JFE East Japan Works (Keihin) steel plant

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JFE East Japan Works (Keihin) steel plant, also known as JFE - NKK Ohgishima, is a steel plant in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan that operates electric arc furnace (EAF), basic oxygen furnace (BOF), and blast furnace (BF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: 1-1 Ohgishima, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Pref. 210-0868 Japan
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 35.48069, 139.729684 (exact)

Background

The JFE East Japan Works (Keihin) steel plant began operating in 1971.[1] Nippon Kokan (NKK) established the first steel mill on this site in 1912. In 1971 the mill facilities were completely rebuilt on a manmade island.[2][3]

In 2020, JFE Steel announced that it was planning to shut down its second blast furnace by March 2024, and its upstream processes by 2023.[4]

The blast furnace was shut down in September 2023.[5] JFE Steel plans to build a hydrogen receiving base at the site of the former No. 2 blast furnace at the plant. The company plans to develop the site as a receiving base for hydrogen from FY 2024, and a demonstration project is scheduled to begin in FY 2028.[6]

In 2025, JFE partnered with Seals Co. Ltd. to begin the process of selling their steel production equipment.[7]

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Pre-retirement announcement date Retired date Workforce size Power source Iron ore source Coal source
1958[8] 2022-11-09[9][10] 2023-09[11][10] 5730[12] 430 MW on-site thermal power generator[8] unknown unknown

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent GEM entity ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner GEM entity ID
JFE Holdings Inc [100.0%] 4295880726 [100.0%] E100000000643 [100.0%] JFE Steel Corp [100%][13] 4295877328 E100000003335 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Responsible steel Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled[14] pipe, sheet, plate[14] yes[15] unknown[16] unknown BF; EAF; 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 Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
retired 3500[8][14][9] 575[10] 4075[8][14][10][9]

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 4543[17][8] 4543[17][8]

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

Sinter Coke
>0[10] >0[10]

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 3020[11] 496[11] 1[11] 3517[11]
2020 2735[18] 449[18] –[18] 3184[18]
2021 2980[19] 490[19] -1[19] 3469[19]
2022 2286[20] 376[20] -1[20] 2661[20]
2023 1918[21] 315[21] –[21] 2233[21]

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
2022 unknown unknown
2023 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 2 retired[22] 1981[8] 2023-09-16[10][23] 5000.0 m3[8][24] 4543[8][17] unknown 2004-05[24]

Table 10: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Retired date Current capacity (ttpa) Current size (tonnes)
EAF 1 retired[10] 1979[10] 2023-09[10] 575[10] 50.0[11][10][8][24]

Table 11: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name Scrap-based % scrap % DRI % HBI % sponge iron (unknown if DRI or HBI) % basic/merchant pig iron % granulated pig iron % pig iron (unknown if basic/merchant or granulated) % other iron
EAF 1 None unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown

Table 12: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name Status Retired date Current capacity (ttpa) Current size
unknown BOF (1) retired[25] 2023-09[10] 3500[9][8][14] 250.0 tonnes[11][9][24][8][10]

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References

  1. ↑ "East Japan Works, JFE Steel" (PDF). JFE Steel. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  2. ↑ East Japan Works, JFE Steel, JFE, Retrieved on: Jul. 2, 2020
  3. ↑ An Assessment of the Industrial Energy Conservation Program: Final Report, National Research Council (U.S.) Committe on Assessment of the Industrial Energy Conservation Program, David L. Morrison, 1982, pg. VI-12
  4. ↑ "JFE Steel to idle blast furnace due to lower demand". Steel Orbis. Retrieved 2022-03-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ "JFE Steel Corporation". JFE Steel Corporation. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  6. ↑ The Technical Society, The Iron and Steel Institute of Japan (2024). "Production and Technology of Iron and Steel in Japan during 2023". ISIJ International. 64 (8): i–xix. doi:10.2355/isijinternational.64.8app_i.
  7. ↑ "Japan's JFE Steel to sell steelmaking equipment at Keihin plant". www.steelorbis.com. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
  8. ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20210112024118/https://www.jfe-steel.co.jp/en/research/report/001/pdf/001-04.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20230118082314/http://www.jfe-steel.co.jp/en/company/pdf/carbon-neutral-strategy_220901_1.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-01-18. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 10.12 10.13 https://web.archive.org/web/20220319175220/https://www.jfe-steel.co.jp/en/release/2020/201109_01.html. Archived from the original on 2022-03-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220307123856/https://www.jfe-holdings.co.jp/en/investor/library/group-report/2020/pdf/all.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-07. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20211230085735/https://www.jfe-steel.co.jp/en/company/steel.html. Archived from the original on 2021-12-30. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20211229111455/https://www.jfe-steel.co.jp/en/company/facilities.html. Archived from the original on 2021-12-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20211230085749/https://www.jfe-steel.co.jp/en/works/east/index.html. Archived from the original on 2021-12-30. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20211230085848/https://www.jfe-steel.co.jp/en/works/west/environment.html. Archived from the original on 2021-12-30. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220307123855/https://search.yahoo.co.jp/search?p=iso50001&fr=ysiw&ei=utf-8&vs=www.jfe-steel.co.jp/en/. Archived from the original on 2022-03-07. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220722183713/https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/blast-furnace. Archived from the original on 2022-07-22. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 (PDF) https://www.jfe-holdings.co.jp/en/investor/library/group-report/2021/pdf/all_A4.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125052809/https://www.jfe-holdings.co.jp/en/investor/library/group-report/2022/pdf/all.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240122233041/https://www.jfe-holdings.co.jp/en/investor/library/group-report/2023/pdf/all_A4.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-22. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 "Group report" (PDF). JFE Holdings. 2024-07. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-04-07. Retrieved 2024-12-18. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  22. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20241008162659/https://www.seaisi.org/details/23540?type=news-rooms. Archived from the original on 2024-10-08. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  23. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240122224403/https://gmk.center/en/news/japans-jfe-steel-plans-to-build-a-large-scale-electric-arc-furnace-in-2027/. Archived from the original on 2024-01-22. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20220307141135/https://www.jfe-steel.co.jp/en/release/2020/201109_02.html. Archived from the original on 2022-03-07. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  25. ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240122224509/https://www.jfe-holdings.co.jp/en/investor/zaimu/g-data/2019/March2020-200327-release03.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-22. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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