NSSMC: Relining of No. 2 Blast Furnace of Hokkai Iron & Coke Corporation and Refurbishing of No. 3 Coke Oven of Nagoya Works

2018-11-02

Nov. 02, 2018 - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) has decided to reline the No. 2 Blast Furnace of Hokkai Iron & Coke Corporation that has the pig iron facilities in NSSMC’s Muroran Works, and to refurbish the No. 3 Coke Oven of Nagoya Works (including change of the furnace type), as part of its major initiatives of “Continuing to strengthen ‘manufacturing capabilities’ of domestic mother mills,” as featured in the 2020 Mid-Term Management Plan. 

NSSMC will continue to reinforce “facilities” by introducing the latest domestic/foreign technologies including advanced IT and increase the efficiency such as stable production, productivity improvement, and cost improvement, etc. 

<Outline of relining No. 2 Blast Furnace of Hokkai Iron & Coke Corporation> 

1.Furnace capacity	3,014 m3 (Currently 2,902m3)
2.Repair period	Second half of  2020 CY (plan)
3.Investment	Approximately 35 billion yen
4.Construction	NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN ENGINEERING CO., LTD. and others
5.Others	The current blast furnace started operation in November 2001

<Outline of refurbishing No. 3 Coke Oven of Nagoya Works>

1.Capability	800,000 tons per year (84 coke oven chambers)
2.Resumption of operation	First half of 2021 FY (plan)
3.Investment	Approximately 57 billion yen (including fixtures and fittings)