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FACT BOOK 2021

Basic Facts About Nippon Steel
  • ● Group's Guiding Principles · Employee Action Guidelines
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    • Production
    • Iron and Steel Statistics
    • Steel Manufacturing Process
    • Domestic Distribution Routes of Iron and Steel Products
    • Raw Materials and Fuel
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    • Recycling of Steel Cans
    • Japan's Imports of Steel-related Products
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Steelmaking Operations

Raw Materials and Fuel

Imports of Iron Ore and Coking Coal by Major Supply Source: Japanese Steel Industry and Nippon Steel

Iron ore

(Upper rows: tonnage in million tons; % of the total in parentheses)

Fiscal year 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Australia 83.56
(61.1)
78.37
(60.5)
76.53
(59.6)
74.21
(58.5)
70.07
(57.5)
66.54
(56.5)
58.18
(58.9)
Brazil 36.23
(26.5)
36.54
(28.2)
34.75
(27.1)
33.63
(26.5)
33.54
(27.5)
31.40
(26.7)
25.68
(26.0)
India 1.94
(1.4)
0.75
(0.6)
2.53
(2.0)
2.86
(2.3)
1.36
(1.1)
2.03
(1.7)
1.87
(1.9)
Others 15.08
(11.0)
13.81
(10.7)
14.62
(11.4)
16.12
(12.7)
16.89
(13.9)
17.83
(15.1)
12.98
(13.1)
Total 136.80
(100.0)
129.48
(100.0)
128.43
(100.0)
126.82
(100.0)
121.85
(100.0)
117.81
(100.0)
98.71
(100.0)
Total imports for Nippon Steel 68.18
(49.8)
63.13
(48.8)
62.55
(48.7)
59.42
(46.9)
58.61
(48.1)
57.77
(49.0)
48.77
(49.4)

Source: Customs Clearance Statistics, Ministry of Finance; Statistics of Nippon Steel, Nippon Steel

Coking coal

Fiscal year 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Australia 35.68
(49.3)
36.71
(50.2)
35.70
(49.3)
33.57
(47.6)
31.36
(45.6)
32.02
(45.3)
31.08
(49.9)
U.S.A. 4.26
(5.9)
4.25
(5.8)
4.95
(6.8)
6.25
(8.9)
8.95
(13.0)
8.71
(12.3)
6.34
(10.2)
Canada 7.27
(10.0)
6.27
(8.6)
6.19
(8.5)
6.51
(9.2)
6.78
(9.9)
6.83
(9.7)
6.14
(9.9)
China 0.20
(0.3)
0.09
(0.1)
0.27
(0.4)
0.65
(0.9)
0.35
(0.5)
0.32
(0.4)
0.15
(0.2)
Others 24.94
(34.5)
25.76
(35.3)
25.36
(35.0)
23.61
(33.4)
21.35
(31.0)
22.81
(32.3)
18.54
(29.8)
Total 72.35
(100.0)
73.07
(100.0)
72.46
(100.0)
70.60
(100.0)
68.79
(100.0)
70.70
(100.0)
62.26
(100.0)
Total imports for Nippon Steel 29.10
(40.2)
28.61
(39.2)
29.37
(40.5)
26.54
(37.6)
25.19
(36.6)
26.24
(37.1)
23.39
(37.6)

Source: Customs Clearance Statistics, Ministry of Finance; Statistics of Nippon Steel, Nippon Steel

Import Prices of Iron Ore and Coking Coal: Japanese Steel Industry

Iron ore

(¥/ton CIF)

Fiscal year 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Average 11,574 7,455 6,372 8,655 8,446 10,448 10,760
Australian ore 10,688 6,976 5,877 7,634 7,214 9,377 9,928
Brazilian ore 12,757 8,483 6,768 9,621 9,689 11,206 11,654

Source: Customs Clearance Statistics, Ministry of Finance

Coking coal

(¥/ton CIF)

Fiscal year 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Average 11,856 10,553 12,032 16,246 17,706 14,950 11,033
Australian coal 12,468 11,024 12,861 17,847 18,702 16,073 11,561
U.S. coal 14,507 13,287 13,043 16,926 18,802 16,915 11,975
Canadian coal 13,734 12,456 16,278 21,200 22,068 19,083 13,570
Chinese coal 14,024 9,410 18,630 24,957 18,113 16,914 15,110

Source: Customs Clearance Statistics, Ministry of Finance

Overseas Raw Material Investment of Nippon Steel

Iron ore


Country Shareholders Capacity
(Million tons/y)
Robe River Australia Rio Tinto 53.0% 70
Nippon Steel 14.0%
Other Japanese 33.0%
NIBRASCO Brazil VALE 51.0% 10
Nippon Steel 31.4%
Other Japanese 17.6%

Coking coal


Country Shareholders Capacity
(Million tons/y)
Warkworth Australia Yancoal 84.5% 8
Nippon Steel 9.5%
Other Japanese 6.0%
Bulga Australia Glencore 72.6% 7
Nippon Steel 12.5%
Other Japanese 14.9%
Moranbah North Australia Anglo American 88.0% 15
Nippon Steel 5.0%
Other Japanese 7.0%
Foxleigh Australia Middlemount South 70.0% 3
Nippon Steel 10.0%
POSCO 20.0%
Boggabri Australia Idemitsu Kosan 80.0% 7
Nippon Steel 10.0%
Other Japanese 10.0%
Elkview Canada Teck Coal Partnership 95.0% 9
Nippon Steel 2.5%
POSCO 2.5%
Revuboe Mozambique Talbot Group 58.9% to be developed
Nippon Steel 23.3%
Nippon Steel Trading 10.0%
POSCO 7.8%

Ferroalloy


Country Shareholders Capacity
(Million tons/y)
CBMM Brazil Moreira Salles Group 70.0% 90 ktons/y
Nippon Steel 2.5%
POSCO 2.5%
Other Japanese 7.5%
Other Korean 2.5%
Other Chinese 15.0%

Stable Raw Materials Procurement

Acquisition of blue-chip mining interest and expansion of supply sources

Stable Raw Materials Procurement
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