Nippon East Japan Works (Kashima) steel plant

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Nippon East Japan Works (Kashima) steel plant (東日本製鉄所鹿島地区, 东日本制铁所鹿岛地区), also known as Kashima Nippon Stainless Steel Corporation, NSSC, East Nippon Works Kashima Area, is a steel plant in Kashima, Ibaraki, Japan that operates blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: 3 Hikari, Kashima-shi, Ibaraki Pref., Japan 314-0014
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 35.93437, 140.681019 (exact)

Background

Kashima Works was established in 1968.[1] In March 2021, Nippon Steel Corporation announced plans to shutdown one of the blast furnaces (BF #3) at related upstream facilities including No. 3 steelmaking plant at Nippon Kashima Works steel plant (aka East Nippon Works) by the end of 2024,[2][3] but in February 2023 they walked this back, stating that they have no immediate plans to shut down the No. 3 blast furnace. [4]

In September 2023, the company announced the closure of the blast furnace at Kashima Works by the end of March 2025.[5]

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size Power source Iron ore source Coal source
1968[6] 3042[7] Nippon Steel Kashima Thermal power plant (507 MW coal-fired power plant)in-plant power generation, also provides power generated via coal and bio-mass to Tokyo Electric Power[8][7] Imported from Australia, Brazil and India[9] Australia and Canada[10]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent GEM entity ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner GEM entity ID
Nippon Steel Corp [100.0%] 4295877313 [100.0%] E100000000652 [100.0%] Nippon Steel Corp [100%][11] 4295877313 E100000000652 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Responsible steel Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled[12] sheet[12] yes[13] unknown[14] unknown BF; 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 Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 3432[7] 3432[7]
operating pre-retirement 2486[15][7] 2486[15][7]
retired 1243[15] 1243[15]

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)
operating 4896[16] 4896[16]
retired 4896[16] 4896[16]

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

Ferronickel Sinter Coke Pellets
NF >0[17] 920[7] NF

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

Year BOF production Total (all routes)
2019 7162[7] 7162[7]
2020 4447[18] 4447[18]
2021 6985[19] 6985[19]
2022 6644[20] 6644[20]
2023 6428[21] 6428[21]
2024 6090[22] 6090[22]
2025 unknown –

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
2024 unknown –
2025 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 1 operating[19] 1971[6] – 5370.0[6][7][17] 4896[16] unknown 2004-09[7]
BF 3 retired[23][24] 1976[25] 2025-03-31[26][23][24] 5370.0[6][7][17] 4896[16] unknown 2007-05[27]

Table 10: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name Status Retired date Current capacity (ttpa) Current size
unknown BOF (1) retired[23] 2025-03-31[23][24] 1243[15] 250.0 tonnes[28][29]
unknown BOF (2) operating pre-retirement[30][20] – 1243[15][7] 250.0 tonnes[6][7][17]
unknown BOF (3) operating pre-retirement[24] – 1243[7] 250.0 tonnes[6][7][17]
unknown BOF (4) operating[20] – 1716[7] 345.0 tonnes[6][7][17]
unknown BOF (5) operating[20] – 1716[7] 345.0 tonnes[6][7][17]

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References

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