Kobe Wire Rod & Bar steel plant
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Kobe Wire Rod & Bar steel plant, also known as Kabushiki Gaisha Kobe Seikosho Kakogawa Works, is a blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) retired steel plant in Kobe, Kansai, Japan.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Kobe, Kansai, Japan:
- Location: 2, Nadahama Higashicho, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 657-0863, Japan
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 34.703624, 135.247207 (exact)
Background
The first blast furnace at the plant began its operation in 1959.[1][2] In May 2022, Kobe Steel in a statement said that its "Kobenable Steel" will utilize a blast furnace process that involves charging a large amount of hot-briquetted iron. Kobenable Steel will be manufactured at Kakogawa Works. The HBI utilized in the process is produced by the MIDREX® Process.[3]
Between April to June 2023, the company successfully demonstrated the technology that reduced CO2 emissions by 25%.[4]
In 2013, Kobe Steel announced its plan to shut down the blast furnace and other upstream operations at the Kobe Works and transfer those operations to Kakogawa Works in fiscal 2017.[5][6]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Plant status | Start date | Pre-retirement announcement date | Idled date | Retired date | Workforce size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retired[7] | 1959[8] | 2013-05-29[9] | 2017[10] | 2017[7] | 831[11] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent company GEM ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kobe Steel Ltd [100%] | 4295877348 [100%] | E100000000647 | Kobe Steel Ltd[12] | 4295877348 | E100000000647 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | ISO 14001 | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished; finished rolled[11] | wire rod, bar[11] | yes[13] | BF, BOF[11] | 2 BOF (2x90-tonne)[11][7][10] |
Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status* | Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| retired | 1200 TTPA[11][10][11][10] | 1200 TTPA[11][10][11][10] |
Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status* | Blast furnace capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| retired | 1795 TTPA[14] | 1795 TTPA[14] |
Blast Furnace Details
Table 6: Blast Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Announced date | Construction date | Start date | Retired date | Current size | Current capacity (ttpa) | Decarbonization technology | Most recent relining |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | retired[7] | unknown | unknown | unknown | 2017[7] | 2112 m³[15] | 1795[14] | unknown | 2008-01[15] |
Articles and Resources
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References
- ↑ "Outline of Steel Production System" (PDF). Kobelco. March 2020. Retrieved 21 February, 2024.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ me-metals.ir (۲۰۱۵/۱۲/۲۴ - ۰۰:۰۰). "History of the Kobe Steel Group". en. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ↑ "Kobe Steel Unveils Low-CO₂ Blast Furnace Steel". AIST. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Kobe Steel cuts BF carbon emissions by 25% at Kakogawa Works with new technology". www.steelorbis.com. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ↑ "Kobe Steel to reline No. 3 Blast Furnace at Kakogawa Works || KOBE STEEL, LTD". www.kobelco.co.jp. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ↑ "The Kobe Steel Group's Fiscal 2013-2015 Medium-Term Business Plan || KOBE STEEL, LTD". www.kobelco.co.jp. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220207220912/https://www.kobelco.co.jp/english/ktr/pdf/ktr_38/038-045.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 07 February 2022.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.middleeastmetals.ir/en/news/140/history-of-the-kobe-steel-group.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240125235435/https://www.kobelco.co.jp/english/releases/2013/1188360_13522.html. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20220126133957/https://www.reuters.com/article/kobesteel-furnace/japans-kobe-steel-to-shut-blast-furnace-in-2017-18-idUSL3N0EA20S20130529. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 https://web.archive.org/web/20220121171055/https://www.kobelco.co.jp/english/steel/locations/index.html. Archived from the original on 21 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220112163205/https://www.kobelco.co.jp/english/about_kobelco/kobesteel/locations/domestic/index.html. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220318083614/https://www.kobelco.co.jp/english/about_kobelco/csr/environment/2012/14001.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220224072927/http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/zhengceku/2021-05/07/5605092/files/4362a77483354513be0fc81be53a4a64.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 February 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 15.0 15.1 (PDF) https://static.aminer.org/pdf/PDF/000/220/833/flexible_manufacturing_and_high_performance_system_for_steel_plants.pdf.
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