Nippon Kyushu Works (Oita Area, Oita) steel plant

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Nippon Kyushu Works (Oita Area, Oita) steel plant (九州制铁所大分地区(大分)(Chinese) and 九州製鉄所大分地区(大分)(Japanese)), also known as Kyushu Works (Oita Area) and Oita Works (Oita Area), is a 10000 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steel plant operating in Oita, Kyūshū, Japan.

Location

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  • Location: 1 Oaza-Nishinosu, Oita City, Oita Pref. 870-0992, Japan[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 33.260829, 131.645527 (exact)


Background

The Oita Works (Oita Area) was founded in 1971.[2] The plant currently operates two blast furnaces.[3]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size Power source
operating[4] 1971[5] 2083[6] in-plant power generation, also provides power generated via by-product gas, coal, and bio-mass to Kyushu Electric Power[7]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
Nippon Steel Corp [100%][8] 4295877313 [100%] Nippon Steel Corp[9] 4295877313

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[10] hot rolled steel sheets, steel plates[10] automotive; building and infrastructure; tools and machinery[10] yes[11] blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF)[7] 3 BOF (3x410-tonne)[5][7]

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

Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
10000 TTPA[12] 10000 TTPA

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

Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
10565 TTPA[13] 10565 TTPA

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

Sinter Coke
7358 TTPA[14] >0 TTPA[15]

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

Year BOF Production EAF Production OHF Production Total (all routes)
2020 8391 TTPA[16] 8391 TTPA
2021 8969 TTPA[17] 8969 TTPA


Blast Furnace Details

Table 8: Blast Furnace Details:

Unit name Status Start date Current size Current capacity
1 operating[18] 1972[18] 5775 m³[5][7] 5282 TTPA[13]
2 operating[18] 1976[18] 5775 m³[5][7] 5282 TTPA[13]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20220112201309/https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/works/index.html. Archived from the original on 2022-01-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "Basic Facts About Nippon Steel" (PDF). Nippon Steel. 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Integrated Report 2021" (PDF). Nippon Steel. 2021. Retrieved 2022-03-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20211020151842/https://www.nipponsteel.com/works/kyushu/index.html. Archived from the original on 2021-10-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 (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)
  6. https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/factbook/2022/09-01.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 (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)
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20220320173301/https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/company/. Archived from the original on 2022-03-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20210416165100/https://www.nipponsteel.com/works/kyushu/oita/about/history.html. Archived from the original on 2021-04-16. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20210512085220/https://www.nipponsteel.com/works/kyushu/oita/about/outline.html. Archived from the original on 2021-05-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20220318085207/https://www.nipponsteel.com/works/kyushu/oita/iso/index.html. Archived from the original on 2022-03-18. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20210919103125/https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/tech/report/nsc/pdf/104-14.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-09-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 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)
  14. (PDF) https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/tech/report/nsc/pdf/n9405.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220704132048/https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/tech/report/pdf/123-21.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-07-04. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. 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. https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/factbook/2022/11-04.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20230126090227/https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/ir/library/pdf/nsc_en_ir_2022_a3.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-01-26. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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Additional data

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