Tokyo Steel Kyushu plant

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Tokyo Steel Kyushu plant (東京製鐵 九州工場 (Japanese)), also known as Daimaru Steel Co. Ltd. (predecessor), is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Kitakyushu, Kyūshū, Japan.

Location

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  • Location: 3-5-1, Minami Futajima, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka 808-0109, Japan
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 33.881431, 130.755978 (exact)

Background

Tokyo Steel was founded in 1934. The company merged with Daimaru Steel Co., Ltd. in 197 and began operations at the company's Kyushu factory. The company completed two 50-ton electric furnaces and two continuous casting facilities at the Kyushu factory and started production. The factory added another 130 ton DC EAF in 1989.[1]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
Operating[2] 1971[3] 257[4]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co Ltd[5] 4295878567 E100000130713

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[6] H-beams, I beams, sheet piles, steel plates[6] EAF[5] 3 EAF (2x50-tonne; 1x130-tonne)[5][7]

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* Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 1200 TTPA[8][9][10][8][9][10][8][9][10] 1200 TTPA[8][9][10][8][9][10][8][9][10]

Table 5: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year EAF Production Total (all routes)
2020 459 TTPA[6] 459 TTPA
2021 383 TTPA[11] 383 TTPA
2022

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References

  1. "東京製鐵株式会社 歴史". web.archive.org. 2022-08-16. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
  2. https://www.tokyosteel.co.jp/eco/english/achievement/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20220816032157/https://www.tokyosteel.co.jp/history.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20220929173907/https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/5423:JP. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20201107031126/http://www.tokyosteel.co.jp/company.html. Archived from the original on 07 November 2020. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220320121026/https://www.tokyosteel.co.jp/pdf/annual_report.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20200719165304/http://www.tokyosteel.co.jp:80/history.html. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20220129215137/https://www.aist.org/news/steel-news/2007/april/siemens-commissions-slab-caster-at-tokyo-steel/. Archived from the original on 29 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 https://www.amm.com/Magazine/2531124/Dateline/Tokyo-Steel-returns-to-the-sword-and-slashes-deep.html#:~:text=However%2C%20the%202.5%2Dmillion%2Dahead%20of%20Nisshin%20Steel%20Co. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20190728171230/http://www.tokyosteel.co.jp:80/pdf/sp.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2019. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20221127185536/https://www.davisindex.com/tokyo-steels-h2-sales-to-be-lower-than-h1/. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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