Nippon Kansai Works (Wakayama Area, Wakayama) steel plant

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Nippon Kansai Works (Wakayama Area, Wakayama) steel plant (关西制铁所和歌山地区(和歌山), 関西製鉄所和歌山地区(和歌山)), also known as Kansai Works (Wakayama), Wakayama Works (Wakayama Area), is a steel plant in Wakayama, Japan that operates electric arc furnace (EAF), basic oxygen furnace (BOF), and blast furnace (BF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: 1850 Minato, Wakayama City, Wakayama Pref. 640-8555 Japan
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 34.233519, 135.135443 (exact)

Background

In March 2021, Nippon Steel Corporation announced plans to shutdown one of the blast furnaces (BF#1) at Nippon Wakayama Works steel plant (aka Kansai Works) in the first half of FY2021.[1] It was shut down in September 2021.[2] The Nippon Kansai Works (Wakayama Area, Wakayama) steel plant consists of three facilities (Hainan, Sakai, Wakayama) but the Hainan and Sakai plants are for downstream processing only.

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size Power source Iron ore source Coal source
1942[3] 5051[4] unknown Imported from Australia, Brazil and India[5] Australia and Canada[6]

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%][7] 4295877313 E100000000652 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Responsible steel Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled[7] pipe, piling, h-beam[7] building and infrastructure, transport[7] 2021[8] unknown[9] 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)
operating 2760[10] 283[11][10][12][13] 3043[11][10][12][13]

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 2500[14][15] 2500[14][15]
retired 2500[14][15] 2500[14][15]

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

Sinter Coke
>0[12] >0[12]

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

Year BOF production EAF production Total (all routes)
2019 2762[10] 283[10] 3045[10]
2020 2443[16] 251[16] 2694[16]
2021 2478[3] 254[3] 2732[3]
2022 2401[17] 246[17] 2647[17]
2023 2171[18] 223[18] 2394[18]
2024 1977[4] 203[4] 2180[4]
2025 unknown unknown –

Table 8: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year BF production
2019 unknown
2020 unknown
2021 unknown
2022 unknown
2023 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 retired[19] 1961[13] 2022[20] 3700.0 m3[14][21] 2500[14][15] unknown 2009-07[22]
BF 2 operating[11][12][10][13] 1963[23] – 3700.0 m3[23][14] 2500[14][15] unknown 2019-02-15[24]

Table 10: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Current capacity (ttpa) Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1) operating[17] 283[11][12][10][13] 80.0[11][12][10][13]

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
unknown EAF (1) yes[25] >0[25] unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown

Table 12: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Current capacity (ttpa) Current size
unknown BOF (1) operating[17] 1999[26] Steel Plantech[26] 920[10] 260.0 tonnes[11][12][10][13]
unknown BOF (2) operating[17] 1999[26] Steel Plantech[26] 920[10] 260.0 tonnes[11][12][10][13]
unknown BOF (3) operating[17] 1999[26] Steel Plantech[26] 920[10] 260.0 tonnes[11][12][10][13]

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References

  1. ↑ Nippon Steel cuts capacity 20% for zero-carbon future, Sotaro Yumae and Tsukasa Morikuni, NikkeiASIA, Mar. 6, 2021, Retrieved on: May 20, 2021
  2. ↑ "Integrated Report 2021" (PDF). Nippon Steel. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/factbook/2022/11-04.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "株主・投資家情報". www.nipponsteel.com. Archived from the original on 2026-01-24. Retrieved 2026-01-06. {{cite web}}: Text "日本製鉄株式会社" ignored (help)
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240124203736/https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/factbook/2023/11-06.html. Archived from the original on 2024-01-24. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ "Raw Materials and Fuel". www.nipponsteel.com. Archived from the original on 2025-01-07. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20200929021544/https://www.nipponsteel.com/works/kansai/wakayama/about/outline.html. Archived from the original on 2020-09-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20200923065234/https://www.nipponsteel.com/works/kansai/wakayama/iso/index.html. Archived from the original on 2020-09-23. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20201029114814/https://www.nipponsteel.com/works/kyushu/yawata/iso/index.html. Archived from the original on 2020-10-29. {{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 10.14 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20200614234628/https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/ir/library/pdf/factbook2019_all.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-06-14. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 https://web.archive.org/web/20220127010837/https://www.nipponsteel.com/works/kansai/wakayama/about/history.html. Archived from the original on 2022-01-27. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ↑ 12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 (PDF) https://www.nipponsteel.com/company/publications/works_brochure/kansai_wakayama.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 13.8 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220130014556/https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/ir/library/pdf/nsc_en_ir_2021_a3.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-30. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 "和歌山製鐵所 新第２高炉の火入れについて" (PDF). Nippon Steel. 2019-02-27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-01-07. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 https://www.cxrefractories.com/en-refractory-news?article_id=1209. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220318092755/https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/factbook/11-04.html. Archived from the original on 2022-03-18. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 17.6 https://web.archive.org/web/20240123003258/https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/factbook/2023/11-04.html. Archived from the original on 2024-01-23. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 "Outline of the Manufacturing Base". www.nipponsteel.com. Archived from the original on 2025-01-07. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
  19. ↑ "Interests in raw materials" (PDF). 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-25. Retrieved 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  20. ↑ "Nippon Steel Corporation Announces Medium- to Long-term Management Plan". www.nipponsteel.com. 2023. Archived from the original on 2025-01-07. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  21. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210529104833/https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/news/old_smi/2008/news2008-10-01.html. Archived from the original on 2021-05-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  22. ↑ (PDF) https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/ir/library/pdf/nsc_en_ir_2021_a3.pdf https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/news/old_smi/2009/news2009-07-16.html, https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/ir/library/pdf/nsc_en_ir_2021_a3.pdf. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/factbook/2022/10-04.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  24. ↑ https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/factbook/2023/11-04.html https://www.nipponsteel.com/works/kansai/wakayama/news/pdf/20190227_100.pdf, https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/factbook/2023/11-04.html. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240131194638/https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/ir/library/pdf/nsc_en_ir_2023_a4.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-31. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 26.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20240209190921/https://steelplantech.com/en/product/converter/. Archived from the original on 2024-02-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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