JFE West Japan Works (Kurashiki) steel plant

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JFE West Japan Works (Kurashiki) steel plant, also known as JFE - Kawasaki Steel, is a 10000 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) blast furnace (BF), basic oxygen furnace (BOF) and electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Kurashiki, Chūgoku, Japan.

Location

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  • Location: 1 Mizushima Kawasaki-dori, Kurashiki-shi, Okayama Pref. 712-8511 Japan[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 34.501198, 133.722123 (exact)

Background

The JFE West Japan Works (Kurashiki) steel plant began operating in 2003 under the JFE group.[2]

In 2017, the JFE Group began construction for a casting plant with an investment of JPY 53 million that will add to the plant's plate capacity.[3]

In 2021, they also renovated the 4th blast furnace.[4]

In 2022, in the company's Environmental Vision 2050, JFE steel announced its plan to shut down one blast furnace with the possibility of introducing large high efficiency EAF at the Kurashiki plant.[5] In November 2023, the company announced the details of the new EAF with an annual capcity if 2 mtpa to be commissioned by 2027.[6]


Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
operating[7] 2003[8] 5730[9]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
JFE Holdings Inc [100%][10] 4295880726 [100%] JFE Steel Corp[11] 4295877328

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[12] hot rolled sheets, cold rolled sheets, coated sheets, electrical sheets, plates, sheet piles, H-profile, rails, bars, wire rods, UOE pipes[12] automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; steel packaging; tools and machinery; transport[12] yes[13] blast furnace (BF), basic oxygen furnace (BOF) and electric arc furnace (EAF)[14] coking plant; sinter plant; 3 BOF (3x200-tonne), additional BOF (# unknown); EAF (# unknown)[15][16][17][18][14]

Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):

Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
10000 TTPA[19][20] 10000 TTPA

Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):

Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
11284 TTPA[16][21] 11284 TTPA

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

Sinter Coke
>0 TTPA[14] >0 TTPA[12]

Table 7: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum):

Year BOF Production EAF Production OHF Production Total (all routes)
2020 6783 TTPA[22] 6783 TTPA
2021 7826 TTPA[23] 7826 TTPA


Blast Furnace Details

Table 8: Blast Furnace Details:

Unit name Status Stop date Current size Current capacity
2 operating[24] 2027[25][26] 4100 m³[24] 3684 TTPA[27]
3 operating[24] 5055 m³[24] 3800 TTPA[16][21]
4 operating[24] 5100 m³[24] 3800 TTPA[28][21]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20211230085848/https://www.jfe-steel.co.jp/en/works/west/access.html. Archived from the original on 2021-12-30. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "West Japan Works". JFE Steel Corporation. Retrieved 2022-03-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "JFE Steel starts operating continuous casting plant No. 7 in Kurashiki". Steel Orbis. 2021-06-17. Retrieved 2022-03-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Institute, Strategic Research. "JFE Steel Fires Renovated BF 4 at West Japan Works Kurashiki Ward". SteelGuru Business News. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  5. "Environmental Vision 2050" (PDF). JFE Steel. 01 September 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2024. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "JFE Steel to build new large EAF in 2027 to cut CO2 emissions | SEAISI". www.seaisi.org. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20211229111333/https://www.jfe-steel.co.jp/en/company/about.html. Archived from the original on 2021-12-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20211230090304/https://www.jfe-steel.co.jp/en/works/west/k_layout.html. Archived from the original on 2021-12-30. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  16. 16.0 16.1 16.2 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)
  17. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220127010524/https://www.jfe-steel.co.jp/en/products/wirerods/contents/pdf/kurashiki.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-27. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. (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)
  19. https://web.archive.org/web/20210922211836/https://www.jfe-steel.co.jp/en/release/2011/110516.html. Archived from the original on 2021-09-22. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  20. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220114134023/https://www.jfe-holdings.co.jp/en/investor/library/group-report/2019/pdf/6.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-14. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  21. 21.0 21.1 21.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20221127042239/https://mepsinternational.com/gb/en/news/new-capacity-roundup-december-2021. Archived from the original on 2022-11-27. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  22. (PDF) https://www.jfe-holdings.co.jp/en/investor/library/group-report/2021/pdf/all_A4.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  23. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20221115041202/https://www.jfe-holdings.co.jp/en/investor/library/group-report/2022/pdf/all.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-11-15. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  24. 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 24.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20220701102337/https://www.jfe-steel.co.jp/en/release/2021/211214.html. Archived from the original on 2022-07-01. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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