North Nippon Muroran Works steel plant

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North Nippon Muroran Works steel plant (室兰制铁所 (Chinese); 室蘭製鉄所 (Japanese)), also known as North Nippon Works (Muroran) (anticipated re-naming Apr. 2022), is a blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) and electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Muroran, Hokkaidō, Japan.

Location

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  • Location: 12 Nakamachi, Muroran City, Hokkaido, 050-8550, Japan
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 42.341873, 140.997803 (exact)

Background

The Muroran Works was founded in 1909. One blast furnace at the plant was closed in 1982 during the Second Modernisation Plan across the company, and another in 1987 during the Fourth Modernisation Plan.[1] The plant closed one more blast furnace In April 2022, the Nippon Muroran Works steel plant will be renamed to North Nippon Works (Muroran).[2]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size Power source Iron ore source
Operating[3] 1909[4] 1026[5] in-plant power generation, also provides power generated via by-product gas and coal to Hokkaido Electric Power[4] Imported from Australia, Brazil and India[6]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Nippon Steel Corp [100%] 4295877313 [100%] E100001000178 [15%] Nippon Steel Corp[3] 4295877313 E100000000652

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[7] bars, wires[7] automotive[8] yes[9] BF, BOF, EAF[4] 2 coking plants (plant #5 began in 1981 and refurbished in Sep. 2019, plant #6 began in 1979); 1 BF; 2 BOF (2x270-tonne); 1 EAF (100-tonne)[4][10][11]

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

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status* Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 1448 TTPA[12][12] 1150 TTPA[13] 2598 TTPA[12][14]

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

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status* Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
operating 2300 TTPA[15] 2300 TTPA[15]

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

Coke
>0 TTPA

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

Year BOF Production EAF Production Total (all routes)
2020 667 TTPA[16] 124 TTPA[16] 791 TTPA
2021 1222 TTPA[12] 226 TTPA[12] 1448 TTPA
2022 1009 TTPA[17] 187 TTPA[17] 1196 TTPA

Blast Furnace Details

Table 8: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Construction date Start date Current size Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology Most recent relining
2 operating[18][15] unknown unknown unknown[4] 3014 m³[19] 2300[15] unknown 2020-11[19]

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References

  1. ↑ "Basic Facts About Nippon Steel" (PDF). Nippon Steel. 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ "Integrated Report 2021" (PDF). Nippon Steel. 2021. Retrieved 2022-03-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220112163308/https://www.nipponsteel.com/works/muroran/. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20200614234628/https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/ir/library/pdf/factbook2019_all.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/factbook/2022/09-01.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240124203736/https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/factbook/2023/11-06.html. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220120104511/https://www.nipponsteel.com/works/muroran/product/index.html. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220120122857/https://www.nipponsteel.com/works/muroran/index.html. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220318145256/https://www.nipponsteel.com/works/muroran/iso/index.html. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220127010741/https://www.nipponsteel.com/works/muroran/about/history.html. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ↑ (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 30 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/factbook/2022/11-04.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ↑ Estimated as total EAF charge volume x 1.15 x 10000/year
  14. ↑ as total EAF charge volume x 1.15 x 10000/year https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/factbook/2022/11-04.htmlEstimated as total EAF charge volume x 1.15 x 10000/year. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 https://www.kallanish.com/en/news/steel/market-reports/article-details/nippon-to-restart-blast-furnace-at-muroran-steelworks-1120/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220318092755/https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/factbook/11-04.html. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240123003258/https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/factbook/2023/11-04.html. Archived from the original on 23 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125043017/https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/ir/library/pdf/nsc_en_ir_2022_a3.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/factbook/2022/10-04.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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