Nippon Kyushu Works (Yawata Area, Kokura) steel plant

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Nippon Kyushu Works (Yawata Area, Kokura) steel plant, also known as Kyushu Works Yawata Area (Kokura Area) and Kokura Works (predecessor), is a 2000 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) idled steel plant in Kitakyushu, Kyūshū, Japan.

Location

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  • Location: 1 Konomi-machi, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Pref. 802-8686 Japan[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 33.897710, 130.882435 (exact)

Background

The Nippon Kyushu Works (Yawata Area, Kokura) steel plant began operating in 1957, and was renovated in 1988.[2] Iron and steel making closed around end of FY2020.[3]

The Yawata Area, Kokura plant is separate from the Yawata Area, Tabata steel plant, which is owned by Nippon Steel as well.



Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Closed date Power source
mothballed[4] 1957[5] 2020[4] in-plant power generation, also provides power generated via coal to Kyushu Electric Power (does not distinguish between Tobata and Kokura facilities of Yawata)[6]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
Nippon Steel Corp [100%][7] 4295877313 [100%] Nippon Steel Corp[8] 4295877313

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[9] thin plate, steel bars and wires, rail and steel sheet pile, steel pipe[10] yes[11] blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF)[6] 4 BOF (4x70-tonne)[9]

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

Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
2000 TTPA[12] 2000 TTPA

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

Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
1500 TTPA[13] 1500 TTPA

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

Sinter
>0 TTPA[14]

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

Year BOF Production EAF Production OHF Production Total (all routes)
2020 305 TTPA[15] 305 TTPA


Blast Furnace Details

Table 8: Blast Furnace Details:

Unit name Status Stop date Current size Current capacity
2 mothballed[14] 2020[4] 2150 m³[9] 1500 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. "Yawata works | Works | Company". Nippon Steel. Retrieved 2022-03-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Basic Facts about Nippon Steel 2019" (PDF). Nippon Steel. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 27, 2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 (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)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20220319015627/https://stainless.nipponsteel.com/en/company/plants/yawata.php. Archived from the original on 2022-03-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 (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)
  7. 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)
  8. 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)
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20190414044803/http://nssc.nssmc.com:80/en/company/plants/yawata.php. Archived from the original on 2019-04-14. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. https://web.archive.org/web/20220120104734/https://www.nipponsteel.com/works/kyushu/yawata/product/index.html. Archived from the original on 2022-01-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. 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)
  12. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220111173338/https://www.oecd.org/industry/ind/latest-developments-in-steelmaking-capacity-2021.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. 13.0 13.1 https://www.cxrefractories.com/en-refractory-news?article_id=1209. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. 14.0 14.1 (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)
  15. 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)

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Additional data

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