Tokyo Steel Tahara plant

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Tokyo Steel Tahara plant (東京製鐵 田原工場 (Japanese)) is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Tahara, Chūbu, Japan.

Location

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  • Location: 2-1-3, Shirahama, Tahara-shi, Aichi 441-3436, Japan
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 34.702012, 137.249114 (exact)

Background

In 2007, Tokyo Steel completed acquisition of land for Tahara factory and started construction of new factory.[1] As of 2014, the 420-tonne electric arc furnace (EAF) at Tokyo Steel Tahara is the largest EAF in the world.[2]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
Operating[3] 2009[4] 257[5]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co Ltd[6] 4295878567 E100000130713

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[7] hot rolled coils; checkered coils; pickled and oiled coils; steel sheets; square steel pipes[7] EAF[6] 1 EAF (420-tonne)[8]

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 2600 TTPA[9] 2600 TTPA[9]

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

Year EAF Production Total (all routes)
2020 956 TTPA[7] 956 TTPA
2021 798 TTPA[10] 798 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. Jumbo size 420t twin DC FastArc EAF at Tokyo Steel, T Ogawa, R Sellan, and E Ruscio, Tokyo Steel and Danieli Centro Met, Feb. 2014
  3. https://www.tokyosteel.co.jp/eco/english/achievement/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20200704024226/http://www.tokyosteel.co.jp:80/plants.html. Archived from the original on 04 July 2020. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 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)
  6. 6.0 6.1 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)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 (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)
  8. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20210125012025/http://millennium-steel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pp52-58_ms11.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. 9.0 9.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240124205418/https://www.seaisi.org/details/705?type=technology-steel-applications. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. 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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