Nippon Kyushu Works (Yawata Area, Tobata) steel plant

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Nippon Kyushu Works (Yawata Area, Tobata) steel plant (九州制铁所八幡地区 (Chinese); 九州製鉄所八幡地区 (Japanese)), also known as Kyushu Works Yawata Area (Tobata Area), is a blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) steel plant operating in Kitakyushu, Kyūshū, Japan.

Location

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Location: 1-1 Tobihata-cho, Tobata-ku, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Pref. 804-8501, Japan
Coordinates (WGS 84): 33.911803, 130.838014 (exact)

Background

Tabata Works (Yawata Area) was founded in 1901.^[1]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details


Plant status	Announced date	Start date	Workforce size	Power source	Iron ore source
Operating^[2]	1896^[3]	1901^[4]	1789^[5]	in-plant power generation, also provides power generated via coal to Kyushu Electric Power (does not distinguish between Tobata and Kokura facilities of Yawata)^[4]	Imported from Australia, Brazil and India^[6]

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^[2]	4295877313	E100000000652

Table 3: Process and Products


Steel product category	Steel products	ISO 14001	Main production equipment	Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled^[7]	thin plate, steel bars and wires, rail and steel sheet pile, steel pipe^[7]	yes^[8]	BF, BOF^[4]	4 BOF (2x170-tonne, 2x350-tonne); 1 BF^[4]^[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	3727 TTPA^[10]^[10]^[10]^[10]	3727 TTPA^[10]^[10]^[10]^[10]

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	4543 TTPA^[11]	4543 TTPA^[11]

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


Year	BOF Production	Total (all routes)
2020	3254 TTPA^[12]	3254 TTPA
2021	3727 TTPA^[10]	3727 TTPA
2022	3611 TTPA^[13]	3611 TTPA

Blast Furnace Details

Table 7: Blast Furnace Details


Unit name	Status	Announced date	Construction date	Start date	Current size	Current capacity (ttpa)	Decarbonization technology	Most recent relining
4	operating^[14]	unknown	unknown	1972^[15]	5000 m³^[4]^[9]	4543^[11]	unknown	2014-04-20^[15]

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Additional data

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References

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