www.cxrefractories.com/en-refractory-news?article_id=1209. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240202195231/http://chinafirebrick.blogspot.com/2022/09/japan-to-close-over-7-million-tons-of.html. Archived from the original on 02 February 2024. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  20. ↑ https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/factbook/2022/11-04.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220121171055/https://www.kobelco.co.jp/english/steel/locations/index.html. Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220207220912/https://www.kobelco.co.jp/english/ktr/pdf/ktr_38/038-045.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 07 February 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220126133957/https://www.reuters.com/article/kobesteel-furnace/japans-kobe-steel-to-shut-blast-furnace-in-2017-18-idUSL3N0EA20S20130529. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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