Taiheiyo Cement Kamiiso Cement Plant

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Taiheiyo Cement Kamiiso Cement Plant (太平洋セメント上磯セメント工場) is an integrated cement plant operating in Hokuto, Hokkaido, Japan.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the cement plant in Hokuto, Hokkaido, Japan[1]:

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Coordinates (WGS 84): 41.817253, 140.632870 (exact)[1]

Background

Taiheiyo Cement Corporation ("Pacific Ocean Cement Corporation") (太平洋セメント株式会社, Taiheiyō Semento Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese cement company, formed in 1998 with the merger of Chichibu Onoda (itself a merger of Chichibu Cement and Onoda Cement) and Nihon Cement (formerly Asano Cement).[2]

The Kamiiso Cement plant was acquired through a merger in 1915.[3][4]

A marine oil spill took place at the Kamiiso Plant on 11 March 2022. The spill was reported after a ship had finished unloading at the plant’s pier.[5]

Cement Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant type Plant status Start date
integrated[6] Operating[1] unknown

Table 2: Ownership Details

Additional information including parent company references and full ownership trees available at the Global Energy Ownership Tracker.
Parent company Parent company GEM ID Owner name Owner company GEM ID
Taiheiyo Cement Corp [100.0%] E100001000932 [100.0%] Taiheiyo Cement Corp [100.0%] (太平洋セメント株式会社 (Japanese) [100%])[1] E100001000932 [100.0%]

Table 3: Capacities

Cement capacity (million metric tonnes per annum) Clinker capacity (million metric tonnes per annum) Unspecified capacity (million metric tonnes per annum)
2[7] 3.7[7]

Table 4: Cement Production

Primary cement color Primary cement type Production type Green cement technology
unknown opc[8] dry[9] Alternative fuels [10]

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Additional data

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://www.taiheiyo-cement.co.jp/english/company/address.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "Taiheiyo Cement". Wikipedia. Retrieved 2025-01-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Rajput, sandhya (2023-06-13). "Top 10 Cement Companies in Japan". Top Cement Companies. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
  4. "History|About Us:TAIHEIYO CEMENT CORPORATION". www.taiheiyo-cement.co.jp. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
  5. staff, Global Cement (2022-03-15). "Taiheiyo Cement reports oil spill at Kamiiso Plant". www.globalcement.com. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20250306194838/https://issuu.com/cemweek/docs/cwm8. Archived from the original on 06 March 2025. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 https://www.usgs.gov/centers/national-minerals-information-center/asia-and-pacific#jpn. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. https://www.taiheiyo-cement.co.jp/english/service_product/cement/syouhin_i.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. (PDF) https://www.taiheiyo-cement.co.jp/english/csr/pdf/data/2023/rep_03.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. (PDF) https://www.taiheiyo-cement.co.jp/english/csr/pdf/data/2023/Taiheiyo-Cement-rep2023en.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)