Kobe Wire Rod and Bar makes steel by the integrated route: iron ore is smelted into liquid hot metal in a blast furnace, then refined into crude steel in a basic oxygen furnace. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of about 1.2 million tonnes per year. Its main products are wire rod, bar.
Process Route
BFBOF
Timeline
Operating1959
Retirement announced2013
Idled2017
Retired2017
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
1,200
BOF
1,200
Blast Furnace
1,795
Iron Units
BF
BF 3retired
Steel Units
Steel Products
wire rod, bar
Ownership
Owner Kobe Steel Ltd
Parent Kobe Steel Ltd [100.0%]
Workforce 831 employees
Country Context
Japan crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Kobe
Asia Pacific
Japan
34.7036°, 135.2472°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Crude steel capacity
- 1,200 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1959
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded