Kimitsu Works, damaged by a typhoon, started operation at least until the end of the year October 3:15:51

Nippon Steel, a steel manufacturer, has been operating at the Kimitsu Steel Works in Chiba Prefecture, where the chimney collapsed due to Typhoon No. 15 last month, at least until the end of the year. Revealed to pause.

Nippon Steel suffered damage such as the collapse of a chimney with a height of approximately 70 meters at a steel plant in Kimitsu Steel Works in Chiba Prefecture due to the impact of Typhoon No. 15 last month.

The steelmaking factory is a core facility in the iron making process, and Kimitsu Steel Works was mainly producing materials for automobiles, but due to the typhoon, Nippon Steel has two types of steelmaking. The operation of the factory where the chimney collapsed has been stopped.

Nippon Steel is urgently working on restoration, but because it takes time to repair a fallen chimney, the factory operation will be suspended at least until the end of the year.

In addition, it is said that the time to resume operation will be after the beginning of the year because a test period is required to ensure stable production.

Nippon Steel intends to minimize the impact by taking measures such as increasing inventories and production at other steelworks in Japan while the plant is shut down.