Nippon Steel Chiba Kimitsu blast furnace 1 unit resumed operations October 6 15:37 due to pick-up in steel demand
Nippon Steel, the largest steel company, has decided to restart one of its main steelworks blast furnaces in Kimitsu City, Chiba Prefecture, which had been temporarily suspended due to the global economic downturn caused by the spread of the new coronavirus infection. I decided.
This is because demand for steel products is picking up, especially for automobiles.
Nippon Steel temporarily stopped production of three blast furnaces at steelworks in Chiba, Ibaraki, and Wakayama prefectures due to the suspension of production by automobile manufacturers due to the global economic downturn caused by the spread of infection. The operation was stopped.
Of these, 1 groups blast furnace steel mills of mainstay in Chiba Prefecture Kimitsu City, decided to resume the operation from the fact that recovery in demand mainly for the automobile to the prospect of the end of November.
The two blast furnaces at the steelworks in Wakayama and Ibaraki prefectures will continue to be shut down.
The business environment of a major steel manufacturer had deteriorated significantly due to the spread of infection, but JFE Steel also restarted the blast furnace at a steel mill in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, which had been temporarily suspended, in some cases. There is a movement to review production adjustments.